Tuesday 23 April 2013
It was becoming a daily routine: Tom would get up and first thing refresh the grib files followed by 30 minutes of studying the forecast wind and sea state for Biscay. Then a check of the met office forecasts to verify the information. And day after day there was no sign of a crossing. The…
Wednesday 10 April 2013
So when we last blogged we were all square-eyed from looking at weather forecasts and determined to see Falmouth. Well, we are still square eyed, still waiting for some good news in a weather forecast, but on the upside have indeed seen some of Falmouth. Sadly still no sign of a crossing in the next…
Thursday 4 April 2013
Quick update – sadly the weather is not playing ball for crossing to Spain. It would be windy getting out of Falmouth, but that’s fine as it’s the right direction, and Adina is solid and likes wind. But Biscay is tricky with constantly changing low pressure systems. Truth be told, it gets us down as…
Tuesday 2 April 2013
Thursday morning, 29th March, we bade farewell to London and our home in Chelsea. Tom went to work and Susie did the final errands and storage trip. After work, Tom caught the train to Southampton and Susie’s Dad, Richard, drove us down to the marina in Hamble where we were dropped in the car park….
Monday 25 March 2013
This weekend’s purpose was very clear – get Adina as ready as possible. Ready to head off from Hamble any time after Easter. Saturday morning that looked an intimidating task. We’ve accumulated a lot of gear over the last few months, and now it all needs to go on deck or safely stored away down…
Monday 18 March 2013
I’m thinking it’s an unusual heading for a blog – but then again who knows what awaits us ? When you sail around the world you need to be largely self sufficient. And that means there will be times when you can’t call up a doctor at a minutes notice. Although I do put my…
Tuesday 12 March 2013
So it’s all becoming real – we’ve both resigned and are into countdown mode. To be honest a relief to get that done so we can now be open and transparent about our plans to sail around the world! Dash down to the boat on Friday evening and come 7pm we have Gareth who is doing the Atlantic crossing…