Logbook – New Years Eve 2020 Alcoutim

Some absolutely stunning sailing today despite a slightly later start than we wanted. We ambled SW from Hartland point and then benefited from strong winds as we pushed more offshore. The strong wind and the shadowing of the Devon coast meant that I had to reef several times. The system is a single line reefing…

Today is a short run to Almeria. There isn’t a way to book in advance but they are very accommodating and always seem to find a place. So after a couple of hours of gentle motoring, we managed to find a ‘stern to’ med mooring near the entrance. It was a tight squeeze between 2…

Mylor Marina – No for Navigation After 25 days in Pendennis, we now have a lift date at the local yacht harbour and boatyard in Mylor.  Notable is that we have had no contact from the boatyard that originally installed the engine. Judge for yourself how professional this is. We paid the marina fees, an unexpected…

In the shadow of the Swansea Lifeboat station (very handy) we spent a very  good night at anchor. The wind from the north is diverted by the hills and the tide is high but offshore so you are rarely on a dreaded ‘Lee Shore’. The anchor alarm did no off several times but it was…

Navionics After the early boat move, we settled our bill, refuelled and departed for the next leg to Les Sables.  This is the starting point fo the Vendee Globe race and somewhere I was interested in visiting.  Despite early damp and drizzly conditions the day’s sail was good with building winds and a steady run…

We decided to take the punt and press on to Lagos in a final long day. So we rose before the sun and had the anchor up by 0600. We were not the only ones looking at an early start and we ended up in company with Silver Calipso from Cowes. The coastline continued to…