Exploring the unknown
4 Years as Liveaboard Sailors: Our Key Insights
Join us on a journey through our sailing adventures, as we share valuable lessons learned over four years of experience on the open waters
Passages
Atlantic Crossing – La Gomera Canary Islands to Antigua in the Caribbean
13 December 2022 to 4 January 2023 Anchorages: None Marinas: San Sebastian Marina, La Gomera, Canary Islands & Jolly Harbour Marina, Antigua, Caribbean After spending 22 nights at sea, a warm welcome to a bright and shiny Antigua. But admittedly, this has been the most challenging time spent at sea. We Read more…
Passages
Crossing from Gibraltar to the Canary Islands
12 to 20 September 2022 The passage from Gibraltar to Lanzarote Marina is 630 nautical miles. If we manage to travel at five nautical miles an hour, we should arrive in 4 to 5 days. Little do we know that this sail down the vast Atlantic Pond would take us Read more…
Land
Sailing down the Portuguese Coast
21 July to 6 August 2022 This blog needs to start with a huge congratulations to Sander. After countless hours spent rigging up our fishing rods and casting without even a piece of seaweed taking hold, Sander caught his first fish sailing down the Portuguese coast. Imagine his delight as Read more…
Land
Sailing down Galicia Spain Part 2
26 June to 21 July In this edition, we lose our dinghy (due to a granny knot), snag some ancient fishing equipment, say goodbye to our spirited sailing buddy, Djell, and have 100’s of boats descend on us at anchor. But let’s start in the beginning… We enter Vigo estuary Read more…
Land
Sailing down Galicia Spain Part 1
19 June – 25 June 2022 Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, we enter a new chapter of our trip to Galicia, an ancient kingdom of north-western Spain. The name originates from the Celtic Gallaeci, who lived here when the Romans conquered the region c.137 BC. This region has been an autonomous community Read more…
Passages
Crossing Biscay (Falmouth to A Coruña Spain)
14 – 18 June 2022 Our departure time of 05:00 is halted once we find that our oil level is low (rooky mistake). Living in a small space means things vanish in the overpopulated storage spaces. Finding 20 litres of oil was not the problem; mining it out of its Read more…
Passages
Dartmouth to Plymouth
31 May – 5 June 2022 For this passage, we expect light winds to take us to Plymouth. We set sail after saying our goodbyes to fellow sailors and filling up our water tanks. The sail goes well with some reefing and tacking. For the first time, we can do Read more…
Passages
Studland Bay to Dartmouth
27 – 30 May 2022 We plan to sail from Studland Bay to Babbacombe Anchorage in Torquay, but we now head for Dartmouth due to winds changing when we arrive. The sail is sometimes uncomfortable, as we are healing. When Ava and William feel queasy, they come and lie down Read more…
Passages
Brighton Marina to Studland Bay
18 – 26 May 2022 An exciting time for us, as this is the first time sailing south and closer to our end goal of French Polynesia. Two days before our planned departure date of the 18th of May, we ordered £340.00 worth of food and drinks to last us Read more…