Day 5-ARC Portugal
To those who wonder why the posts are all arriving at once, the answer is boringly simple. To post an email at sea, we have to use a long range … Continue reading
Day 4-ARC Portugal
And the day started so well, with the usual dawn and good wind, albeit with a largish following sea. Strange, but photos never quite reflect the reality of the sea … Continue reading
Day 3- ARC Portugal
A cracking day’s sail! Stayed on a single course for the last 24 hours with only minor tweaks for the wind, and maintained great speed throughout. We only saw one … Continue reading
Day 2- ARC Portugal
After a gentle night, dawn arose with the light winds continuing. Rather surprisingly, there were still about 6 other rally yachts in sight. By 0600, the decision was taken to … Continue reading
Day 1- ARC Portugal
The start of the sailing! With glorious sunshine we were all up early and managed to cross the starting line on time. I say on time, because we hung back … Continue reading
Chutes Away!
Of course it’s all very well us taking pictures on board, what about the view from land though? Well here are some fantastic pictures, taken by our nephew Max as … Continue reading
Wind!
Weehee, we’re moving! Had the chute up initially, then the wind changed. Now on to headsail and we’ve got the self steering set up and it’s working. Self steering means … Continue reading
Watch Them Go!!
If you want to keep an eye on our whereabouts to see how we are getting on then this is the link to go to. It updates about every 4 … Continue reading
The Start of the Passage to Spain!
We are on our way, albeit only at 1.3 knots! Glorious morning with very little wind.
Paranoia
Weight-consciousness is not just confined to the ladies, or imposed on men by them. When a couple of your friends make the marine equivalent of ‘your b*m looks big in … Continue reading
Dartmouth
Most sensible folk would think of a sail from Lymington to Dartmouth as a simple days passage. Especially at the end of May with the country having reasonably pleasant weather. … Continue reading
The Adventure is under way
After so much preparation over so long, we cast off from Gosport after 11 years berthed there. The first hop was to Cowes to meet up with friends from the … Continue reading
End of an era
The day finally came to finish salaried corporate life! Inevitably there were mixed feelings, mainly of excitement and intimidation. Whilst the break from the daily activity is easy to shed, … Continue reading
Momentous Boat!
We have had very many happy weekends on board Freebie, but I wonder how many boats can have brought about two engagements! In October 2011, shortly before flying out to … Continue reading
Learning New Skills
Three or four years ago, Steve gave Annemarie a wonderful boat fishing rod, together with a tremendous range of hooks, and other fishing gear so we could become self sufficient. … Continue reading
Hi!
Welome to our blog! After too many years of corporate life, we decided to make a major lifestyle change in 2013. That is not to say it was a sudden … Continue reading
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