Passage to Tunisia – A Long Morning
Early morning during the last watch, Christa and I were still in bed. The boat was bouncing around and slamming the bow down hard enough that there was no way … Continue Reading
Passage to Tunisia – Departure From Hammamet
After the excitement of our camel riding excursion, we headed back to the boat for supper and then prepared to leave Hammamet for Malta. John was skipper and gave me … Continue Reading
Passage to Tunisia – Departure From Hammamet
We were looking at almost 2 days under way getting back to Malta. That was a long time for rookies like Christa and I. Originally we had planned to go … Continue Reading
Passage to Tunisia – Arrival In Hammamet
We were surprised that the knock on our door for shift change came at 6:45am, an hour later than we expected. It was already light out and the city of … Continue Reading
Passage to Tunisia – Arrival In Hammamet
Last watch slowed our speed so that we didn’t arrive at a strange harbour in the dark. We actually got an extra hour of sleep as Tunisia is on London … Continue Reading
Passage to Tunisia – On To Hammamet
We awoke to the sound of a jet engine taking off at the nearby airport and it was already light outside. After breakfast on the boat, Stephen advised that I … Continue Reading
Passage to Tunisia – On To Hammamet
We left the marina at approximately 0910. It was clear with winds and waves at maybe force 3. Christa was in charge acting as skipper as we left Lampedusa behind … Continue Reading
Passage to Tunisia – The Next Morning
With the coming day, I was willing myself to feel better. There was very little wind and we were motoring most of the way. John came up on deck as … Continue Reading
Passage to Tunisia – The Next Morning
We started the engine at about 0800 to charge the batteries, make some hot water, and ended up motor-sailing a bit since there wasn’t much wind. Neither one of us … Continue Reading
Passage to Tunisia – The First Night
John & I decided to further our sailing experience by doing an off-shore trip with Malta Sailing School, to follow up on our Day Skipper course that we completed in … Continue Reading
Passage to Tunisia – The First Night
We flew to Malta the morning before and stayed at the Radisson Blu St. Julians Resort. We had stayed there for 2 days last time on the island and liked … Continue Reading
Going Coastal
To carry-on from our Day Skipper Sailing course in June, John & I returned to Malta for a five-day practical Coastal Skipper course with Sailing School Malta. Our home for the … Continue Reading
Passage To Tunisia
We’re just about to board a plane for Malta, where we will try to achieve our RYA Coastal Skipper Course by departing Grand Harbour for Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia in a Bavaria … Continue Reading
Cruising
An interesting philosophy received via the Practical Sailor Waypoints Newsletter from August 13, 2014. Cruising under sail is a hundredfold more complex than merely buying a suitable yacht. We know this … Continue Reading
The Tangaroa Expedition
We’re finding great stuff on YouTube recently. Slow in some places but a fascinating look at what many thought were just some silly people on the water. From the online … Continue Reading
The Fastnet Yacht Race Tragedy of 1979
Another video from YouTube. This one is a BBC documentary about the story of a Force 10 gale which decimated the 1979 Fastnet race, the last of the Admiral’s Cup events in … Continue Reading
30 tips for crossing the Atlantic: 21 – 30
This is the fifth part of a five part article. For Part 4… Mon, 23 Nov 2009 Yachting World Insider’s suggestions to make the big adventure go smoothly. Collated by … Continue Reading
Windcheck Magazine
We came across another magazine (wow there are a lot) by sniffing through someone else’s blog site. We’ll never get around to read them all consistently, but it’s good to … Continue Reading
Spam!
We must have reached some arbitrary milestone on the net, as the site is now getting ridiculous amounts of spam comments every day. When we first started there might have … Continue Reading
30 tips for crossing the Atlantic: 16 – 20
This is the forth part of a five part article. For Part 3… Mon, 23 Nov 2009 Yachting World Insider’s suggestions to make the big adventure go smoothly. Collated by … Continue Reading