Monthly Archives: May 2010

Pretty much a nothing day. We are so close I think I can smell the baguettes being made, but realistically we are still a day away. We had the slowest period for the last few days this afternoon. The good … Continue reading →

Two years ago I was packing the content of our house into boxes. We’d sold our house. We’d both given in our resignation at work. Our youngest son Sam was about to turn eighteen. We were about to start our … Continue reading →

Well we’re 2 days from landfall unless something amazing happens. Me and Steve swapped the anchor chain around from end to end, the really rusty end is now attached to the boat and the not so rusty end to the … Continue reading →

161nm to go. Literally within a minute or two after writing yesterday’s blog the winds picked up and stayed there. Not significantly but enough to start moving the boat between 5 & 6 knots. Suddenly we were looking at solid … Continue reading →

Well we’re 2 days from landfall unless something amazing happens. Me and Steve swapped the anchor chain around from end to end, the really rusty end is now attached to the boat and the not so rusty end to the … Continue reading →