After leaving Marina Del Sur we had a long day trying to sail to Santa Cruz de Tenerife where our guests would depart a few days later. The sailing was simply frustrating with good wind at first, but from the wrong direction and then light winds but in the right Read more…
After a pleasant crossing to Tenerife we settled in to Marina Del Sur to see what the coming wind was going to do. You could see the sky visibly darkening to an orangey-red colour and, as the wind increased, the visibility decreased. The mountains behind the marina slowly faded away, Read more…
Neither of us had been to Madeira before and expected it to be similar to the Canary Islands which are only about 300 miles south. We couldn’t have been more wrong… Madeira is a very lush island with a lot of vegetation and rugged volcanic peaks. Some areas have a Read more…
In May 2019 we started our trip to Madeira intending to continue on to La Palma (Canaries) in late September. The first thing to do was to go into Gibraltar itself and fill up with the really cheap diesel fuel there – 0.83€/litre instead of 1.24€/litre in the marina. It Read more…
One of the biggest jobs this winter (2018/2019) was to replace all the through-hulls on the boat. A “through-hull” is a fitting that allows water to pass from the inside to the outside (or vice-versa). It is basically a hole in the boat with a threaded portion inside the boat Read more…
Maya is ashore for the winter It’s the time of year when the boat is lifted onto the hard ready for all the work to be done in the spring. I can’t wait… 🙁