3 18 months ago we'd arrived at Porto Santo with a broken engine. Since then we'd ridden a rollercoaster ride of emotions as we'd attempted to fix and rebuild it. At last we'd reached our moment of reward, setting off for new horizons. Or had we... Leaving Porto Santo – Our Hotel California15 December 2023 by Nichola
The Weather Window Quandary The Ionian Sea between Sicily and Greece is a notoriously difficult stretch of water to get a perfect weather window for crossing in one go. This is especially so as autumn arrives bringing regular storms. In the last two weeks we have sat out three storms […] Highs and Lows of our Sail From Greece to Sicily18 October 2015 by Nichola
We had to head back to Nidri to get some parts to try and fix the leak on our watermaker. Purity and volume were good but we had a bit of weepage out of the ends of the membrane housings. One of the retaining bands around the housings had split […] We Are Sailing23 July 2015 by Nichola