Full Passage Report: Sailing Porto Santo to Gran Canaria
Departing Porto Santo for Gran Canaria, 310nm south, we anticipated challenging conditions, with 3m seas astern. Departing with a downwind […]
Liveaboard sailboat life, searching out places beyond the crowds
We're Colin & Nichola and we're sailing the world on a liveaboard sailboat.
Join us as we explore anchorage by anchorage, seeking out places to explore away from the crowds.
Departing Porto Santo for Gran Canaria, 310nm south, we anticipated challenging conditions, with 3m seas astern. Departing with a downwind […]
LAT|29|02.16|NLON|15|40.19|W VIA Ham Radio:Day Two of Porto Santo to Canary IslandsTotal miles sailed: (mon-tues) 11am-11am 134nm Current position: Approx 40nm […]
LAT|30|49.19|NLON|16|23.19|W VIA Ham Radio:Day One of Porto Santo to Canary IslandsTotal miles sailed: (sun-mon) 10am-10am 125nm Current position: Approx 50nm […]
Emerald is a Kelly Peterson 44, designed by the American yacht designer, Doug Peterson.
Launched in 1979, she's been our home since 2004.
We've travelled over 18,000nm in Emerald, as far north as the Orkney Islands and east through the Mediterranean to Turkey and back.
We've visited 2 continents and 17 countries with plans to add to that number.
We use the app and website NOFOREIGNLAND to log our sailing route. Follow us there to keep up to date with where we are.
We've created guides to the places we've visited which share our tips of what to see and do.
We share our experiences for getting the most out of liveaboard life along with documenting the boat projects we've completed. These include anchor chain replacement, installing a dry toilet, painting Emerald's hull and applying Coppercoat.
The ship's log contains all the blogs that we've written about the passages we've sailed as well as about our every day life.