Liveaboard Life on a Sailboat

Porto Santo’s winds are influenced by the Azores High. The harbour provides good protection from the prevailing north/northeast winds. However, […]

We had one big boat job left to do to be able to escape the boatyard, but the weather had […]

We might as well write our plans in sand at low tide. Sailing plans can be fragile, easily broken by […]

For the second part of our review of our winter afloat in the Rio Guadiana, we look at the good […]

We began to settle into a routine on the river. There were boat jobs we could get on with, whilst […]

Whilst sailing from Ibiza to Mallorca, the wind died and we had to motor. Just after switching on, the engine […]

Winter 2017-18 In the depths of January the winter seemed to be crawling by, but in the blink of an […]

Emerald has inward opening ports, held open by a hook hanging down from the ceiling. There are 14 of them […]

20th July: A very relieved Emerald crew are now floating again and so far so good: the bilge is dry! […]