At the beginning of July 2015, I left France and sailed to Alassio in Italy (The last time I was here was 38 years ago when I drove down to Rome, camping along the way with my girlfriend!). Three days […]
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St Cyprien Plage was the first stop in France. The Gulf de Lion has more gale force winds than any other area of the Mediterranean, and my first sail into …
These are the books I read in 2015.... For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway Inferno - Dan Brown The Spanish Civil War - Helen Graham A Song at Sunset - Amelia Carr I …
These are the books I read on passage in 2014 - The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult Operation Mincemeat - Ben McIntyre Waiting for Sunrise - William Boyd Edge of Eternity (the final book in …
My passage plan takes me to Barcelona in readiness for Christmas week with Alec and Elliot. The first stop was Estepona on the Costa del Sol to meet English sailing friends …
For a couple of hours after leaving Barbate it was calm, sunny and wind-less. Then the wind slowly picked up, and I was able to round Tarifa under sail and …
Cadiz now ranks alongside Porto as my favourite cities visited on this trip. It is also the place that I overtook Western Star for the first time! They had diverted …
Leaving Baiona early morning I had a great sail down the coast to Leixoes, which is close to the river Douro where Porto is based. I entered the marina at …
I stayed in Santander longer than planned because I had to wait for some stuff to be posted from the UK. This gave me the chance to take a look …
