The above map is a SAMPLE wind report with typical conditions for the season Want to see what the conditions are in the Atlantic today and for the next few days? Click here to get an up-to-date Passageweather.com report for our route. With information taken from the North American computerised [...]
We had a good aftermoon exploring the Rock of Gibraltar. The town and marinas have not got much going for them, but the Rock itself was fun. We took a cable car to the top and were warned to keep our bags concealed. There was a pack of about 20 [...]
We had the liferaft serviced today in Palma Majorca. And because it was a few years since it was last out of its shell, I thought it would be good to see it exploded. The liferaft technicians were very thorough and checked it visually first. They unpaacked it, checked the cylinder and valves and then pulled the inflation cord. The raft filled up well and was in as-new condition no need for concern.
Monday 7th October We stopped today for lunch on the Lavezzi Islands. Well Lavezzi rocks really.
We left Italy this morning after a quick night in a commercial port in the Straights of Messina. Strange night - we had two Italian coastguards turn up in their car alongside our berth in the port at about 9.00pm They did not get out of the car - but had me come up to the car window and asked all kinds of questions. They then said they would be back at 1.00am to check our paperwork! I persuaded them to take the details with them and they went through all our papers and transcribed everything onto a scrap of paper. They struggled with the concept that we had sailed there from Corfu!
The forestay is off and the furling gear is being removed here to enable the forestay cable to be replaced. This uses special low stretch Dyform stainless steel cable to resist the high loads in the rig. After 7 years use, it was good to strip this doen and replace [...]
Look no hands! And not much holding up the mast either We bought a replacement set of standing rigging from Spencers Rigging in Cowes (dont use them, they were appalling to deal with) and sent it down by truck to Corfu. We moved the boat next to.the Quay in Corfu [...]
Check out our route as we move 2000 miles out of the Med and down to the Canary Islands to prepare for crossing the Atlantic. We aim to be in Lanzarote for the first week in November. Its a little late in the season, so we are expecting mixed weather [...]
Have just received an email from Giovanni Soldini with pictures of his great Ocean 71 "Elmos Fire". hallo nigel and jane, My name is Giovanni Houdini I own Ocean 71 The name of my boat is elmos fire, i don find any more your page where the others, i think [...]
