We left the Santa Cruz on the 3rd December 2023 and headed south west towards the Carribean. I provisioned the boat for 6 weeks at sea. Not an easy task, but in the end we did ok. The crossing took 28 days, it was magical. It was scary because this would the longest and possibly…
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The Canaries
As we sailed out of Funchal on a 25 knot wind, whilst other boats came to shelter in the harbour. Tyrian is sturdy, she feels stable and is always safe. I am finally learning to trust that when she is healed over, she will not roll over. My irrational brain still wonders though… We sailed…
Ria de Muros to Madiera
North West Spain was our first taste of semi warm sea’s and a compulsory siesta, as all businesses closed for the hottest time of the day. Between 12pm and 4pm only crazy tourists were out, like us! Going shopping was a good long trek through many interesting areas. No orca’s were seen, but we had…
Over the Bay Of Biscay
Calm, beautiful big blue long rollers greeted the four of us. Graham joined us in Penzance, and we headed South. We motored all the way as the wind was on holiday too. We saw dolphins, whales, ate and slept and did watches. We talked and talked and ate and slept some more. The night sky…
Over the Irish Sea to the end of the UK
Goodbye Tobermory, and we are off. Its calm and we all set in our wet weather gear. It all started once we rounded the Northern headland of Mull. #@$%@#$%. Rough is an understatement, these were big chunky short waves. As Finn says, “they both sat there, green face with puckered lips and said, “I did…
On the open sea…
What a serious business Neptunes steps were. We were so exhausted we decided to stay a night in the newly furnished Corpach Marina. Which is at the other end of the Caledonian Canal. We met an interesting person with a very lovely 57ft Halberg Rassay. I am not shy of asking to see someone’s boat,…
Our Adventure… so far.
Hello everyone, welcome to our sailing adventure! First, apologies for taking so long to publish this first blog. Getting online and finding the time and energy to write has been hard. (Seasickness is no joke!) We started our journey in Inverness Marina and made our way west along the Caledonian Canal with Donald and Fran.…