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Season 4, already back on dry land

My mother-in-law said to us recently, “You’re having a bit of a bumpy start to the season aren’t you”. She’s not wrong, and this week it got even more interesting. Last Friday we finally collected the...

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Category - Captain’s Log

Captain's LogSpain

Thu 21 Jun

We’ve a couple of old friends sign up over the last few of days … welcome aboard, it’s great to have you with us! Today started with a little dinghy excursion around the corner. There’s a Cala that’s apparently very...

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Wed 20 Jun

We had a lovely peaceful, uneventful nights sleep and woke up feeling….oddly quite groggy. We’d left it a bit late to take the dinghy to the beach to do a workout as by now it was packed with day trippers, so instead we...

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Tue 19 Jun

This morning, as predicted we were woken up at 2am by very strong northerly winds. We got up to check we were still in the same place (which we were) and took a look at the anchor chain. Looking in good shape (and...

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Mon 18 Jun

This morning we got up, got ready and set off on our 35 mile, 7 hour trip from Pollença to Menorca. The forecast had changed a bit from the previous evening meaning we were predicted the 15 knot northerly winds later in...

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Captain's LogSpain

Sun 17 Jun

After not leaving the boat yesterday we decided that today we really needed some exercise. This afternoon we headed into Pollença and this time avoided getting soaked in the dinghy with our newfound technique of both...

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Sat 16 Jun

The plan today was to go into Palma (which is 45mins from Pollença on the bus) as we need to buy a water tester so we can see what’s going on with our water maker. After having breakfast however we realised we...

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Captain's LogSpain

Fri 15 Jun

Having been up half the night murdering bloody mosquitoes (how they get in through the hatch nets we have no clue) Tom went for a swim and we had lunch. Just across from where we are is a hanger with two really cool sea...

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Captain's LogSpain

Wed 13 and Thu 14 June

Wednesday started off a bit slow after we had a little too much to eat (and drink) on Tuesday night after our adventurous sail down from Soller to Alcudia. In the morning we sat in the marina and came up with a plan for...

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Captain's LogSpain

Tue 12 Jun

The plan today was to head to Palma which was estimated to be about a 12 hour trip given there was so little wind. We’d reserved a slot in the marina in advance of the 40 knot westerly winds predicted to sweep over the...

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Captain's LogSpain

Mon 11 Jun

This morning I got up relatively early, while Camilla was having a little snooze. A quick look at the weather forecast showed scary winds coming through on Tuesday night, so we thought we’d try to make our way...

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Captain's LogSpain

Sun 10 Jun

We had a very eventful start to the day, and didn’t up in bed until gone 3am. It started at 11pm with a spectacular lightening show which we watched from our cabin. Tom drifted off to sleep and about 10 minutes later...

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Captain's LogSpain

Sat 9 Jun

When I think of “a day at anchor” I think of lying around, sipping a nice cold drink and maybe reading a book. Well, our first day at anchor was a bit more exciting than that. We woke up early-ish (for unemployed people...

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Captain's LogSpain

Thu 7 and Fri 8 Jun

After having delayed our departure by a day to avoid the rain, we woke up to…rain. We gave up on the idea of doing a workout on the beach (I was majorly disappointed, as you can imagine 😉 ) and instead we lay in...

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Captain's LogSpain

Wed 6 Jun

Today started far too early with a massive rain shower that woke us up at 4 am. It was one of those torrential downpours that you only get in warmer climates, and the sound it makes as it hits the boat is – well...

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Captain's LogSpain

Tue 5 Jun

Today was supposed to be our last in Barcelona before heading to Mallorca tomorrow. We’ve been tracking the forecast all day though and it looks less than ideal. Thunderstorms (which means it’ll be gusty), rain for...

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Captain's LogSpain

Mon 4 Jun

This morning we got up reasonably early and went for a run. Well, we tried to go for a run. All the cycling I’ve done over the past few months has caught up with my knees, and my right one is really playing up. Defeated...

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Captain's LogSpain

Sun 3 Jun

Today was the first time in ages that we haven’t left the boat – the rain in Spain falls mainly in the marina apparently. 🙁  It’s been cold, wet and windy all day so we stayed inside and used the time...

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Captain's LogSpain

Sat 2 Jun

At the end of 2016 I I started sending a weekly newsletter about sailing. You can find it here. Surprisingly I’ve actually stuck to it and I’ve got 650 subscribers now which is pretty cool. They’re chatty too and...

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Captain's LogSpain

Fri 1 Jun

After Tom’s late night cable routing endeavours we finally called it a night at about 0130. Whilst doing our teeth we noticed the water pump making a strange noise, almost like it wasn’t getting enough power. That...

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Captain's LogSpain

Thu 31 May

I can safely say we’ve walked more in the past 4 days than we have in the last 6 months combined. Today was another 24,500 step marathon which had us walk around Badalona in the morning (more errands: things to...

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Captain's LogSpain

Wed 30 May

Today was another early morning, this time an 8am appointment in the city to get Tom an MRI scan. After waiting for the rain to stop we walked towards Gracia. It’s a pretty area of Barcelona having initially been a...

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Tue 29 May

Yesterday (Monday) we had a day with loads of errands to run. We got up super early – way earlier than when we were still working – and took the metro into the city. On the list was me getting a blood test...

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Sun 27 May

After having spent all day yesterday fretting about the consequences of leaving Schibsted, after a decent night sleep I felt good again this morning. Being able now to be involved in getting the boat ready is really...

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Sat 26 May

Tired from not getting much sleep we got up late then went for a wander around the little boat show happening in Badalona marina, and found someone who could come and check the tension of our rig next week. After 14...

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