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Two weeks in Ibiza

Greetings from Ibiza where the weather is glorious! Actually, it’s not. I think London and Leipzig have seen more sun in the last few weeks than we have in Spain! The latest downpour has just let up leaving...

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Two weeks in Ibiza

Greetings from Ibiza where the weather is glorious! Actually, it’s not. I think London and Leipzig have seen more sun in the last few weeks than we have in Spain! The latest downpour has just let up leaving behind a...

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The long awaited season 3!

Its been about three years since the picture below was taken. We were looking sad in the photo because it was going to be another 6 months before Bini was supposed to go back in the water. Instead it turned out to be...

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Sat 14 Jul and Sun 15 Jul

We got up early to get the boat ready to head over to Sardinia. On deck this involves stowing the dinghy, taking off the sail cover, connecting the halyard and taking the covers off the instruments. In the cabin it’s...

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Fri 13 Jul

Today we had a nice relaxing day in Fornells. It’s a lovely deep bay where you can anchor or pick up a mooring ball. My rather pessimistic side leads me to believe they’re more of a money making scheme rather than their...

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Wed 11 Jul and Thu 12 Jul

The day before a big passage (big is relative here – big for us at least) is always a bit funky. We can’t really relax, nor can we start any bigger projects. It’s a bit what a friend calls “taxi time”...

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Mon 9 Jul

Today started off ridiculously early. We’ve been looking into alternatives to the traditional pyrotechnic flares (the type which killed Billy Zane in Dead Calm), mainly because having explosives on boats is increasingly...

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Fri 6 Jul and Sat 7 Jul

On Friday morning we set off at 11am towards Roses (northern Barcelona, near the French boarder) for the wedding. We had contemplated sailing the boat up on Thursday but with very little wind we were faced with a 15...

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Thu 5 Jul

One of the nice things about having a basecamp is that we have a postal address, which allows us to have things delivered. It’s both a blessing and a curse though as it becomes all too easy to buy stuff, our favourite...

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Wed 4 Jul

Another day in the marina, another day of fixing the boat! As you might remember, we installed a new pump yesterday that should in theory be able to pump whatever is in the waste water tank over board. Well, after...

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Tue 3 Jul

People say “Cruising is just fixing boats in exotic places”, and I can definitely see why. This was our first day in the marina, and we spend most of the day plowing through our todo list. The biggest thing for today...

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Mon 2 Jul

On the cards today was some serious boat cleaning (there are layers of salt everywhere) plus a few repairs. The day started with trying to understand what was causing the jib not to furl away. We thought we’d lower it...

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Sat 30 June and Sun 1 Jul

On Saturday we sailed back to Barcelona from Andraxt, which is on the south west corner of Mallorca. We’d had a lovely calm night on our mooring ball but I didn’t sleep too well, I’m always a bit restless before a long...

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