To start the ceremony, 9 Senegalese girls from the charity that provides mentors for exceptional students, Shine to Lead, climbed onto the pontoon to receive the Baton of Hope from Maiden's skipper Sharon.
Month: November 2022
Now, Boat captain, that’s more my thing. This role entails looking after the boat and the crew. Our job lists when we get ashore are quite vast and most of them need completing before we …
There's a queue of tankers waiting for the port... let's hope being small we can queue up! We are starting to dry out! It's a sunny 29° with a water temperature of 27.8. Here we …
When it's rough you are in a different mode for everything; safety, crew and boat. Take no chances and prepare for everything you can think of and then more!
It's a very different mode for us and we have Maiden cruising at 8 knots with a generous wind angle to help us over the swell and chop. Last night was rough and tough for …