This light wind sailing is testing when the wind isn't in a good direction and we have to sail twice as far to make the same progress.
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Last night at sunset we approached La Palma. We were told that the volcano was actually smoking (!) and not to pass to leeward to avoid ash all over the boat (and in our lungs).
We are looking at options of getting past the Canarias and it looks as though we will pass to windward of La Palma (that's still smoking for the eruption months ago) and La Gomera, as …
What an incredible 24 hours on Maiden! We gybed 15 times through the Gibraltar Strait, we were gybing so much everyone just stayed in position! Between gybe 3 and 4 Ami recorded our new top …
Early into our sail, mother nature decided to bless us with 37 knots of winds and a rough sea; someone once told me if you’ve never been seasick you will be, it just takes the …