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 …
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32°08.921N15°23.987WTWD 008°TWS 19.5Boat speed 10.2Sea state Moderate (thankfully) We are south east of Madeira and finally the sea state is decreasing in it’s pounding. What a week of rocking, rolling and rough! Last night, our …
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 …
Christmas Day was spent at the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club where we were extremely well looked after with a huge spread of food catering for all different nationalities. As always DOSC was the place to …