Budget sailing
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Greece…
After the adventures of the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, it was with great excitement and relief that we reached the Mediterranean. We cleared into Cypress, and after enjoying our first taste of Europe and having a rested and… Continue reading
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Execution of Plan B….
We’re enjoying 18 degrees instead of 33 degrees, sleeping with a blanket and duvet, instead of lying in a puddle of sweat. I’m wearing jumpers and long trousers, not shorts and teeshirts, and waking up to the song of tui,… Continue reading
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Equatorial sailing. Gili Air to Batam…
The landscape in Eastern Indonesia has consisted of dry brown islands and clear blue skies. Then it changed as we neared the equator to lush jungle covered islands and massive puffy cumulus clouds that tend to drop their load in… Continue reading
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Up the Karimata Straits…with a paddle and a spinnaker pole…
We’ve sailed 600nm in the last week! We’ve got our ears pinned back and making tracks for Langkawi. After our overnight stop at Gili Air and an excellent pizza ashore with all the young European tourists, we set sail for… Continue reading
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Fluid plans…
We’ve been busy problem-solving! Life is never linear, and wouldn’t it be boring if everything always went according to plan? Our house in Auckland is our income. For the last eight months, that has worked quite nicely… until a month… Continue reading