Hi Folks We have made it to La Coruna by using up a lot of diesel! Our trip north has been beset by Northerlies and now that we want to go North Easterly to Belle Ille, we have a week of strong NE forecast.... go figure! We left Denia some time ago and had some rough seas around the various headlands we had toget round. Gibralter was fun for a few days and we even made it up the rock this time to see the mad monkeys - vicious lot they are too! We watched one big...

Hi there So far we have covered about 400 miles from Alghero very much in fits and starts. We made good time to Puerto Andraitx in Mallorca where we then spent 6 days catching up with our old friends. We then made good time to Denia in Spain via Ibiza but we have now been stuck here for 5 days with southerly winds and some big waves. We hope to leave here tomorrow (26th June) and head for Gibraltar which is still 360 miles away. Will try and update then.

Hi folks As I write this there are two men cutting a large hole in the boat. One is using a power saw from inside what used to be the wardrobe, and the other is outside with an angle-grinder cutting round the p-bracket. Hopefully, like the channel tunnel, the two holes will match up. The problem we discovered when the boat was lifted out the water at the beginning of March for some routine maintenance, a bottom scrub and new antifouling. The p-bracket, which is ...

EL CAPITANO 18th February 2007 Greetings All!! We have now been in Andraitx since October and have been enjoying our first Mediterranean winter. The weather has been terrific and, apart from a few rainy days and the occasional strong wind, it has been delightful, clear and sunny with temperatures between 15 and 18C. Staying for a few months in the one place allows us to get to know the local scene and it’s all strange and interesting. The mayor, who...

Hi folks Belated festive greetings and very best wishes for a happy and healthy 2007. We have been very remiss in keeping our website up to date lately and I really don’t have a good excuse, except to say that we have been busy enjoying ourselves. The weather this winter has been amazingly good so far. We have blue skies and sunshine most days and although it can be frosty in the morning, it soon warms up with the sunshine, so we can still lunch in the...