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Month: October 2017

Sun, stars, sextant, three tons of books

Written by carreybeaynOctober 31, 2017December 31, 2017 Leave a comment

Needless to say that by the time the end of October appeared out of nowhere I hadn’t really scratched the surface of the online course and my understanding of this vast subject was very close to nil.   So equipped with an old plastic sextant, that had been donated to me several years ago, a […]

“Now bring me that horizon”

Written by carreybeaynOctober 31, 2017January 26, 2018 Leave a comment

31 October Up anchor and I’m at the helm again, it is 0800 and we’re headed for the fuel dock in Las Palmas marina.  “Do you want your boat back skipper?” I ask on the way in to the marina.  “Erm….. no, it’s alright….. can you just drive us on to the fuel dock?”  FFS… […]

“Some days you’re the driver”

Written by carreybeaynOctober 29, 2017January 26, 2018 Leave a comment

We left the dock at around midday Saturday 28 October to sail the 80 miles to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.  Getting the boat out of the berth at Fuerteventura was not exactly pretty, our skipper being a monohull man hasn’t quite mastered the finer points of two engines yet, nor will we mention the dockline. […]

Off we go into the wild blue yonder

Written by carreybeaynOctober 27, 2017January 26, 2018 Leave a comment

Back in August I had a winter job to go to with a yacht charter company in the BVI and a thirst for another Atlantic crossing, the last one being 15 years ago.  I signed up to join a catamaran that was bound from La Rochelle to the BVIs and leaving the Canaries in early […]

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