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Tilda - Meet the crew: João and Rui

Rui having fun with his family in Las Palmas.João preparing a Chinese dish for dinner on board.   IMG_7254IMG_7308. read more...

Tilda - Meet the crew: João and Rui

Let me introduce you the two portugueses of the crew, the strong and calm mates that everybody loves to have on board.Rui invited João to UK to meet Tilda and took part of the adventure team that sailed from UK to Lisbon when Fabri bought her 4 years ago. At the time she needed some refittings and the navigation became a bit… wild! No problem for Rui and João that never lose their Lusitanian aplomb.They both claim themselves as good cooks, but you cannot imagine the status of the galley after their culinary performances (scary!)“Rum no convés, vento nas velas e proa a Oeste.“. read more...

Misty Mhor - Misty media Thursday 18th November

We had a visit today from Yachting Monthly so we all put our best tops on for a photo opportunity. Jon gave the journalist a potted history of our yacht so we may get our 15 mins of fame next month. Fiona and I went off shopping while the rest were very busy with numerous jobs. Trying to estimate are dietary requirements for 20-25 days was a bit of a headache. We were told that for a crew of 5 we wouldn’t get much change from £1000. That is without any alcohol! We will have a dry boat for the crossing. I can feel the withdrawal symptoms starting already, which are being alleviated a little as we are having to consume our stock while we are in port. Alan Jon, Fiona, Alistair, Duncan and Alanimage0. read more...

Misty Mhor - Mhor meandering

Tuesday and Wednesday Nov 17thJon & Fiona and Alistair & Charlotte went off into the interior to meet up with some old friends and do a spot of hill walking. Having bagged all the Monroes in Scotland they were keen to experience the volcanic landscape. Meanwhile we spent a quite a day in town catching up with the shopping. image0. read more...

Tamanaco - d-3 getting prepared

Hello to all friends and familyYou can follow us on this blog.We will do our best to share our adventure, good and difficult moments, so you can live our experience with us, remotely …The Tamanaco crew. read more...

Tilda - Meet the crew: Ale and Francy

Ale (left) and Francy (right) ready for the Caribbean party!IMG_7279. read more...

Tilda - Meet the crew: Ale and Francy

Alessandra and Francesca became friends thanks to Tilda, when they first met for her delivery in 2017, doing the leg from Lisbon to Palma de Mallorca.Ale comes from Florence and started sailing every corner of the Tyrrhenian Sea with her sister when they were kids. Francy was born and raised in Trieste as a real “Barcolana girl”, enjoing both regattas and cruises in the Adriatic Sea.This is the first ARC for them, a dream that comes true after many miles sailed with different yachts, crew mates and conditions. They prepared every detail, from safety to… party outfits!Ale is a psycotherapist in a hospital and she’ll be the “doctor on board” for our body and soul (very appreciated Tuscan humour). Francy is an innovation manager, so let’s see if she will contribute to optimize the. read more...

Minga - Sailing Minga TEST

¡Bienvenidos a bordo de Sailing Minga!Esta es la primera prueba y publicación de nuestro blog. Quedan 4 días para la largada de la regata Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, donde cruzaremos el Océano Atlántico junto a otros 150 veleros.La tripulación de la Minga prepara los últimos detalles para el zarpe. Un abrazo,El Capitán Sailing Minga. read more...

Misty Mhor - Misty’s meanderings

The ARC 2021We are all here in Las Parmas Marina in Gran Canaria preparing for the Grand Departure.Only four days to go, so the To Do list is a little more urgent. Unfortunately the only reliable internet access is at the nearby Sailors Bar and it would be rude not to give them some custom. Dugald is here with me doing some last minute planning…..Alan image1. read more...

DOUBLETON - First impressions of the ARC Plus

After weeks of building anticipation, finally the day arrives. Today is the first day of our participation with the ARC + Rally, though for Doubleton, merely a continuation of an adventure that began in Mallorca many weeks ago. Our exit from the Harbor began with a long blow from our foghorn and a triumphant piece from the composer Richard Wagner; The Ride of the Valkyries. It was a welcome sight to see the ARC-team and all the spectators cheer us on as we left the Harbor. The crew was eager to be at the front of the fleet when the horn blasts at 13:45, which also marked the beginning of a 866nm passage. The harbor entrance was congested with every type of ocean going vessel; commercial cargo ships, passenger ferries, the 75 odd boats participating in the ARC-Plus 2021 Rally andthe. read more...

CoKeMa - Wednesday 10th November - Day 3

Day 3 - we all had showers in the morning, far sooner than we had anticipated. A welcomed surprise!We flew the Oxley para sail for the first time this trip. Now that the winds have calmed the conditions are perfect for it. Smooth sailing now!Tony gave Orla a crash course in sailing, diagrams and all the jargon explained - almost as we hit the halfway point of the first leg of the ARC+ trip - better late than never.. right?!Ita made chicken picatta with spaghetti for dinner, and we blared the tunes for the evening.Ita and Orla can't for the life of them remember what they did for the day - but are absolutely positive they had a fabulous time!Much like Love Island, we are half expecting to arrive in Cape Verde and have a couple of million views on each of our blogs. So a big hello to all. read more...

Tilda - Meet the crew: Captain Fab

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Tilda - Meet the crew: Captain Fab

Fabri was born in Trieste, North-East of Italy, the land of of Bora (a gusty and cold wind that clean the sky and forge good sailors)He started sailing with his family when he was very young and in 2016 he got in love with Tilda, a bluewater cutter ketch. The passage from Southampton to the Mediterranean Sea is long and permitted Fabri to strenghten his sailing experience and meet new friends that are now part of the ARC adventure.He is a calm and prepared skipper; he takes care of his boat and his crew with a lot of attention on safety and many funny stories about sailing.His trademarks are his large smile and a tatoo on the ankle: an anchor with the motto “HOLD FAST”.“When life on land sucks, go sailing”. read more...

Tamanaco - Test

Hello,This is the Tamanaco crew.  Welcome to our blog.David. read more...

Moonshadow - Log day 0 - testing the blog

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Chula - Log3 - a day in the life of.. 24hrs at sea

When does a sailors day begin? Typically midnight to midnight but that doesn't seem quite right at sea, at midnight I'm already one watch in and trying to grab a few hours sleep. 0900? Mornings are slow onboard while crew catch up on sleep (and kids are wide awake!). I think a sailors day begins at dusk, we all gather together in the cockpit for our evening meal then set the sails for the night, say goodnight to the kids and our watch pattern begins. So here it is, day 5 (or maybe 6, it's merged a little!), at sea on passage between Las Palmas and Mindelo with 8-18 knots of NE wind.1800 dinner in the cockpit. Pork in pitta bread with fresh coleslaw and salad. I'm pretty chuffed to be able to eat a full dinner, let alone be able to prepare it in the galley! Even the kids wanted seconds!. read more...

Morgane of Sark - log Morgane of Sark

We are almost there. Around 12:30 we saw the island of Santo Antao rising out of the water. What a beautiful sight! We motored through the night and around 10 o’clock we could hoist the sails again. We can see a lot of boats around us. We just put away our jib and boom and are sailing the last miles only with the main. It’s wonderful out here. Such a beautiful day.Merel is sowing the courtesy flag of Cape Verde and Elvira has been cleaning the boat. Just 7 miles to go! We are excited to arrive and are looking back at a splendid journey.Current position N 17 02 78 w 24 51. 02See you in Mindelo!Xxx Crew Morgane of Sark. read more...

High Cotton - Home Stretch!

We are slowly but surely making our way to the finish line. As one of the last boats without their motor on, we stand proudly and nearly still alone off the coasts of the Cape Verde Islands. 30 miles and we’ve made it! Spirits are high and it is a beautiful last day. Here is a photo of an absolute slob Mahi Mahi Jeremy reeled in. Sashimi and grilled fillets have been keeping us happily fed for the past couple of days. Cheers! image1. read more...

Morgane of Sark - log Morgane of Sark

Hi, here an early morning update of the Morgane of Sark. It’s Saterday 05:25 and it has gotten busy around us. We count 14 boats in our neighborhood on the AIS and one (Mystique) is right beside us. Clearly getting closer to Mindelo. We do use the engine now for almost 3 hours. The wind disappeared and we were rocking side to side, but not moving much forward anymore. Leaving Las Palmas, we had a bitof a problem with the cooling water, even though we had a precautionary extra maintenance service of the engine in Las Palmas. Unfortunately, when we started the motor tonight, no cooling water was coming out.. Bummer… So, Herco had to crawl into the engine room in the middle of the night to fix it. He put water in the hoses of the cooling system. For some reason it was not sucking up water. read more...

Morgane of Sark - log Morgane of Sark

Hi there, here an evening message from the Morgane of Sark at 19:30, november 12 th. Just to let you know that our caught mini Tunafish tasted really good. We had a piece of sole with it, from the freezer😉. And again all kinds of veggies in the crockpot. And ravioli with it. Diner has become a highlight of the day. As are Merel’s delicious smoothies around midday. The sun has gone down, but unfortunately there were just some clouds covering this spectacle. The sunsets and sunrises at sea are magical. As is the starry night.We almost caught something again… a seagull. The seagull was chasing the bate. So, we took the fishing gear down again. Don’t want to catch a seagull! The flying fish around us are so much fun to watch. Sometimes they fly on the deck however. During the day, we do. read more...

Morgane of Sark - log Morgane of Sark

Yes, we caught a fish! Just a little one though, but it’s a start. We are happy , after our plastic catch of the day of yesterday. 😉. We think it is a little Tuna. Only 40 cm or something. Herco cleaned it and we will eat it for dinner. A one portion meal… Jokes are being made about the return of investment of this fishing gear😂. But, practice makes perfect, right. We just changed our sail configuration again. Now, we are butterflying an other time in order to steer a bit more straight to the direction of Mindelo. We lost some speed with this change, but we are getting closer to Mindelo. We still have 157 miles to go. Life is still easy going on the Morgane of Sark. We had a good night, it appears a bit less dark. We have downloaded some movies and series from Netflix and that is our. read more...

Blake - ARC Forest project

Wow what a day, we are all back to our boats pretty tired after an incredible morning planting trees at the ‘ARC Forest’ – a collaboration between ARC and Foresta over the past 12 years.  Rally crews volunteer and head to the hills to plant baby trees and help contribute to the re-foresting of this part of Gran Canaria. We had a coach full of rally participants set off from the marina and drive 30 minutes up into the hills above Las Palmas.  After some guidance from the team we were soon off planting our baby trees and by the time lunch rolled around we had planted over 200 trees!  Great fun, very rewarding and thank you to all the team at Foresta.   Learn more about their hard work conserving the forests in the Canary Islands. read more...

Cesarina - Oh, do the hokey-cokey...

"You pull your blue sail in, let your blue sail out, in out in out, shake it all about... you do the hokey-cokey and you turn around... that´s what it´s all about..."Forgive me if you aren´t familiar with this British (children´s) party classic, and please forgive me for the cringeworthy re-mix if you do. We have been up and down like yoyos with the sails for the last 24 hours. We started yesterday with a poled out genoa and full main, and then we rejigged and re-rigged everything and had the Parasailor up and flying eventually yesterday (see yesterday´s blog entry) but by dusk the wind had dropped to the point where even that sail was collapsing and we were worried about it getting tangled up in something in the night, so we put the deck lights on and got ready to douse the beast. We. read more...

Tilda - "Out of office"? OH YEAH!

Ladies and gentlemen,the "out of office" automatic email is set up. We are officially on holiday and counting the minutes to meet the other crews and our beautiful turquoise boat in Las Palmas..."Devo solo far stare due container di roba in una sacca ed è fatta"Los Tildamigos. read more...

Chula - Log1 - Start +100hrs

I'm currently sat in the cockpit feeling the warmth of the sun, gone are the fleeces and trousers it seems we have definelty reached warmer climes! Its been a lovely few day and we have made steady progress towards Cape Verde, even catching up with a few boats!We have been experimenting with our sail configuration to be able to point further downwind than at the start. High winds, high swell, tiredness and exicement (or nerves?!) had resulted in a fairly conservative sailing angle to the wind which we needed to address to make Cape Verde in resonable time.We don't carry poles to help steady the clew of the geona and in the rolling waves the sail to snatches shaking the whole boat violently. Joe and I couldn't sleep with the knowledge of the huge forces being put on the deck fittings and. read more...

Morgane of Sark - log Morgane of Sark

Yes, we caught a fish! Just a little one though, but it’s a start. We are happy , after our plastic catch of the day of yesterday. 😉. We think it is a little Tuna. Only 40 cm or something. Herco cleaned it and we will eat it for dinner. A one portion meal… Jokes are being made about the return of investment of this fishing gear😂. But, practice makes perfect, right. We just changed our sail configuration again. Now, we are butterflying an other time in order to steer a bit more straight to the direction of Mindelo. We lost some speed with this change, but we are getting closer to Mindelo. We still have 157 miles to go. Life is still easy going on the Morgane of Sark. We had a good night, it appears a bit less dark. We have downloaded some movies and series from Netflix and that is our. read more...

Just4Fun - Just4Fun blog # 1

Just4Fun ARC Blog Nummer 1Hallo Ihr Lieben, hier mal ein kleiner Status zu unserer Reise. Es ist der sechste Tag der Überfahrt und die Stimmung ist gut. Aber beginnen wir mal von vorn. Die ersten30 Stunden waren sehr hart, viel Wind (25-28 kn) und sehr hohe Wellen, so dass wir durchgehend von Hand steuern mussten, was sehr anstrengend war (zusätzlich war es auch sehr kalt). Moritz hatte, obwohl er prophylaktisch Medikamente bekommen hat, ziemlich starke Seekrankheit und es ging ihm die ersten 24 Stunden nicht gut, was das Boot und die Wäsche entsprechend verwüstet hat. Thomas ging es am Anfang ebenfalls nicht so gut, da wir aber ziemlich im Krisenmodus waren, hatte er keine andere Wahl und war sehr schnell wieder seetüchtig. Auch Andrea, unsere Mitseglerin, hat sich als äußerst harte. read more...

CoKeMa - Wednesday 10th November - Hitting the halfway point!

Day 4 of our trip to Mindelo!We were joined by another pod of dolphins in the morning, they stayed with us for a good half hour.In the afternoon we contacted Navillus 3, as we could see they were close by, and arranged to converge for a picture taking frenzy. Scatcat made an appearance too, and sent their drone over to CoKeMa to capture some footage.Orla & Ita did some afternoon colouring, and the sun made an appearance for the first time this trip. There has been a notable change in temperature during the night - we started out wearing 3 layers during our night shifts and now we are down to one.We ate fajitas for dinner (Fred grilled himself a burger on the boat’s bbq) and played some more of the tunes that Tony had the foresight to download to his laptop.Today marks a big day for. read more...

Cajuna - J+4

Hola todos, Avec le retard accumulé hier, on est maintenant dans la pétole, plus de vent. C’est bête pour un voilier ! Pour nous consoler François nous a pêché une carangue. Apéro du midi avec tartare de poisson cuit au citron, hum non rhum… et darnes le soir. Il faut pas se laisser abattre !A+image1. read more...

Morgane of Sark - log

Hi, here another note of the Morgane of Sark. Today was a lovely day. The weather was nice, the waves were smooth. So, we had our table out to write and draw. Sat on the aft deck to relax, read and listen to music. It was a day at sea as you wish for. The only drawback is that we are moving a bit slow sometimes. But we don’t mind, we prefer comfort over speed. We didn’t try the Gennaker today. Just sticked with the main and jib on the portside.We even had a real dinner at the table. By now, we really are fans of our Crockpot😀. Tonight we had eggplants and squash with tomato, onion and garlic in it. With the left over of the couscous a great, healthy and tasteful meal. Herco got a piece of chicken with it. He and Evy are the only ones to eat meat. And we celebrated this day with some ice. read more...

Cesarina - CESARINA & Dietmar´s 8 inch lure...

We would have written a blog earlier on this trip but we were too busy holding on to the boat for dear life. I know people think that sailing is glamorous, and in our case it was *extremely* rock & roll - completely wild for 36 hours with little sleep and a lot of performance-enhancing drugs (OK, just caffeine actually - no budget left for anything crazier when you own a boat ;)), and then a dreadful (swell) hangover where the wind dropped but the waves persisted so we flip-flopped through a sleep-deprived 24 hours of sloppy seas but decreasing winds. Ugh.Thankfully, Cesarina is used to all this and, like the ageing rock star she is, slid gracefully through the drama around her without so much as a chafed sheet. (Having just written this, I have crossed and uncrossed my fingers, touched. read more...

Maiko - Maiko day 4-5 - Less than half way to go!

Last night we celebrated that we have now come more than half the way from Las Palmas to Mindelo. The girls made chocolate muffins and we all watched Vaiana in the cockpit.The weather has been a bit on the chilli side, but today we woke up to clear blue skies and a visit from our dolphin friends for the 5 day in a row.While we were watching the dolphins, our fish line ran wild until whatever was on the hook got away with all of it... Life is good and spirits are high even though we would have preferred a bit stronger winds.288 NM to go.-Linnimage2image3image1. read more...