How to check out of EES in Gibraltar.
Gibraltar has long been a useful stop for sailors. Somewhere to leave Schengen or reset VAT, or just get a little taste of home. But things have…
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Ship’s Log.
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Leaving Lisbon behind
We’d just had a really good few days with my parents, who’d flown over to see us. We spent some time taking in the sights of Lisbon and nearby Ca…
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Sailing in 'Atlantic crossing conditions'
Nazaré to Cascais: a proper day’s sailing After a couple of days staying put in Nazaré due to heavy fog, we awoke on 25 September to a clear sky…
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Nothing to see here.
We set off from Figueira da Foz at 09:30, a little later than usual, hoping the fog that we'd awoken to would lift . It didn’t. We hadn’t had a …
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Arriving in Baiona after a Sporty sail.
We set sail from Camarinaš to finally get out of the Bay of Biscay. it was starting to as if the weather may start to lock us in the biscay area…
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Finally escaping the Bay of Biscay
It always seems to be the last hour of any passage where things happen. Not always bad things but just things. We slipped lines at Dawn and agai…
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