After a few weeks in the Canaries, it was time to head back North. Rather than going the direct route via the Madeira archipelago, I decided to take the scenic route via the Azores… As I couldn’t find anyone mad enough to sail the North Atlantic on a 36 footer at this time of the …
On paper, the Canaries islands are the ideal cruising ground. Seven main islands stretched across 250 miles at the latitude of Southern Morocco. Guaranteed sunshine, great touristic infrastructure including hundreds of flights daily from most European cities, and all within the EU. Sounds like paradise, but do they live up to their reputation? I spent …
Theo and I sailed the boat down from Glasgow to Brest in late November, in surprisingly fair weather for that time o the year. Although we did have to shelter briefly in Belfast Lough from a southerly gale, we made good use of the Westerly that followed and had a rather pleasant overnight sail from …