It took us 2 days to motor sail from Mohammedia to Agadir. When were were about 10 miles from Agadir, we finally got enough wind that Blair decided to hoist the sails and stop the engine. That's when ...
Engine Failure off the coast of Africa
Change of Plans. Going to Madeira ... NOPE going to Morocco
We left Portugal with plans to go to Maderia. I have been looking forward to seeing this island chain for years. Unfortuntely when we were 2 days out from Portugal, I found out there was no availabili ...
Charming Fishing Villages of the Rias & Orcas along the way
We were finally able to depart A Coruna, but sadly our bow thruster stopped working right as we were leaving A Coruna. So the adventure continues ... We were able get to Muros a absolutely charming fi ...
We had an encounter with Orcas
While Traveling from Muros to Ribeira we had an encounter with Orcas. We were motoring in calm conditions, but the fog was pretty thick. Suddenly we felt like we hit something, and then 5 seconds late ...
5 weeks in A Coruna & Davits are Done!!
Well... 5 weeks ago, we came to A Coruna and decided that we wanted to get our dinghy davits remade from scratch. We thought we might be here for a week or maybe two. Finally on yesterday we got the d ...
ORCAS are a Real Concern!!!
For the past 2 years, we've been concerned about all the Orca incidents along the coast of Spain and Portugal. We knew the Bay of Biscay would be challenging, but we were really concerned about the Or ...
A Month in A Coruna
Well we've been in A Coruna for nearly a month. When we first got here, we decided that we would like to have the Davits remade so they support the dinghy better. The first marina there was a metal wo ...
3 Weeks of Travel and 2 countries
We started on August 3rd and have been moving quite quickly. Our trip was to the Isle d'Yeu about a 6 hour sail from Les Sables d'Olonne. We just motored as we felt we had too much to learn without ad ...
3 Days until Departure!
We just spent the last 8 weeks preparing Silver Moon for departure, she's almost ready. 800 Watts of Solar Panels. 4 lithum batteries, Watermaker is installed. The Dinghy Davits are installed off the ...
6 weeks to Launch!!!!
I can't believe it's been over 2 years since we starting this process and now we're only 6 weeks to launch. Alubat will finish quiet a bit in the next 6 weeks, and we are getting excited about what th ...