We were here for 8 weeks, and it always seems all the projects get completed in the last week that we're in a location. Diesel Hot Water Heater Installed. Blair installed this, so that we won't have ...
Boat Upgrades in Grenada
SV Silver Moon Adventures Upgrades to New Boat
Crossing the Atlantic
We left on November 22nd and were excited to finally get a REAL crossing under our belt. Blair was a bit concerned because the guys had installed the boom at the last minute. The guys used the same s ...
Cabo Verde Making Repairs and Connecting with other Sailors
When we arrrived in Cabo Verde, they first put us bow in to the dock with our stern facing the wind. This made the boat swing quite a bit, it also made getting on and off the boat quite difficult, and ...
Las Palmas to Cabo Verde More Adventures
The Rally started on November 10th with light winds. We were excited to finally get started and felt we had done everything we could to prepare for this initial crossing to Cabo Verde ( Formerly known ...
Las Palmas Arrival and Final Preparations for the ARC+ Rally across the Atlantic
We arrived in Las Palmas, and since our Engine would not work if it was turned on and then off again, Blair turned on the Engine in the outer harbor and didn't turn it off again until we were safely a ...
Leaving Africa , Sailing to Las Palmas : Engine Failure AGAIN
We left Agadir after a week and thought we had solved the engine issue, but about an hour outside of Agadir we tried the engine and it didn't start again. We knew that this was a problem that occured ...
Adventures in Africa... Trying to fix the Engine & Raising the Mainsail
We arrived on Saturday night, so Sunday we just did small boat projects, and I found there was a Nanni Dealer not 200 yards from the marina. There are only 2 nanni dealers in all of Morocco and we hap ...
Engine Failure off the coast of Africa
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 ...
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 ...