Saltair Afloat

We have been in Brest, France this week and besides indulging in fresh baguettes and croissants we are busy getting ready for our first offshore passage on Saltair! Up to now we have been coastal, st ...

We crossed the English Channel heading south from the UK on the 23rd of August, heading for Alderney in the Channel Islands. Alderney is the furthest north of the Channel Islands and at roughly 80nm ...

Tides are big, very big, like very very big, like very very very big, like very ve… *goes on forever adding a “very” each time* At least where we are (*Hint* its the north Atlantic). I’m jus ...

In the Royal Navy the ensign has a red, white , or blue background ground with the Union Flag in the upper corner .Until 1864, ships of the Royal Navy were divided into three squadrons (red, white and ...

After a very rainy and windy summer we finally found the sun in England! After our stop at Bruinisse we sailed to Bruges, Belgium where we had a very nice tourist stopover. Adam & Seth had fun spo ...

Après un été très pluvieux et venteux nous avons finalement trouvé le soleil en Angleterre! Après notre arrêt à Bruinisse nous avons navigué jusqu’à Bruges où nous avons fait une escale t ...

Hi this is me writing a blog once again. Netherlands one day, Belgium the next ( We went on an expedition in Brugge finding plastic food, taking photos, then moving on. We found delicious waffles and ...

Wow... what an amazingly productive three days in Bruinisse! Starting with Tuesday... We hauled Saltair out of the water in order to replace the lip seal in the starboard rudder bearing. It turns ...

Our adventure continues! The themes of the past weeks or so have been lousy weather, lousy weather and lousy boat issues! But also resilience, perseverance and making the best of things! For mos ...

Vleiland is a cool little island where we have been staying for the past 3 days. It has a lighthouse, a big beach (with a few restaurants), a small town (with a lot of restaurants), a big marina (wher ...