Saltair Afloat

Sailing from Brest to Madeira was my first offshore passage and all my expectations and preparations were based on testimony and experiences from others. I read many guides and articles to gather tip ...

We're now well past the halfway point and I have a few minutes free this afternoon to contemplate our journey so I thought I would update our followers. We left Saturday afternoon from Bre ...

Our official school year has begun even tough Seth kept up with math, writing and spanish all summer long. We are offshore on day 5 of a passage from Brest to Madeira. The first few days we had to ad ...

We're finally on our way to Madeira! You can follow our progress at: https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/Saltair We left Brest at 3:30pm yesterday (Saturday, the 9th), well within our ...

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 ...