Saltair has been in Las Palmas Gran Canaria for over a month and we have made a lot of progress on our repairs and improvements ! The last couple weeks have been focused on family and spending time wi ...
cruising life
Casa de Colón (Francais)
Nous sommes à Las Palmas, Grand Canaries pour quelques semaines et bien que la scolarisation de Seth soit difficile nous essayons au moins de faire des excursions pédagogiques! Mardi nous sommes all ...
Feeling welcomed in Madeira.
We love Madeira! We arrived late Saturday night (September 16) and decided to anchor instead of trying to moor in the Marina in the dark. It was pitch black and we safely dropped and secured the anc ...
Sailing Offshore - lessons learned
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 ...
700 Down, 400 to Go!
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 ...
Getting ready for our first offshore passage
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 ...
The Channel Islands and Brittany
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 ...
British Naval Flags
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 ...
We found the sun.... in England of all places!
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 ...
On a trouvé le soleil en Angleterre
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 ...