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 ...
700 Down, 400 to Go!
cruising life
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cuxhaven to Vlieland - Via Borkum
After transiting the Kiel canal on Wednesday, we sailed another 20 nm (nautical miles) in the Elbe river to reach Cuxhaven harbor (Germany). Since the Kiel canal was flat we were able to spend time b ...
Kiel et le Canal de Kiel
Nous sommes arrivés à Kiel tard lundi soir et y avons passé 2 nuits dans une bonne marina, bien abritée. Nous avons pu emprunter des vélos et mardi tout le monde est parti à l’aventure. Adam ...
Kiel & The Canal (English Version)
Original version in French with photos We arrived in Kiel late Monday evening and spent 2 nights there in a good marina, well sheltered. We were able to borrow bikes and on Tuesday everyone went on ...
Sailing the Baltic Sea
We are still in the Baltic Sea, moving south as wind and weather permits. When we left Ellös on July 15 we had strong westerly winds and big seas. Our first leg was in rough seas and Seth and I did ...