Articles about the region 'Everywhere'

This map shows the all the passages taken during 2014. In January we were in the Caribbean (having crossed from Europe in November 2013) and enjoyed the lovely tropical weather until the middle of April 2014 when we crossed back over to spend the summer sailing the Mediterranean. Then, like migrating birds, we crossed back to the Caribbean starting in December of 2014 as the beginning...

This map shows the all the passages taken during 2013. We started mid-year in Cape Town, South Africa and sailed all the way to Genova, Italy then reversed the route back to the Canaries and crossed the Atlantic again ending the year in the Caribbean. A lot of sailing but still more on track for 2014!

This map shows the all the passages taken during 2012. We started the year in the Caribbean having made the passage from Europe with the ARC. After Christmas at home, we returned the boat in St. Martin to begin our winter sailing season. It was wonderful to sailing in wonderful weather for months traveling between islands and enjoying the differences between each one. The food, the...

This map shows the accumulation of all the passages made by the Hallberg-Rassy 54 sailing yacht, Feelin' Good, from the time she was launched in July 2011 right up through her final passage in July 2012. Her travels have taken her from Sweden through the Kiel Canal in Germany, along the coast of Holland and Belgium and through the English Channel to the Bay of Biscay. From there, she...

This map shows the all the passages taken during 2011. During this year, we sailing aboard a Hallberg-Rassy 54 and enjoyed every minute of it. We started in July in Sweden and finished out the year with our arrival, as part of the ARC-2011, in St. Lucia in the Caribbean. We sailed with a lot of different sailors and learned a tremendous amount about sailing from each of them.

This map shows the accumulation of all the passages made by the Hallberg-Rassy 54 sailing yacht, Feelin' Good, for her participation in the 2011 ARC from the Canary Islands to St. Luca in the Caribbean. She started out in Sotogrande, Spain on November 2, 2011 sailing to the Canaries.

Part of my core books to study and learn from in preparing for big passages and a possible circumnavigation in few years. This book contains decades worth of experience from a guy who's sailed all over the world and documented what he did, when he went, weather to expect, etc. A fantastic tool for anyone planning a circumnavigation or simply to take some big passages. A very...

I picked up this book in La Coruna, Spain when the anchor snubber had broke in a previous anchorage in France. I asked one of the maritimo's if he knew someone who could splice rope as I had a project that needed doing. I'll never forget his amazement when he answered "All sailors know how to splice". I felt embarrassed so I bought this book and taught myself to splice! The snubber I...