Passages crewed with 'francesca'

After some rest and relaxation here in Gran Canaria, we are ready to begin our third and final passage on this long journey from Cape Town to Genoa, Italy. We've used this time to perform some minor repairs to the boat systems and to get some rest for the crew so we are refreshed and ready for the next 1500nm. It's strange but I think we are 'almost home', yet the Canaries are still a...

We're ready to begin our second passage on the way from Cape Town, South Africa to Genova, Italy. Today we leave from Jamestown, St. Helena and will have the longest distance to cover in one passage, about 3'100 nm or almost twice the distance we just sailed. Along the way we'll cross the Equator and pass the Cape Verde Islands.

After months of hard work and planning, not to mention the last week of provisioning the boat for 40 days at sea, we are ready to go. However, despite our state of readiness, the weather has decided to finally show us what real winter is like in Cape Town. High winds, heavy rain and a 6 meter sea state convinced us to take another few days to relax before starting our passage to St....