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Ever since we immigrated few years back we have heard regularly sometimes under the breath, sometimes directly : “Wow! Crazy Frenchman”…. Somehow difficult for us to understand! You see when you are surrounded by them you don’t notice it… It must come from that proverb “Imposible n’est pas Francais” an expression we can translate [...] On our cruising journey we are planing to take all our time to go around the globe, we are simply at the antipodes of racing. Yet for some, sailing around the world with a breaking record is the utmost goal. It is speed versus exploring and the Trophee Jules Verne is one of those. The [...] Some of you noticed a new gadget at the bottom right of our blog! just there on the right side of the screen, a little lower… yes nearly … there you go!
And to keep you more in the loop, it is exactely what you thought : In other words [...] Our first experience ever, kissing the ocean swells! Indeed a moment of truth, will we be able to do it? Will we be able to sustain the dark watch? Will sea sickness render us un-operational?
Happily we can report back that none of the above invaded us nor took over [...] We received word that our new marina slip was available for us to move into over the week-end. Weather hasn’t been cooperative in the last few days, so we decided that today was the day. A nice in and out to burn the condensation in the engine and we were back in. We docked in [...]
After all the work we have been putting into the boat, we have to enjoy it. Saturday night saw us rushing to the marina and sleep on the boat. In the morning after breakfast, a boat came along ours, surprise a catamaran. It was the veteran of the marina checking the new [...] Finding time is hard, but reality let me loose for a few minutes, so I was able to edit the video and update our September budget. Yesterday was a beautiful day, and we all enjoyed being back sailing, even with just a 5 knot wind and a flat sea. This made for a relaxing [...] |
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