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November 4th, 2016 | 
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Current Location: La Gomera, Canary Islands, SpainCurrent Position: 28 4.2 N 017 7.62 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 47 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereSorry about the delay but, beter late than never, here is our retrospective account of our time in the Canary Islands. Lanzarote (Click to Read More...)
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Current Location: Marrakesh, MoroccoCurrent Position: 31 37.77 N 007 58.87 W Click to view map.Wow..it has been a busy 3 weeks.. Since we left Lisbon on the 25th of September, we have done 2 long crossings, visited Morroco and one of the Cannary islands. We enjoyed morroco very much. People were just so warm and (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Seixal, PortugalCurrent Position: 38 38.64 N 009 6.47 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 15 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWe are now back in Seixal, Portugal, having had a month in Canada to welcome Allisen’s new baby boy, Behnam – grandson number 3! It (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Cascais, PortugalCurrent Position: 38 41.83 N 009 24.98 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 0 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereHaving spent a fair bit of time around Lisbon, I thought it would be useful to put up a summary of the area for other (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Alvor, PortugalCurrent Position: 37 7.4 N 008 37.23 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 4 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereOn Sunday we moved out of the marina to anchor in Portmao harbour. The next day we were minding our own business when we spotted (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Kampala, UgandaCurrent Position: 00 20.86 N 032 34.95 E Click to view map.Here we are at the end of June, and we are only just back on board Life Part 2. So what on Earth have we been doing for the past 9 months? After Dad’s death in September cut short our plans (Click to Read More...)
Thank you all for your kind comments and condolences on my Dad’s passing away. We had a funeral service for him in Ottawa, attended by my Mum’s relatives and many long-standing friends of both. The body was then cremated, and tonight we fly to the UK with the ashes. We will have another memorial celebration (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Hauled out in Portimao, PortugalCurrent Position: 37 8.2 N 008 31.7 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 126 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereFor three months we caught nothing. That’s nothing with a big fat ZERO, despite trying every combination of lures and speed in (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Puerto de Conil, Cadiz, SpainCurrent Position: 36 17.6 N 006 7.92 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 495 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereIt was four years ago that we sailed past Tarifa and Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea. Today we sailed in the (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Barcelona, SpainCurrent Position: 41 22.92 N 002 11.85 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 4 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereI know…I know! We are back tracking a little bit here but we had so much fun in Barcelona and all through the coast of (Click to Read More...)