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July 3rd, 2015 | 
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Current Location: Barcelona, SpainCurrent Position: 41 26 N 002 14.58 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 65 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWe are now in Barcelona, Spain, about to depart for Ibiza. We have been unable to beg, buy, borrow or steal a decent internet connection, so this is just a quick update to let you know where we are and why there are no photos! Will update you when we can 🙂
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Current Location: Roses, SpainCurrent Position: 42 15.51 N 003 10.49 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 164 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereFrom St. Tropez it was time to head west and south, the goal being to get to Alicante, Spain by mid July. First stop was (Click to Read More...)
So far we have traveled through eight Mediterranean countries, and in every single one of them we have had problems with buying internet services. I don’t mind paying for the service. But when I do, I expect it to work. So why is it that every single time there is a problem? In Spain we (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: St. Tropez, FranceCurrent Position: 43 16.26 N 006 37.78 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 3 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereLast night we were anchored with illustrious neighbours. In fact, we were by far the smallest yacht in the anchorage, the others all being (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Pampelonne Beach, FranceCurrent Position: 43 13.36 N 006 40.25 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 60 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWe made it to Sanremo in time to meet up with my old sailing buddy from university, Alastair McMichael. With him was his wife (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Sanremo, ItalyCurrent Position: 43 48.91 N 007 47.13 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 209 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereMay 28th – June 5th: Santa Marinella to Sanremo Once Josh had gone, it was a mad dash north to meet with Alastair in Sanremo. (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Santa Marinella, ItalyCurrent Position: 42 2.12 N 011 52.35 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 84 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereThe obvious thing to do is to find a marina as close as possible to Rome so that you can leave your boat there. (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Isola Ponza, ItalyCurrent Position: 40 54.15 N 012 57.79 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 81 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWow, what a crazy couple of weeks it has been! We have been rushing up the West coast of Italy. Normally we wouldn’t do (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Salerno, ItalyCurrent Position: 40 39.97 N 014 43.17 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 124 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWednesday, 29th April, 2015 After all the partying it was time to leave Cariati. The wind was perfect, so we had a fast downwind run (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Cariati Marina, ItalyCurrent Position: 39 30.35 N 016 56.56 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 0 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereIt started with an invitation to go to town for some real Italian Gelato (ice cream). Giovanni is a local (Cariati) doctor who had (Click to Read More...)