Living the dream onboard our Beneteau 473 with our sailor dog
This blog post has been in the skippers mind for a long time so it is long overdue to put it into words. It was always in our future life plans that one day we would sail to warmer climes so when we were both in a position to move from land based luxuries to …
Continue reading "The Skippers maintenance and upgrade report"
We spent two weeks in Muros marina after our relaunch from the boatyard. Each day studying the weather forecast to see if we could get four days of suitable weather to complete the final leg of our journey home to Cork. The boat was ready to go and so were the crew. We had a …
Continue reading "The final leg home: Crossing the Bay of Biscay in October"
Maggie was hauled out of the water on the afternoon of Tuesday 15th September. On first inspection of the propellor shaft the temporary repair was in good order so this was ruled out as a cause for the shaft tube heating up. Removed the temporary bushing and then carefully dismantled the propellor noting the current …
The day after our arrival in Aldan the rain began and was forecasted to continue for the next three days so we decided to move further up the Ria Pontevedra to Combarro marina a short trip of 12.8nm. It was an opportunity to give the boat a clean up both inside and outside and re-provision …
After spending three quiet days in Rota we decided to take advantage of a break in the strong westerly winds of the previous days and avail of light winds to move on to our next destination, Vilamoura, Portugal, one of our favourite ports and our winter base of 2018/2019 in the Algarve. On Tuesday 04th …
Continue reading "Legs 4-8, South and West Coast Portugal to Galicia"
After a good rest for the crew, a good cleaning inside and out for Maggie and a favourable weather window to continue West a course was plotted to go from Cartagena to Rota. Our later than usual departure time was to ensure we hit the outward tidal flow at Gibraltar at the right time to …
On Sunday 19th July we departed Licata, Sicily at 07:00hrs to sail (and motor at times) West to Cartagena, Spain. Just after sunrise the morning was calm and beautiful. As we progressed under engine along the south coast the winds (as forecasted) started to build unfortunately against our direction of travel and by 15:00hrs we …
As the lockdown restrictions were gradually lifted here in Sicily throughout the month of May the summer boat preparations and maintenance jobs re-started as businesses opened up again. A change of plan was probably the most common theme amongst the boaters. Towards the end of May we were allowed to sail again around Sicily so …
Check out some drone footage filmed yesterday of Maggie at her berth in Marina di Cala del Sole in Licata taken by our good friends Trevor & Sarah from yacht Gianti.We think it's cool, thanks Trevor & Sarah Yacht Maggie YouTube
We had a very pleasant first Christmas on the boat, away from home, family and friends. Christmas dinner was as close to home as cooking for two on a boat would allow. The highlight of the day went to the Betty’s (Liams Mum) homemade Christmas pudding served with fresh cream and custard, the latter traded …
