tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61348059069119238292012-02-16T18:17:29.609Zfair winds niki, pete and don quixoteNiki and Petenoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134805906911923829.post-47177389033289554972007-11-18T13:04:00.000Z2008-12-10T06:58:27.001Z

1st NOVEMBER 2007The Algarve to the Canaries550 nautical miles, the furthest so far. To be honest I was looking forward to leaving Portugal but I was not sure if I was going to like the journey, it was going to be at least 4 days and nights of going down wind pretty similar conditions to that of the trip across the bay of Biscay and that did not make me feel too good either.We left Villamoura at

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Portugal 210th October 2007We stayed in Cascais for a few days doing a spot of sightseeing, just a short train ride away from Lisbon, and meeting old friends and making some new ones. This was the place that our fishing drought was about to end big style…After another night socialising on board Sinbad with the fishing guru Duncan and his good lady Rachael, we decided to take his advice and use

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Portugal13th September 2007Things happen in threes.We are really sorry that we have not been keeping you guys back in good old blighty up to date with our travels lately, but to be honest there has not been too much to write about. It started back in Spain after dropping Stuart and Zoë off in Vigo, we headed out to Bayona. It was sad saying goodbye to them and for anyone who knows my little

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25-08-070900HRSLA CORUNAWell we got the forecast we wanted thanks to the friendly night watchman at QAB. Northerlies for the rest of the week, force 5 to 6. Perfect for the 450 mile crossing to Spain. We left at 0700HRS on Tuesday 21st and killed the engine just outside Plymouth entrance; little did we know that we would not use the engine again, or change starboard tack until entering La

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10-8-081530HRSWEYMOUTHWith jobs to do and refuelled with sleep we sailed away from Alum Bay and across to Swanage to find ourselves an anchorage or mooring for the night. This would be the first full nights sleep since leaving and we were intrigued to see how our bodies would react. Would we wake up two days later and not realise we had been asleep for so long?The sail across became a beat

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What a night! We decided that we were far too excited to anchor in local waters and that it would be fun to see how our new navigational equipment would stand up to a nights sail across the puzzle of sand banks that stoond between us and Ramsgate on the south east corner of our country. The dark skies remained full of rain, the night set in and our new global positioning system (GPS) shed the

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Despite planning and preparing for this adventure for the last 6 months, it was still a big rush to stack, pack and rack all of the loose ends on Don Quixote II. It really is something special to have your whole life wrapped up within one big floating parcel. Not sure our parents would agree entirely with that statement as their lofts bulge with bag after bag of our ‘precious’ trinkets that we

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