Archive for novembre, 2009

Eagle has landed!!

venerdì, novembre 20th, 2009

Well, we arrived and Alex managed admirabley NOT to scream the plane down. In fact given that there was a fear of flying I thought that my leg would be crushed but not a bit of it. Total pro.
And off we went to the hotel to drop stuff. the taxi driver defintiely didnt believe me [...]

Arrived in Varazze; First sight of Magellano!

venerdì, novembre 20th, 2009

Jessica and I arrived in Varraze today after flying in from the UK.
We found our way to the Marina Di Varazze and hunted down Magellano.
We found her easily and my First impressions were WOW! This IS different!!
For some reason she feels a bigger boat than I expected, and certainly looks very capable. Her presence is [...]

ALMOST AT THE “OFF”

venerdì, novembre 20th, 2009

So much happening of late with moving house that I have barely had time to think about the upcoming voyage but now that we are almost at the “off” – tends to focus the mind somewhat!!
Certainly a sense of anticipation at being at sea again and on a very different type of vessel. Gets the [...]

VOYAGE OF A LIFE-TIME

venerdì, novembre 20th, 2009

This year we have successfully completed 3500 miles in all weathers in our Azimut 62, in complete safety and in great comfort.
Our 5-month “voyage of a life-time” has taken us from our home port of Jersey, in the Channel Islands, through the Bay of Biscay, around the Iberian Peninsula, across to Africa and deep into [...]

THE ODISSEY IS UNDER WAY

giovedì, novembre 19th, 2009

Well, after many months of arduous planning, Dag and the team from
Azimut have got this fantastic odyssey under way!
The apprehension and fear that this may not come off was for me very
worrying, a project of this magnatude is something that I have wanted
to be involved with for a very long time, not to mention the [...]