Another facet of the magellano in as she handles a following or on the quarter sea pretty well. The same can not be said of my stomach which definitely didnt quite like it until I spent a bit of time with fresh air and the stars!! ~Thankfully the beautiful risotto cooked by Alex for us [...]

What a great trip! Sun,some traffic and a beautiful purposeful vessel which was just champing at the bit to get where she was going! And steady as a rock given the increasing seas with the approaching weather front. She certainly shows a clean pair of heels keeping a steady 20 knots all the way. This [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]