Oh the people you’ll meet!
With a nod to Dr. Seuss, the past year has been one experience after another meeting people with vastly different backgrounds than ours – and these experiences (like the one mentioned below) often leave us thinking about our own histories, families, and identities. Recently, after successfully tackling the alternator issue on Shearwater, we had the
Video – Horta to Porto
Alternator Chronicles – A Happy Ending
So you recall a few weeks ago we “blew up our alternator” while trying to do diagnostics on a suspected charging problem. That was a big bummer, requiring ordering a new alternator and regulator, shipping from the West Coast of the United States, and import duties into Spain. Ouch, ouch, and ouch again. Well, this
Video – Landfall in the Azores
Alternator Chronicles
Video – Crossing the Atlantic – The Windy Days
Video – Crossing the Atlantic – First 5 Days
Salty dogs
Snapshots from Porto
Shearwater is currently at the Douro Marina in Portugal, where we have been quite happy with the helpfulness of the marina staff and the pleasant town of Vila Nova de Gaia, which is right across the River Douro from Porto. We spent this past weekend cleaning up a bit, as well as collecting some items from
Snapshots from the Azores
We’re slowly getting back to our normal routines, and we took the opportunity to unplug and rest (facilitated by the broken wifi in our apartment that was just fixed) after arriving back in Spain. We had a happy reunion with our dogs, and we’re now going through our pictures and video to share some of