Tag: sailing

French tailgating at the Vendée Globe

This past weekend was a fun one filled with ample servings of sailing, travel and good food.  We flew to France on Ryan Air (round-trip tickets were $77 each!), and then drove from Beauvais (north of Paris) to Les Sable d’Olonne to see the start of the Vendée Globe nonstop, round-the-world sailboat race.  We had learned

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

Contemplating an Atlantic crossing

I met Justin sailing, and one of the first conversations we ever had had to do with sailing to remote places, over the big ocean.  Adventure appealed to both of us then, and it has kept us wandering in the 17 years since we met. For the past few months, we’ve been focused on bluewater

The real test – 30 hours of sailing!

Projects are great, but in the end, the goal is to let loose the lines on a boat – and let it take you places. Originally, we wanted to take the boat from Annapolis to Newport, RI on this trip, and our preparations were focused on this.  On Saturday evening, April 21st, we had managed