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North Atlantic 2017 – 2019

This blog was first published by the clever chaps at Mailasail as we travelled clockwise from Gosport to Cape Verde, Grenada, Cuba, Nova Scotia and home with stops in between.

The original version had a number of entries posted from the high seas via our Iridium Pilot satellite. These were deliberately short, devoid of colourful pictures and designed primarily to reassure our family and friends that we hadn’t foundered overnight.

The edited version is republished here with better quality photographs and one or two teeny typo corrections. And we’ve removed most of those mid-ocean position reports because they don’t add much to your reading pleasure five years on! You may find the remaining articles useful in deciding whether or not to visit the same places yourselves. We’d be delighted to hear of your experiences – has it changed since we blundered through?

If you’d like to read the glorious original, you still can at Escapade of Rame (mailasail.com)

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27 Aug – pushing south

By Richard. Posted on August 28th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.

37:06.6N 008:40.55W We left Cascais early on Thursday morning, joining a procession of yachts who had probably read the same weath...

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24 Aug – At Cascais

By Richard. Posted on August 27th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.

38:41.83N 9:24.9W On Wednesday we returned the hire car, embarked essential supplies from a local supermarket, took coffee and delicious...

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23 Aug – Palaces and promontories

By Richard. Posted on August 27th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.

38:41.83N 9:24.9W We were joined on our day trip to Sintra by our new Kiwi friend, David Williams. He had said goodbye to some p...

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Fw: 21 Aug – Discovering Lisbon

By Richard. Posted on August 23rd, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.

38:40.6N 009:19W We sailed from Leixoes on 17 August, bound for Lisbon. The weather was kind to us initially and for the first 18...

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15 Aug – Learning, beach holidays and great sardines

By Richard. Posted on August 21st, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.

Day 2 of the Northern Portugal Pedal Car Rally saw us complete a circuit in the Douro region before heading south to the ancient u...

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14 Aug 2017 – a Douro Day

By Richard. Posted on August 18th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.

You can’t spend an afternoon at a Port Lodge without developing an itch to see the fabled Douro River. So we took advantage of th...

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13 Aug 2017 – Shiny tiles and cobbled streets V5

By Richard. Posted on August 17th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.

41:11.2N 008:42.35W The wind blew on Thursday too, so nobody left the marina at Leixoes and we went ashore in the rubber boat to d...

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9 Aug – Leixoes Laundry Blues

By Richard. Posted on August 13th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Portugal.

41:11.08N 008:42:4W Tuesday 8 August marks the day we left Spain and entered Portugal. Rich Maltby departed first thing to fly back hom...

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7 August: Farewell to you, Spanish Rias…

By Richard. Posted on August 9th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

42:07.2N 008:50.5W It’s a short trip across the Ria de Baiona to the port where news of the New World first reached the rest of civilisa...

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6 Aug – of islands, the Romans, bling and bliss

By Richard. Posted on August 6th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

42:08.75N 008:50.03W I am writing this on a perfect Sunday evening: glass of chilled Albarino white wine to hand, clear blue skies, calm...

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29 July – Vigo repairs and some cool jazz

By Richard. Posted on August 3rd, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

42:14.5N 008:43.3W We roused ourselves early the morning after the Irish Party to put the boat alongside in Vigo for a couple of d...

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25 July – an Irish party in Galicia

By Richard. Posted on July 29th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

42:15.5N 8:51.1W Tuesday was a sun and wind day – very appropriate for a short hop from Cangas around to the Ria de Aldan and an eagerly ...

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