Got stung by a wasp, cleverly hiding inside the handle of the sauna bucket.
Big wasp hurts a lot 😬
Reminded me of when I was pulling up anchor on the foredeck of our boat in Greece and took a step back without looking. Onto a wasp, which stung me into that soft skin between the toes.
I had the anchor out of the ground already, so couldn't stop to hold my toe. @vaviurka back at the helm was wondering why this routine operation yielded so much swearing until I limped back 😆
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Stainless Bob tack welding our solar arch on deck of our boat in Brighton in 2016. The only part of the refit I didn't do myself.
I thought he was doing a pretty good job of this. I later found out he's got a stack of welding certifications, including one for work on nuclear power plants :surprised_pikachu:
He could weld stuff other welders called impossible, like a new exhaust pipe into the rotten aluminium body of a diesel heater.
I wonder if this guy ever finished his boat projects.
2016, Brighton Marina.
Just made a login on https://www.noforeignland.com and have been adding info on the amenities available in Simon’s Town since most recently of those were missing. Would have been to know about this while we were cruising but it’s also just nice to hive back to the cruising community by adding local info. #cruisingLife #SimonsTown #CapeTown #noforeignland
We enjoyed sailing to Brazil and spending time there, we can't really say we "sailed Brazil" as we stayed in one place for four months, but Brazil is definitely worth a sailing visit. Here's a nice article with lots of practical info: https://blog.noforeignland.com/sailing-along-the-brazilian-coastline/ #Brazil #SouthAtlantic #sailing #cruisingLife
Songbird in 2018, berthed in Licata, Sicily.
I miss my bike.
Hurricane Milton is on its way and each forecast has it slipping south. It was just upgraded to a Cat 1. Addison and I moved last night in the dark while it was calm and we're nestled in the mangroves. This is going to be a long week.
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I’ve been dreaming of sailing to/in/around Helsinki since I visited the city seven years ago, before I even got (back) into sailing. But taking our bown at @svtropicaldawn all the way there would be too much. I have never chartered a boat but it might be a good option. #sailing #cruisingLife #boatCharter #Helsinki #GulfOfFinland
Brought the boat back to Hout Bay (where it was when we bought it and where we lived aboard for half a year) from Cape Town (where we were moored since we came back from our trans Atlantic trip). What I would have hoped to be a four hour sail ended up taking 8.5 hours of motoring and we were blown onto our neighbour when leaving and ended up on top of two boats while arriving. #sailing #CapeOfStorms #cruisingLife #CapeTown #nautical
It is actually quite impressive to see the South Atlantic circular sail we did the past two years. #sailing #SouthAtlantic #cruisingLife #map
Couple Who Attempted to Cross Atlantic Found Dead in Lifeboat
James Brett Clibbery and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood, had left Nova Scotia on June 11, bound for the Azores. The authorities recovered remains believed to be theirs earlier this month https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/world/canada/atlantic-ocean-sailing-deaths.html #sailing #CruisingLife #AtlanticOcean #NorthAtlantic #Azores #NovaScotia
Bad cat. That's her name. Got a passport saying so.
Found by a friend, as kitten, in a dumpster, inside a tied up plastic bag. He adopted her as ships cat.
Loves to get greasy and once snuck aboard a French sailboat, got spooked, jumped into an open locker and disappeared into the voids of the boat, reappearing in a different locker, covered in black engine oil.
The frenchman was grateful, he could never get in there to clean the spill he said.
The iconic rock of Gibraltar, doing its thing:
Pushing up the warm, moist easterly (levanter) seabreeze and cooling it to condensation temperatures, creating a dense cloud that looms over the city. Local British weather at the southern tip of Spain.
Its other thing was to provide a high cannon emplacement overlooking the low plains of Spain, making Gibraltar unconquerable through history and inspire the Montgolfier brothers.
#Gibraltar #TheRock #Weather #Meteorology #CruisingLife #Memories
If we had the money and the appetite to go sailing again, this boat would definitely check most if not all of our boxes: 1976 Alajuela 38 Cutter for sale Port Orchard, Washington https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1976-alajuela-38-cutter-8927846/ #sailing #sailboat #Alajuela #cutter #cruisinglife
Yesterday: our initial plan was to go further southwest for another day, but the wind was supposed to come from that direction, and turning NW the next day (ie now today 😜), which would again be against us when coming back.
We decided to go with the wind, to Vallisaari in Helsinki. Probably nicest sailing one could wish for, 5-6m/s wind beam reach, 17nm in 3.5h, mostly with autopilot! I had enough time to navigate by hand 😀 #sailing #cruisinglife
Here is also a pic from the way there.
In the harbor we tested our newest companion to check the water temperature for us 🐤
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