The Unintentional Mariner

20th July – Ibiza It’s so damn lousy to have the wind in the nose; we are going so slowly … Hmm well the fun capital of Europe looks pretty dismal from the fuel station!  60s block apartments; humidity at around 200 per cent and an overcast sky doesn’t help.  As we were leaving though… Continue reading Party town

19th July – Decided to do a breakfast bake this morning; partly because I was actually feeling a bit sea sick – we were going slowly – only 8 knots – and wallowing like a buffalo.  So I needed distraction.  Lined the loaf tin with baking paper; thinly sliced and buttered two layers of wonderful… Continue reading Get those home fires burning

So here it is; nearly 4pm on Wednesday the 19th of July and we’ve just passed Barcelona on our way to Gibraltar.  So far so normal; we left La Ciotat at about 6.30 last night and if this is a fine Med crossing I’m on the wrong boat.  Well actually we always knew that; Aquarius… Continue reading Everyone loves a sailor