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The Caribbean Sea crossing was a passage we had heard alarming stories about from before. Both passage books and other sailors we had spoken to explained this relatively short passage (1200 NM) as the toughest one of their entire circumnavigation. In addition, reports had shown […]

And then, after approximately a month in the Caribbean it was time to say goodbye. Guadeloupe, our last island before departing, had been a great and windy stop. We were impressed right from the start with our first stop being what came to be our […]

After our Atlantic crossing we made landfall on Martinique, on the southern side in Le Marin. While this location was more or less a lucky guess, it turned out to be a very good stop.  First of all it counts as EU, making both checking […]

And so it was finally time, time to cross the first ocean of our trip! We were a bit delayed due to the latest series of hiccups but after a lot of hard work we were more keen than ever before to set off for […]

In the Canary Islands we had spent days taking care of the reinforcement of the rudder structure. While the task itself wasn’t too hard, and we were very lucky to be in a marina with marine stores just up on the pier, fiberglass work is […]

Our cruise to the Canaries started off with a beam reach in large swell. Luckily we had some dishes prepared for the first days, because no one was keen on spending time in the galley. Moods were boosted with the dolphin visits, which along with […]

After a few busy days in Lagos, Portugal, where we had repaired the main sail, taken care of a leaking engine exhaust, cleaned all the bilges, replaced a broken deck light and reprovisioned we thought that we had found a weather window that would take […]

After more than a week of preparations in a rainy autumn Vigo, Puffin had undergone a full engine service, had a new autopilot installed, a new wind instrument installed and several other smaller projects taken care of in preparation for some ocean sailing. Puffin even […]

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