On May 8, 2022 we left Bocas del Toro for a short one day passage to Colón which is an important Panamanian seaport town at the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal. There’s also a boatyard and a marina located…
Another year, another hurricane season escape!
On April 4th, with the 2021 hurricane season approaching, my wife and I left Dallas for Freeport, Grand Bahamas to join our Super Maramu which was sitting there on the hard. We had to transport quite a large amount of…
Martinique
After a great stay at the Rodney Bay Marina, on January 12, we finally cast off their dock and motored out to the anchorage in the bay itself. Rodney Bay is a nice and well protected anchorage, very popular with…
Gibraltar with Wojtek and Andrzej
After two short hops with an overnight anchoring at Lagos Bay, we reached Gibraltar or rather its Spanish counterpart, La Línea de la Concepción. We docked at Alcaidesa Marina on November 1st, 2019. The stopover there was much needed as…
Lisbon
In the morning of the October 5th, 2019, we cast off of Lagos Bay to sail further north to Lisbon. By the afternoon of the next day, we reached Cascais, a town and marina at the northern shore of…
Return to Alicante
We first visited Alicante in 2015 while sailing our former Amel, Euros 41′. We enjoyed the town so much that we always wanted to return. Alicante is such a vibrant town with a great culinary scene without being overly touristy!…
Re-fit is moving along.
Since June 2018 ‘Jemm of the Sea II’ was on the hard at Port Napoleon (Port Napoleon on a map) She’s been worked on extensively: new engine, new genset, a new range and all those other things that EMEK…
Stepping the masts
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The Sad State of Things.
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Leaky faucet.
After fixing a leaky deadlight now I’ve discovered a leaky faucet in the galley. After fruitless efforts to seal it by replacing seals and o-rings I had to decide to swap it for a new one. That called for pulling…