December 2nd, 2017
Under way
Pete sent me a text at 0748 to say they have cleared Guernsey and are heading for Ushant...'To the Canaries and beyond!' Fair winds guys. Stu
December 1st, 2017
The Big Off
So, here we are on the brink of another adventure. Tracey and I have had many but this one's at sea.
Tomorrow we leave Guernsey for the Canaries and then on into a five year circumnavigation. There is excitement in the air and a huge sense of relief in that the trip is about to begin. It's taken a year of hard work to get all the building blocks in place from selling the house to having the boat built and what a boat she is. 'Pearl', named in celebration of our thirtieth anniversary, is a Garcia 45 Exploration. She is the boat of our dreams and we are already calling her home so it didn't take long for her to win our hearts.
As you can imagine the job list is still nagging away so I am going to stop now and get on with it. That said we are good to go for boats are always ready but never prepared. The forecast is looking good to get us to Finisterre and if we are lucky it may well allow us to carry straight on. Its funny not racing, we have the choice to stop if we want. I fear I may have had it all wrong up 'til now and to have the two of us together is such a treat.
One of the things that I haven't quite managed is to get the satcom to send data so blogs will be very brief as I phone them in.
Here is 'Pearl' on a mooring in Alderney
December 1st, 2017
position test
Position test in St Helier
