Before we leave Valencia behind in our blog for good, I would be remiss if I didn’t cover some of the amazing sights and events we took in while we were there. After a couple of weeks of being in Spain, we were so focused (stressed) and bogged down fixing up the boat (we had […]
Exploring The Beautiful History and Architecture of Valencia, Spain Read More »
Return to Valencia After pulling away from the dock at Puerto Gandia we ran our autopilot configurations, then we were off for our 6 our journey north back to Valencia. It was a nice sail with 8-15 kts of wind pushing us the whole way. We had the main and jib up, then swapped to
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Back at “home” in Valencia, it was time to get serious about addressing any remaining concerns and needed preparations prior to the big Atlantic Crossing. Our primary goals for the haul out to was to get a good look at the bottom of the boat, address minor thru hull leaks, a potential fiberglass repair on
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Knowing we had a little over a week left until it was time to head back to mainland Spain to prepare for our upcoming Atlantic Crossing, we decided to head around to western and northern sides of Ibiza. Based on incoming weather and wind patterns coupled with the research on beautiful and fun places to
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After spending a full day and two nights recovering from our crazy trip crossing the Balearic Sea to Ibiza and letting the winds die down a bit, it was time to start moving and explore! We decided based on the westerly winds being forecast for the coming days to move to the eastern side of
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Having successfully completed a relatively comfortable weekend on the hook making sure everything we would need to live comfortably worked, we were ready to stretch our legs even further. Coincidently, a lot of the big projects we were working on required outside services and vendors and we were rolling into August. In August, Spain, and
Our first big trip: Bound for the Balearics! Read More »
Mid-July 2022, after 3 long weeks stuck on the dock, the throttles came back with the friction properly adjusted (getting it from UPS become a fun scavenger hunt that had Kevin biking all over the city of Valencia in the dead of summer to find the shipped box) and a lot of work fixing broken
Cala La Sardinera, Spain: Our first overnight trip Read More »
On Saturday May 24th, we officially checked out of our quaint little AirBnB in Russafa and moved fully aboard. Having run through all the live-aboard systems, we were confident it was time! At this point, we still only had what we were able to carry on the plane with us 2 weeks prior, four 49lb
Valencia Part 3: Moving aboard & Settling in with liveaboard life far from “home” Read More »
To stay that the next couple months were a bit overwhelming would be…an understatement. An absolutely amazing experience we wouldn’t trade for the world, but it was a wild rollercoaster of emotions. Hopefully, you’ll get a sense of both the difficult portions, but also the fun and light moments of this journey. The first couple
Valencia Part 2: Finding our way around, Learning the boat, & OUR first sail! Read More »
After a lot of research, in March of 2021, we signed a contract for a Vision 444 (Hull #4) already working its way through the production line in South Africa. We had the option to “get in line” and put a contract down on a future Vision hull that we could fully spec out, but
Before the Atlantic Crossing, there was Valencia (Part 1: Arrival) Read More »