On paper, the Canaries islands are the ideal cruising ground. Seven main islands stretched across 250 miles at the latitude of Southern Morocco. Guaranteed sunshine, great touristic infrastructure including hundreds of flights daily from most European cities, and all within the EU. Sounds like paradise, but do they live up to their reputation? I spent […]
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Theo and I sailed the boat down from Glasgow to Brest in late November, in surprisingly fair weather for that time o the year. Although we did have to shelter briefly in Belfast Lough from a southerly gale, we made good use of the Westerly that followed and had a rather pleasant overnight sail from
Apsara is currently laid up for the winter, getting ready for a trip to the Artic next summer. The refit includes changing the standing rigging, which was thirty years old and therefore couldn’t be considered reliable for offshore sailing, as well as a new mainsail (the old one, still in good condition, will be kept
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