It’s two o’clock in the morning, and Apsara, pulled by her two boomed out jibs, is running at almost seven knots under the moon with the electric pilot at the helm. We dropped the mainsail this afternoon. We won’t be hoisting it again for more than a week: there are more than two thousand miles
The purring fifteenths…. Read More »
Apsara in Lagos Ina and Emilie Emilie Broad reaching in the dark / Grand largue sous la lune Atterissage sur Lanzarote Sous spi vers Las Palmas
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Over the past two years, quite a few strangers have sailed with me on Apsara, recruited mostly through the Internet (on websites like Crewbay or its French equivalents). While in most cases things went smoothly, I’ve learned a lot about what makes some crews better than others. Here are a few hints if you are
The perfect crew…. Read More »