by Megan | Nov 13, 2018 | Crew, France, Oh Sh*t Moments, The Boat
As promised, we will now finally share the story of Wilfred, the fired crew member. Names have been changed and photos have been omitted to protect the dignity of the other party involved. Here’s the thing about finding crew to sail on your boat with you – it’s...
by Megan | Oct 30, 2018 | France, Oh Sh*t Moments, The Boat
Since this post covers a span of nearly one week in time, we’ll leave the days in there as a sort of timeline. Enjoy! Tuesday October 23, 2018– We have been sailing for about 5 hours now. The wind is cold, but the sun is still warm. I’ve found that the fresh...
by Megan | Oct 22, 2018 | France, The Boat
On Sunday, we worked out a plan with our new captain, Pietro, for our sail across the Bay of Biscay! We checked the weather, and it seems the best time to leave is Tuesday morning. By the time this reaches your inbox, we will already be sailing away from France! ...
by Megan | Oct 20, 2018 | France, Oh Sh*t Moments
Our initial plan was to have our delivery captain, Nicolas, meet us on 10/5 and we would do any additional provisioning / prep and hopefully leave Les Sables d’Olonne by 10/7. Since our broker provided the delivery captain for three days, we wanted his assistance to...
by Bob | Oct 19, 2018 | France, Oh Sh*t Moments, The Boat
*This post has been written chronologically over the course of three weeks – due to limited and intermittent Wifi, we saved it all to be posted at once. **This post contains multiple “Oh sh*t” moments, so they are not specifically marked. Okay, so now that Megan...
by Megan | Oct 15, 2018 | France, The Boat
You read that right! We went out for our first sail on Sunday morning! Sitting in the marina for a few weeks has been a little boring, but we’ve met so many sailors taking delivery of boats and passing through. Everyone has been amazing! They’ve been so helpful in...
