#wearegoing #readysetgo
36 hours before our departure to the Atlantic crossing. We collect our crew from the airport.
Provision is a huge thing on a crossing like this, you have to think on all the possibilities as we won’t have a shop around the corner...
#newinverter #reefing
We practice our man over board manoeuvre at sea. It is always important to have a procedure in case something happens. Then we go on with more boat maintenance changing swapping our 2k investor to an 3k inverter. We go out for a test ...
#fixingtheboat boatjobs
Loads of maintenance again, we hope you don’t get bored!
This time we work the best way to put our jack lines, service the engines and finally finish the plank.
We put new reefing lines as the old ones were to stiff, now they ar...
#buildingaplank #buildingboat
After 20 days at a bumpy anchorage we are finally allowed to go into the Marina.
As The ARC just left for their crossing the Marina has space for us and all the boats on the anchorage.
So now we are able to start all the main...
#atlanticrally #cruisingtheARC
Atlantic Rally for cruisers. All you need to know about to cross the Atlantic with them.
We interview Jeremy Wyatt from the ARC organisation to explain us how everything started. Then we go over several boats to talk to them ...
#soexciting #tomuchwork
We make a new back for the helm sit as the older one was very uncomfortable.
We show you how is life at the anchorage. We had some gusts and we loose one of the mooring lines, always something exciting happening.
Would you like to ...
#bigfish #lovingfishing
We sail down the coast of Fuerteventura where we depart to our crossing to Gran Canaria, 56 NMiles. We catch two fish under way and safely arrive in Las Palmas.
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#loveatsea #firstcrossing
Follow us on our journey across the Atlantic
As we are going to cross the Atlantic for the first time we are hoping that you would be enjoying us on the journey!
#catamarantour #insidetheboat
Finally, a full tour of Ocean Fox. You will be able to see our beautiful boat inside and out.
We are very proud of our Lagoon 400, our home!
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#disasteratsea #windgust
We arrive in Rubicon, Lanzarote and have one of the most difficult moorings ever. Under 39 knots of wind, one of the deck hands failed the warp on the quay and we were off. Very scary but we remained calm and we had no damage on t...
#nopredictions #gusting
We cross from Portugal to the Canary Islands, we encounter a Severe Storm 11. Nothing was predicted, we were just caught out under way. Gusts of 57 knots and about 40 hours under 40 knots of constant wind. It was exhausting and Car...
#problems #bestuck
We have a scary moment coming back to the dingy when the tide went off, we nearly got stuck but we managed to get to Ocean Fox.
The currents going in and out of the inlets are so strong and confused that is a bit scary.
We enjoyed so mu...
#overnight #crossingthestraight
We depart Gibraltar for Portugal on an over night sail through the straights between Europe and Africa. We encounter some strong winds and waves .
We arrive and anchor at Culatra on the Portuguese coast close to Faro. We ...
#freebees #boatwork
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This is a technical video of the installation of a Water Maker Pro to Ocean Fox. You can follow the this step by step ...
#fromthesea #drivingtheboat
We are going up to the mast to instal our radar reflector.
We buy a new battery bank for Ocean Fox.
Very interesting how you have to cross the runaway to go to Spain. We went there to buy all the fittings to install the water ma...
#checking #arriving
The insurance company requires our rig to be checked so we stop in Almerimar to do it. We also change the sheets.
We arrive in Gibraltar where we service our life raft and take the chance to see it inflated.
We have a tourist day arou...
#ancient #museums
We visit Cartagena and their beautiful Amphitheater, very impressive!
Due to heavy rains during the night we wake up to a bay full of rubbish around Ocean Fox and spent two hours getting rid of everything.
Worst thunderstorm we have eve...
#toiletsontheboat #problems
Sailors worst nightmare, you don’t want to have this problem. Our toilet completely blocked and we spent ages trying to fix. We have a very difficult mooring with cross winds, but we managed it in the end and Ocean Fox was saf...
#traveldestinations destinationsunknown
We are still in Ibiza on this lovely bay that we really enjoy.
We decided to clean the bottom of the boat as the water is crystal clear here.
We go for a visit to the island of Formentera but decided not to stay ove...
#nature #traveling
We arrive in Ibiza and starting to have problems with the electricity, the batteries are going... and we are considering lithium batteries.
Carla always use the time underway to cook. This time was bread, muesli and delicious banana bre...
#sustainability #plasticoceanbottles
This is the first of our Discussion Programmes. The idea is, that in our own way we will discuss the environmental problems facing the human race on this planet. This is not a staged production, just a rough and rea...
#nature #lovingit
In this episode we finally find a technician to reprogram the AIS transponding, so now you can follow us.
We go for a big shopping, always a problem to bring everything back to the boat but we always find a way, even with a bumpy sea as i...
#swimming #clearwaters
In this episode we have Pedro, Carla’s father with us for a week, well known as “the paparazzi “, the camera is always on and in his hands!
We finally found the banging noise we had on the boat, a few herb jars left behind the...
#finances #wetellyouall
Carla and Simon talk about the cost to sail the Mediterranean for six months. The three Fs, fuel, food and fees around Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Italy, Balearic Islands and the South coast of Spain.
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