We are Surrounded by POLICE on our BOAT! [Ep. 61]

Our Schengen Visa has run out while in Tenerife, Canary Islands. We are visited by police, surprised early in the morning, at our boat. We can’t leave because a shipment has been delayed. Here is what went down. Plus we interview Peter Lawless, a solo non-stop circumnavigator (singlehanded sailor).

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0:00 Intro Santa Cruz Tenerife
1:00 We receive our package of engine spare parts through customs in the canary islands, including items to build a fuel polishing system.
4:04 Meet Peter Lawless – A singlehanded sailor that hopes to be Irelands first to complete a Solo Non-Stop Circumnavigation, he talks about sleep, food, wind vanes steering, autopilots, and more.
9:36 Tenerife high speed ferry leaving its commercial harbor and the historic ship La Palma
10:22 Let’s go shopping. But first a proper Spanish breakfast.
11:07 Our new friends at Blancomar Nautica (the friendliest chandlery in the Canaries) help Curtis learn to speak Spanish, and we purchase diesel jugs to carry extra fuel in Patagonia for our diesel heater.
12:17 The passenger port at Tenerife
13:20 Kate makes fresh tuna steaks and rice for dinner in the galley aboard our J Boats sailboat
14:34 We are surrounded by police early in the morning while sleeping on our yacht
17:58 Thank You to our Patron crew members that support these videos, we couldn’t do this without you!

So who is this crazy sailing couple making fun videos to share? Well, we are Kate and Curtis. We both sold up and headed out to sea, with the goal of sailing around the world via Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope. We brought our mixed rescue dog along with us as she loves sailing and swimming too!

Our yacht is a year 2000 J Boats J/46. We searched for 3 years for our perfect sailboat for sale, when we found it, we knew it was the one. We spent 6 months re-fitting it in Rhode Island and then went for our shakedown voyage in Maine. We stopped in Annapolis for a bit to do some more refit work and offshore modifications, then we set off to the open sea. We went to the Bahamas, Miami, US Virgin Islands, BVI, Grenada, Carriacou, St. Maarten, where we enjoyed outdoor adventures, scuba diving, and have now did an Atlantic Crossing to the Azores where we had a chance to fly our DJI drone (and learned how to fly a drone from a boat) and one of our favorite past times, mountain biking. We have sailed over 10,000 bluewater miles to date.

We watched other sailing channels before we left as well. We even considered van life, a tiny home, or a motorhome / rv. Some of the channels we enjoyed were Gone with the Wynns, Project Atticus, and MJ Sailing. We didn’t really set out to be influencers, but we wanted to return the good karma and pass our inspiration and knowledge along.

Enough of this, we hope you enjoy our relaxing video on #sailingsunday!

XO XO Kate, Curtis & Roxy