The End Of Our Sailing Adventure - What Now?
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After seven unforgettable months of sailing across the Mediterranean, it’s finally time to say goodbye to our floating home and prepare our yacht, Rúna, for winter! 🌊⛵
In this week’s episode, we learn how to winterise a sailboat for the very first time — taking down sails, mousing lines, packing away our tender, and getting Rúna ready for a few quiet months at Aregai Marina in Italy. It’s the end of an incredible Mediterranean sailing season, but there’s a LOT of work to do before we can fly back home to Scotland for Christmas.
If you’re wondering how to winterise a yacht, or just want to see what's involved at the end of the sailing season, this episode is packed with helpful lessons, laughs, and a few minor sail-folding arguments! 😅
Join us as we roll up our sleeves and get stuck into all the essential winter tasks, fly home and reveal what's next for The Rúna Life?
👉 Subscribe to follow our journey — next up, we’ll be heading off on some epic winter adventures before preparing for a brand new sailing season in 2026!
Episode 20, Chapter One.
00:00 - 0:47 Introduction
0:47 - 1:23 Plans for boat wintering
1:23 - 2:19 Cleaning a solar arch
2:19 - 5:59 Taking sails off a yacht
5:59 - 7:09 Wintering boat tasks
7:09 - 10:23 Lifting and cleaning the tender
10:23 - 12:42 Mousing and removing sail lines and sheets
12:42 - 13:17 Storing our outboard
13:17 - 14:46 Looking back at the last 6 months
14:46 - 16:08: What's next for The Rúna Life?
Hey! We’re Ruth and Andrew 👋🏼
Earlier this year, after years of dreaming, we left our family, friends and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, behind as we set off to chase our shared dream of sailing the world. In April, we bought our 11m catamaran, Rúna, which we now call home as we live, work, sail and adventure full-time. Join us as we explore the Mediterranean and get to grips with life at sea 🏝️
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Andrew and Ruth Gibbon traded corporate Edinburgh for an Excess 11. Follow their 2026 Mediterranean circuit aboard Rúna in this technical feature.
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