Tag: Gibraltar

Porto to Gibraltar – Round 2

April 17, 2013

Two weeks ago in conjunction with the Easter Holiday, we flew to Porto with plans to sail Shearwater to Gibraltar where she would meet up with a SevenStar yacht transport ship to make her way to Florida.  Unfortunately, the weather gods did not get the message that spring had arrived, and a strong south wind

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The big circle – Porto to…Porto!

March 27, 2013

Our plans to complete the boat delivery from Porto to Gibraltar did not turn out as planned.  The boat is still in Porto, and we’re back in Madrid, making new plans.  The weather and waves were not at all cooperative, but we did make an attempt to “test the waters” on Monday. We put together

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There and back again

December 16, 2012

Oh yes, it’s Hobbit time and like the good fellow Bilbo Baggins we are about to embark on a memorable journey.    After a few months of maybe here, maybe there, we got the official word this week that I am transferring back to Austin, TX.  But hey, I got a promotion so…  That does put

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