Last year we managed to find a free marina in Northern Spain. We stayed a few days, enjoying the benefits of land access. This year, we found an unfinished marina up near Mar Menor (love you, Spain!). So why not try and use it? There were no facilities and no access to land, but the
We finally sail in calm conditions to Gibraltar, where a maze of cargo ships is waiting for us. Here, we check out the town and install our brand new windvane. We hope you enjoy this vlog. As always, if you like this episode, please share it, give it a thumbs up, or leave us a comment
After enduring 50 knots of wind in the marina at Rota, we set off expecting a comfortable, boring motor sail down to Gibraltar. We couldn’t have been more wrong. We encounter headwinds and two thunderstorms. We hope you enjoy this episode. As always, if you like this video, please share it, give it a thumbs up,
If we made a video about a normal day on Kittiwake for our YouTube channel, it would get zero views. Why? Most days we work a lot and not much happens. Before setting off, I would have killed for an honest account of a typical cruising day. So I (Elena) figured I’d tell you exactly
As we sailed into Spain, we didn’t expect to see 55 knots of wind in the forecast. We thought we’d had enough bad luck up the Guadiana. Except, the weather gods had different plans for us. They decided to throw a new challenge at us. Join us as we decide what the heck to do
Last year, a post on the cost of cruising was one of our most popular articles on the blog. We decided to follow up on it with some up-to-date figures. Our budget and spending habits haven’t really changed; however we had to adapt to new circumstances and places. Let’s look at our spending for the
Being back on the water was an amazing feeling. The hulls ran smoothly through the water, the sails awoke after five long months of winter and filled beautifully. Even the crinkled cruising chute got out of its bag for a spin. Our first sail of the season was great; we had a range of conditions,
She’s finished! Kittiwake is all ready to go on some new adventures. In this episode, we do more work in the yard, explore the beautiful Portuguese coastline, and finally splash. We hope you enjoy this episode. As always, if you like this video, please share it, give it a thumbs up, or leave us a comment
Being able to get online from a sailboat while cruising is fundamental. It’s important for passage planning, looking up weather information, searching for the nearest grocery store, and staying in touch with family and friends. However, for us it’s even more important – our livelihoods essentially depend on it, as we earn our income by working from
When I started bugging Ryan with crazy plans for an escape route from our routine a little less than two years ago, I would have never imagined I’d be now sitting in Kittiwake’s saloon, typing away on my laptop, in a boatyard. I didn’t even know cruising was “a thing.” After a year of preparations and 10 months