Emerald Tales

Currently in Portugal after 7 years in the Mediterranean

22 March 2024 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
01 March 2024 | Porto Santo
23 February 2024 | Porto Santo
22 January 2024 | Madeira
15 December 2023 | Porto Santo
13 October 2023 | Porto Santo
15 September 2023 | Porto Santo
09 August 2023 | Porto Santo, Madeira
28 July 2023 | Porto Santo, Madeira
23 June 2023 | Porto Santo
15 January 2023 | Porto Santo
15 September 2022 | Porto Santo
19 August 2022 | Porto Santo
29 July 2022 | Porto Santo, Madeira

Memories of why we do this

20 January 2010 | Sheffield (at the tooth doctor)
skip cold but house bound
Well,

We have about two months left before leaving Brighton (again!) but this time fingers crossed for good on our open ended travels.

We've been struggling to fit everything in, with redecorating our rental properties (thanks tenants!) and trying to get through our winter jobs list..... now drastically reduced to only the absolute necessities, plus the 'parts' to complete most of the remaining cosmetic work as time and weather permits as we travel.
Realistically that will take probably another two or three winter seasons....of full on boat improvement work.

However despite the seemingly endless rental house bills and lack of time/money we wouldn't swap our lifestyle for anything!!! What value do you put on freedom? As a wise person once said:-

my worst day as a cruiser is a thousand fold better than my greatest day in the office....


not much else to say apart from that eh?!

Photo of a sunny lazy day at anchor. Perfect!

slainte skip
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Vessel Name: Emerald
Vessel Make/Model: Kelly Peterson 44
Hailing Port: No fixed abode
Crew: Colin 'Skip' Wright, Nichola Wright
About: One from Northern Ireland, one from Yorkshire, UK
Extra: Emerald has been our home since 2004. We've sailed around the UK, the western Baltic and have spent 7 years in the Med. We're currently in Portugal, planning a refit. Lot's more information about us and the boat can be found at www.yachtemerald.com
Home Page: https://www.yachtemerald.com/
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