Zephyr's Travels

With wall-to-wall sunshine, cheap flights and accommodation it’s hardly surprising this place is inundated with holidaymakers. Our UK summer hasn’t really helped with all the storms to encourage people to stay in our green and pleasant land. Instead, they descend here in their droves. Its fabricated [...]

14 August 2023

Arrived Playa Blanca, Lanzarote

We got into the marina late yesterday afternoon after a speedy sail down the east coast of the island dodging the windsurfers and getting an arrival escort of 4 Pilot Whales including a cow and calf. The calf was surprisingly adept at surfing down the swell waves. No pics unfortunately.

Friday's Fish Day

One of the many check lists I'm told to do when on watch is to check the rigging using a head torch when it's dark. On last night's check I came across a Flying Fish on the deck of zephyr, Dead. bumped his head on landing I reckon. He was a little beauty.

09 August 2023 | 150 miles off south Portugal

Last leg of this passage, Portugal - Lanzarote

Part of our daily routine is downloading weather grib files, receiving and sending emails to Lucy. who simplifies every thing for mum (Gran) who tends to prefer a more user friendly form of communication i.e WhatsApp. We don't have the technology to go down that road.

06 August 2023 | Atlantic coast of Spain (Finisterre)

Tricky Situation in the Galley

As I'm typing this Zephyr is really rolling! I've managed to recover from being seasick but still struggling negotiating simple tasks on here.

AZAB preparations

24 May 2019

Colin Campbell

A week to go to the start of the AZAB 2019 race and the last minute job list is under control (mostly).
We dried out on the lighthouse beach on the Roseland yesterday for a final scrub although the hull was pretty clean.
The main job left to do now is bleeding the steering hydraulics after replacing the ram seals after finding a small leak and then having a last minute panic after finding the replacement seals kit was the wrong one. Thanks to Armada Marine for the speedy service sorting that one out at short notice.
Then it's getting all the non essential cruising gear off and getting the race provisions on before heading over to Port Pendennis next week for the pre-race preps and socials.

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