Sailing Ægle

We are off, adventures await …

September to December 2023 So now it’s time for the next phase … get to Las Palmas for the end of October ready for the start of the ARC+ crossing to Grenada via Cape Verde in early November We had a crew lined up for the ARC+ … Mills, Dave and Simon were confirmed and…

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April 7, 2024

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This is the year we will sail away!

The first half of 2023 … in fact almost (but not quite) three quarters … Well this year (2023) started with a decision that it was time to make a change … so (somewhat to the surprise of our colleagues) Rob and I handed in our notices at work at the beginning of January, booked…

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March 24, 2024

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Is this a return to normality? Tucking some miles under our belt

2022 adventures from the Solent to Scotland via Wales … returning via Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland So 2022 started slowly as work to fix our cracked weld ground on and on! We also replaced the rudder bearings, antifouled, installed a new loo (RIP Trevor!), replaced the washing machine (which had started smoking!…

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December 26, 2023

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The world remains a strange place but travel is getting easier …

And so to 2021 … 2021 dawns bright and sunny … and yes, we are still locked down … was it tier 4? I know the Isle of Wight went from the loosest of restrictions to the tightest almost overnight … but it’s all starting to blur! Mid January we re-located Ægle from the outside…

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December 26, 2023

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Navigating* a new boat in lockdown!

(*see what I did there?!) A summary of 2020’s adventures Hello! And welcome to our blog – we will be using this to record our adventures over the coming years on the good ship Ægle So, a bit of history to start with … Rob and I bought our first boat together (with Shay) back…

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April 23, 2023

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