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The ARC – Atlantic Rally for Cruisers

The – Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) is an annual transatlantic sailing event for cruiser yachts held since 1986. ARC starts at[…]

Well, we just about managed to pull ourselves away from Marina Rubicon and make the 96-mile journey across to Gran[…]

Rubicon – (def) A limit that when passed or exceeded, permits no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment. I’m not[…]

The whole of the European Leg of our trip was to culminate in our longest time at sea, the crossing[…]

We had spent far much longer in Porto than we had originally planned, and probably drank and bought far to[…]

Well, what an amazing place! Porto or correctly spelled, Oporto is Located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal,[…]

We left Iles de Cies at Lunchtime, just when we couldn’t stand the rolling any longer and the day trippers[…]

Sanxanxo, is the Ria Pontevedra’s equivalent to San Tropez, its where the Madridian’s go on holiday, we stopped a couple[…]

With the Trip to Santiago and Canon de Sil, we had originally intended to stay in Portosin for just a[…]

We hired a car from the lovely Carmella at the Marina at Portosin, a first time drive in a Fiat[…]