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Sailing and exploring the world on “Porky“, a 1987 Wauquiez Centurion 40

OUR JOURNEY SO FAR

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  A tribute to PorkyDecember 1, 2022
  A wise friend once told us: “You never really own a boat, you are lucky enough to care for her for a period of her time”. Only now we came to realize how true this sentence is. From her beginnings as charter boat in theContinue reading “A tribute to Porky”
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  Sailing back to the UKSeptember 7, 2022
  After a week of waiting for a suitable weather window from the Azores to Northern Spain, we were slowly getting impatient. It was time to move on and we started feeling stuck in Ponta Delgada. Everyday we checked the weather forecasts and debated when wouldContinue reading “Sailing back to the UK”
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  Five volcanic islands in the AzoresAugust 9, 2022
  Our time in the Azorean archipelago was filled with trips up dramatic volcanoes, to picturesque towns within lush green fields and forests, diving in chilly Nothern Atlantic waters, swimming on black beaches and climbing over volcanic rocks. The scenery of all Azorean islands that weContinue reading “Five volcanic islands in the Azores”
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  North Atlantic Crossing Part 3 – Beating upwind and landfall in HortaJuly 11, 2022
  Day 17 – Still beating upwind Porky is in racing mode! Despite her shoaldraft keel, which already came in handy in many shallow anchorages, river estuaries and reef passes, but when beating upwind creates more drift to leeward, we have been able to point highContinue reading “North Atlantic Crossing Part 3 – Beating upwind and landfall in Horta”
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  North Atlantic Crossing Part 2 – Hit by a stormJuly 5, 2022
  Day 9 – On the way again We also used the few hours at anchor in Bermuda to replace our spinnaker halyard in the mast, as the old one was shaved through. In addition, we were able to test our staysail with the dinghy onContinue reading “North Atlantic Crossing Part 2 – Hit by a storm”

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