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It is about 03.45 utc. We are lunging along well at better than five knots. Seas are from the stern generally and we have 65 percent cloud cover. All rain showers are visible way off and none have dusted us off. We have been making water with t...

Ed here, just coming off watch from 8 pm till after 2:30 am UTC ... just now. The last 8 miles right through middle of storm cells... Sue got to sleep extra as I sat in a rain gear that still soaked through, but its 78 degrees so OK. All is well....

We are not having good SSB right now on Angel Louise... Escaton is edge of range this 9 am Monday and no others heard. I - Ed - crashed to bed and slept till after 11 radio group. Will be back up listening at 8 pm UTC on Atlantic Cruising Group f...

It's was still dark out, with the Moon almost totally full when I started this. When you look out the next two nights you will bathe in the sun’s full reflected brilliance off our moon! It is nice on the Ocean at night with the full moon. As I f...

After a very pleasant and successful Christmas Eve, Henrik was again ready to struggle with our very uncooperative engine. The staff on the boat yard where we were, had given him an old piece of rubber, so he could cut the seal for the heat exchan...

We are just about in the exact middle of the Atlantic. Going through some
rain squalls as I write this just before our 9 am dawn on Jan 2. We now are doing shifts at night: Ed 9pm till 2; then Ed sleeps till 6, then Ed on 6 till after 9 or 10...

A little more robust sea...we continue doing as close to 270 degrees as we can. But wind from NNE it seems... maybe that is apparent wind though.
Moving just aound 5 and getting turned by the huge swells carrying
foam across top.

I don’t always think it’s easy being far away from home and especially not during Christmas. I've always celebrated Christmas with my parents except for last year, where we 6 days earlier arrived in Martinique after 31 very long days at the At...

It is 5 am and we have just changed shifts... Although the six hour
shifts had been tried, we were too exhausted at the end of each and
we're not keeping a good enough watch ... and I (Ed) knew after
yesterdays hard work on the engine...

Fancy owning Superyacht ?

We have now finally made it to Florida! We arrived in St. Augustine early this morning after two days at sea, which turned out to be quite a cold experience. Henrik found great pleasure in sailing again, though, in spite of the cold weather - and ...

Our next boat auction starts just after Christmas with around 60 boats and you can view them all NOW in the auction catalogue has just gone live. You have time before the auction to make an appointment with the broker to view the boat or check out...

Like last week, it was our plan this week to do an overnight sail in the Atlantic in order to move south more quickly, but once again we continued in the ICW. Last week, too much wind was holding us back, and this week, there was too little wind!<...

From Christmas shopping and festive music, to twinkling lights on boats and winter cruises with mulled wine and mince pies; we have plenty of seasonal suggestions on how to include the canals and waterways in your winter celebrations this year....

By Beaufort, North Carolina, you can leave the Intracoastal Waterway and sail into the Atlantic, which we had planned to do this week. Unfortunately, one low pressure after the other is rolling up the eastern coast at the moment, so without a favo...

Welcome to Boatsheds Newsletter, in it we round-up what Boatshed has been up to in the boat sales market and report on major events and trends in the sector. We are also introducing new and exciting Boatshed products and initiatives to support ou...

Traditionally, boating and boat ownership have been viewed as lifestyle choices which, to a certain extent, resist the ups and downs of economic flux. The desire and passion to get afloat and enjoy all that sailing has to offer results in many pe...

The Route Du Rhum is a single handed ocean race, from St Malo to Guadeloupe; some 3,500 miles along the famous Rhum line. It's a physical and mental sailing challenge - one of the most admired in yacht racing - where skippers need to look after th...

Shortly before this year’s particularly poignant Remembrance Day, which marked the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One, we said goodbye to canal conservationist Sonia Rolt, who passed away on 22nd October 2014 aged 95.