The lovely sea and the sky.  The land fades into view and we look forward to night watch and a lovely sunset.
Tippy sunset.
Mark first night of Atlantic crossing.
Skipper Brian takes 8pm to midnight watch, he …

November 2009 Puerto Calero Marina, Lanzarote.
We awoke excited to leave for the Atlantic crossing.Miss Tippy was looking gorgeous all teak washed and all chrome shiny and flags flying and everything ship shape.
We had a hearty …

LANZAROTE.Having rested,partied,played and toured Lanzarote, this week was all about organising boat schooling for the children.

Miss Tippy was turned into a school room for part of the day with Brian and I sharing the teaching.

Science …

We made costumes all afternoon on ‘Miss Tippy ‘with children from yacht ‘Roundabout’ and had great fun trick or treating.  The 17  Blue Water Rally boats had arrived safely from Gibraltar, and were ready to …

After 3 years of planning we were actually on the start line with a beautiful blue sky and 17 boats on the horizon,white sails flying, awaiting the explosion from the cannon across the straits of …

We aim to update this diary weekly from now.This first post covers our time in Gibraltar since we arrived here early in September.

After the excitement of arrival we had a sense of anticlimax for the …