For those of you that may be interested, we thought we’d post what we’ve been doing to the boat since we’ve been here in Gib. The first thing on the (long) list of jobs was ‘replace fruit and veg nets’. … Continue reading 23. Don’t Mention the Veg Nets!
So, life being so tough aboard Rose Rambler of Devon, we decided that we needed a little holiday… Our friend Steve planned to be in Portugal in early/mid March, so we decided to make for Tarifa for a bit of kitesurfing… … Continue reading 22. Our Little ‘Break’ in Tarifa…
So, it’s a new year, we’ve been here 6 weeks… what have we been up to?? Well the first thing we’ve been doing is – I believe – fairly obvious; having a baby. Hugo Young arrived on the 17th December … Continue reading 18. New Year Address…
Meet Hugo, our new skipper. He was born last night in sunny Malaga. Mummy and our new son are doing well. Continue reading 17. Our Newest Crew Member
On Monday, 23rd November 2015, we slipped Barbate for the sea trial and however far we could make beyond that… The forecast was good: W4-5 overnight, decreasing 2-3 backing SW, sea state moderate decreasing slight. We were also – by … Continue reading 16. 2015 – The Final Leg!
On the basis we had entered our third week in Barbate, we thought a post was probably due so we could update you on exactly what we’d been up to! Barbate is a very small town; no tourists, no train station, … Continue reading 15. The Hotel California, Barbate
We were dying to get out of Vilamoura by this point – or, as some graffiti we saw told us: ‘Vile-moura, Hellgarve’ – that we took a punt on the weather not looking too bad (despite some more rain), and … Continue reading 14. Well hello, Andalusia!
Our first anchorage at Muros lay on the Costa da Morte – The Coast of Death! – foreboding enough for a decent headline we feel, even if it is slightly melodramatic for anything experienced while there…. We ended up spending … Continue reading 11. The Coast of Death and Beyond!
After our trip across Biscay which, to be quite honest, has taken to being discussed in hallowed tones as if we’d walked away from a near-death experience, rather than had a bit of a rough crossing in some pretty notorious … Continue reading 10. La Coruña to our First Anchorage (Muros)
The big day is here! 25th September 2015 – our departure day for our crossing across the Bay of Biscay. This is one of those notorious maritime areas that people always go on about, and we had heard horrific stories … Continue reading 8. The Bay of Biscay!
the travels of rose rambler of devon 
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