When I left Aventura in the care of the Outremer boatyard last December, I was planning to be away for only a few weeks. But soon after I returned home, the British authorities imposed …
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The coronavirus pandemic has inspired countless altruistic projects initiated by individual people all over the world. They show that even in the midst of such a global tragedy what human beings need above all is …
In my previous report I dealt with some of the most significant questions that I had been asked about my Elcano project and the latest Aventura. However, one question that I was asked on several …
An angry looking sky at sunset predicts bad weather for the coming night as we were passing the Balearics In the three months since I returned with Aventura Zero to the Outremer boatyard at …
Here is the final instalment of the answers to the questions from students at Kurtzebarri Secondary School in Aretxabaleta, in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain. Aretxabaleta How do you get food supplies when you …
Last week I posted a number of questions sent from students at Kurtzebarri Secondary School in Aretxabaleta, in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa. Here are the answers to some more questions. What do you do …
Recently I received a list of questions from students at Kurtzebarri Secondary School in Aretxabaleta, in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa. I found them so interesting that I decided to post them on our website. …
I never lose: either I win, or I learn. Nelson Mandela’s words have been haunting me ever since I took the decision to turn around at Tenerife and put my project on hold. One of …
The arrival of a new year is a usually good opportunity to turn your back on the old one and look ahead with renewed hope for a better future. Alas, these are not usual times. …
“Marinheiros da Esperança” ISBN 978-989-8159-97-7 London, 20 December 2020 Aventura Zero is having a rest on the Outremer pontoon La Grande Motte, while I have returned to London to get my Covid vaccination and …
Journal 8 La Grande Motte 12 December 2020 Our first Mediterranean dawn The Straits of Gibraltar marked the halfway point of our winter passage from the Canaries to Southern France. The winds continued to …
Strait of Gibraltar 5 December 2020 The decision to turn around was quickly implemented and within hours we were on our way north with a favourable SW wind whisking us along. As I turned …
My decision to abandon the Elcano Challenge has taken by surprise many of those who have been following my voyage, and I want to apologise to all of you for the disappointment this may …
On the passage from Sevilla to Tenerife we had a technical problem which we were hoping to solve on arrival. Unfortunately it turned out to be much more serious than we had expected and rather …
Aventura Zero Journal 5 28 November 2020 Landfall! As we sighted the massive bulk of Tenerife from 37 miles distance we realised that our slow eight-day passage from Seville was getting close to its …
Aventura Zero Journal 4 19 November 2020 Sailing down the Guadalquivir We are off! Two weeks after our arrival in Seville our planned voyage along the route of the first circumnavigation has started and …
In the few days since our arrival in Seville I have been able to look back on Aventura Zero’s maiden voyage and the overall conclusion is that it has been a very useful and …
Aventura Zero journal 2 – 5 November
The timing of our departure from Ceuta had to be very precise so as to catch the favourable west-setting current through the Straits of …
Aventura Zero journal 24 October – 2 November After two months of preparations, on Saturday 24 October Aventura Zero left La Grande Motte, seat of the Outremer boatyard, bound for Seville and …
My collaboration with Brookes & Gatehouse has a long history and goes back 34 years to the start of the first ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1986. …
We couldn’t have picked a more miserable day to go out for our first sail on Aventura Zero. As we left the marina, low grey skies hung over the bay of La Grande Motte …
My new Aventura has been moved into a marina and while work continues on board she is now starting to look like a finished boat. The long wait came to an end this afternoon …
Sea, Sun and Taraipo by John Jameson Publihed by Grosvenor House Publishing ISBN 978-1-83975-124-0 This is the moving tale of John Jameson’s nine-year-long world voyage in a Polynesian-type catamaran; an odyssey true to the original …
Despite the disturbances caused by the Covid crisis, the Outremer boatyard managed to maintain its production schedule and launched the latest Aventura with only a slight delay. Towed by a large truck, Aventura Zero …
Work on Aventura EL.CA.NO. is progressing well, as can be seen from these photographs taken on Friday 5 June. The Outremer boatyard is now working at full capacity and it has been …
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