Pax Nostrum news

Hola

 

Latest news is that we have acquired a red gaff sail, which we have been able to alter and use as a mizzen sail. This has meant changing the mizzen from bermudan to gaff rig , which Paul has just about completed .Here are a couple of pics showing how it will look.

 

We are currently busy preparing to leave Almerimar, but will not now leave until early June. Still heading for Portugal via Gib and Morocco, not rushing, so would love lots of folks to join us for some all all of our trip. Pretty flexible on timing , may take up to 4weeksish, but will see what weather is and what time  people have.

 

More soon cheers H&P

Pax next trip

Hi Everyone,

 

 

Currently we are in Almerimar in SE Spain and have experienced adry but chilly winter. It has been relatively quiet, but thinkthat is the norm everywhere these days. However we have had a weekly jam session onboard and recently instigated an open mic/jam evening in a local irish bar [it belongs to Paul Mcgowen, brother of the infamous Sean of The Pogues], which is proving popular and good fun.

 

Now we are planning our next move. We aim to leave here as soon as poss after 15th May, heading West to Gibraltar, then on to the Rio Guadiana [the southern border between Spain and Portugal]. Destinations enroute will include Morocco, Gibraltar and several places along the Spanish coast. Our plan is to SAIL as much as possible so we are allowing around a month to get there. We hope to anchor as much as possible, thus avoiding high marina fees, but will be dinghying ashore visiting lots of different places.

 

It would be great to have lots of people sailing with us for all or part of the voyage so please get in toudh if you are interested.

 

Will leave it at that for now, hope to hear from folks soon,cheers H&P

fish

we finally managed to catch a sizable fish enroute from Madiera [ in fact this was the second one as we lost the first] Both were dolphin fish [must be the head shape that gives them their name]. The fish is laid on top of our dustbin lid so you get some idea of the size. The colours in real life were much more vivid, it was really stunning and tasted delicious!!!

2011 pics

Pax pics: ducklings up the river

Pax update

Hi Everyone,

 

Very merry Christmas and all the best for 2012!!!

 

Pax, Paul and I are happily settled in Almerimar once again, we will be staying here until mid May 2012, then plan to head back to the Rio Guadiana between Spain and Portugal, via Morocco, Gib, etc..

 

We decided to come back here largely for the weather and some social life, so far so good!   Mainly sunny, in fact still in shorts and tshirt in the daytime [well at least H is], s o should be good for varnishing, etc., which will start in earnest after Christmas. Bit chilly at night but plenty of heating on, so no prob with that. Social life is quiet currently but picking up by the day: off to a jam session tonight in one bar , then carol singing tomorrow, Christmas Day pub crawl and games day on the 26th. Paul is currently rigging the sailing dinghy so that we can sail around the marina on Christmas Day!

 

We actually left Tenerife at the end of August accompanied by Pete, having visited and loved La Gomera [ well worth a look around if you have the chance]. Stopped off in Lanzerote a while and then went to Madiera, again well worth a visit, the people are very friendly and helpful.  Set off with Sue, John and Neil onboard and called in to Porto Santo. Unfortunately the winds wouldn't let us head straight for Portugal, so we went via Morocco and Spain back to the Rio Guadiana. ALL good fun.

 

Thoroughly enjoyed coming back here via  Gib  and Estepona, caught up with lots of old friends.

 

Plans for 2012 will depend on a few things but we aim to make a sailing trip out of our journey to Portugal in the latter part of May,so will certainly need crew for that. 

 

Hope everybody has a splendid time over the next week or two , we will be on Skype as much as possible so would love to hear from anyone!!!

 

Cheers love H&Pxx

Pax news

Latest news from Pax Nostrum.   We have been in Tenerife for 2weeks in a marina in the south, but heading off to La Gomera tomorrow for a few days then on to La Palma for a short visit. Paul2 has joined us and is staying all the way to Portugal.    We plan to sail from La Palma to the Azores and explore as many of the islands as poss, so will aim to leave Ponta Delgarda [San Miguel island- the most northeasterly ]by 20th Sept heading for S Portugal and will be near Faro by 27th Sept.    Would welcome more crew whenever   Cheers H&P