Sailing – Page 35 – Irene and Edwin

Getting to Vingilótë

After 27 hours of traveling, 23 hours of it flying), we arrived at Cape Town International Airport. We met up with our friend Rory who’s gotten in earlier and started building our serious medical...

There was time for the Sky Club and there was booze

Delta Sky Club - Seattle-Tacoma International Airport The vacation has begun! Spicy Bloody Mary and a Caesar said if kale and Edamame and braised chicken thighs covered with the Wicked Thai Chicken...

Off to take delivery of Vingilótë

Delta Sky Club - Seattle-Tacoma International Airport We checked in four 50+ pound suitcases. Neither of us ever traveled with this much luggage. But we’re carrying all the sailing gear we own,...

The awesome Antam roller cleats

We tried to remove from the boat as much of the shiny bits as possible. Shiny bits need to remain shiny and I’m not fond of shining ‘em. The stanchions are carbon fiber, the railing Spectra...

Adventures in bureaucracy

EPIRBs and other emergency communications gear. So, the boat builders mentioned that they have a temporary type C license for doing sea trials, but need a full type A license before we take...