Author Archives: Karin och Göran

Leaving Cape Verde and approaching Grenada

Posted on 8th January 2018 by Karin och Göran

Finally after 11 days it is time to leave Cape Verde. We have done a lot of maintenance and repair work.  The weather forecast for the coming week looks good and even better for the next week provided this can … Continue reading →

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Cape Verde

Posted on 31st December 2017 by Karin och Göran

Happy New Year from the crew on s/y Peach Below a copy of an article in Swedish to sailing organizations in Sweden regarding rudder failure on Peach in the Atlantic on the 22th of December 2017. Peach roderhaveri på Atlanten … Continue reading →

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En route to the Caribbean

Posted on 15th December 2017 by Karin och Göran

After Months in Puerto de Mogán with trips to Sweden for business, it is finally time to cross the Atlantic. The trade wind seems to be stable, indicated by the grib files we have looked at. The first week our … Continue reading →

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Puerto de Mogán

Posted on 13th September 2017 by Karin och Göran

Due to the RAC soon occupying Las Palmas Marina we have moved to the south of Gran Canaria. We were lucky to get a berth in Puerto de Mogán which turned out to be a very lovely and quiet place. … Continue reading →

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Cascais to the Canary Islands

Posted on 3rd September 2017 by Karin och Göran

Day 1 We took off from Cascais at 10 am in lovely weather. Unfortunately no wind at all why the engine, again, had to do the work. The water looked like oil. It was expected but we hoped for wind … Continue reading →

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