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26/11/2013
Silent Wings - Log Day 7 - Wildlife!
The wind comes and goes andwe have much to occupy our days.On Sunday, the Silent Wings Fishing Team (Skip Steve, Sal and Peter) landed a beautiful 10 kg Mahi Mahi (Dirk was not so keen!) so a splendid dinner was assured.And yesterday, we were visited by a lone Orca whale who swam alongside us for a while then dived under the boat, showing us its white belly and looking right up at us in the cockpit!Stunning...though rather scary!.
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07/10/2013
Silent Wings - under the Runway!
After a lovely couple of weeks along the south east coast of a Madeira,Wings is in Agua da Pena boatyard...the yard is immaculate and Wings is thelargest boat they have ever hauled out...despite a force 7, Mario and Elmanodid an amazing job and Wings is now safely chocked up and getting a nicecouple of coats of anti fouling before we head south to Las a Palmas.photo.
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27/09/2013
Silent Wings - Silent Wings in Madeira
We are both loving our anchorage in Machico although the weather has been challenging at times.They are so welcoming here and the town is so pretty.We are moving on to Quinta de Lorde marina on Monday ....apparently lots of other ARC boats there and a pontoon party happening Monday evening...not sure I should be advertising that!Steve and Sally..
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12/09/2013
Silent Wings - Daily Blog ARC+
Once all the excitement of the Red Arrow and fireworks of the Regatta had ceased, Silent Wings sailed from Dartmouth with her full ARC+ crew (skipper Steve, and crew Sally, Dirk from Luxembourg and Peter from Sweden) on 5th on the first leg to La Coruna and towards Las Palmas.The trip gave us a bit of everything from over 30knots of wind and big seas to no wind, calm seas and dolphins under the bow. Both boat and crew performed beautifully; it was a great chance to practice our storm jib skills, get to know each other better and really enjoy some great sailing. In La Coruna, we have caught up with Ian, Wendy and Bumble the dog on Silver Slipper, whilst we sort some technical issues with the iridium phone, etc and wait for some weather to head south... most probably down the coast to.
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