Porthandbuoy
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Great blog, and an inspiration to other small-boat sailers, like me.
Across the Atlantic in a 26 footer
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yachtorion
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Brilliant, inspiring and interesting blog. Thanks for posting.
yachtorion
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1: Check you have Windows Defender installed and configured...
2: Spybot S&D Free Edition - http://www.safer-networking.org/mirrors/
3: Update (or better still disable) Java - there are a few issues with it at the moment.
4: Change any password you have used from that machine, including banking etc, they may have been compromised.
If you aren't comfortable with the above, take it to a local PC shop and ask them to virus scan and clean it for you.
KAL
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Wow - just brilliant. Thanks so much for sharing your blog. One day, one day...
Carib
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Thanks for your kind comments all!
Scotty: The twizzle rig sounds good (as I vaguely understand it, you decouple the twin sails from the forestay?) but needs two poles and we just have one. The disadvantage of our rig is that gybing would be a serious hassle. We didn't need to though, we just headed slightly further south than we'd have liked at times!
Timmygobang: Yes, we know Oliver of Troskala well, and we're hoping to catch up with him soon!
Cliffdale: In retrospect, we think Biscay gets talked up a bit. It could be a nightmare in poor conditions, but the key is that it only takes two or three days, which should hopefully be well within a reliable forecast window if you can wait for good weather. I think it tends to be those with a deadline who get caught out! We got our worst weather from Portugal to Porto Santo (see blog) which is generally meant to be easy..but we were a bit late in the season.
A couple of books I found really useful in the planning stages (years!) are the aforementioned Ocean Cruising on a Budget by Anne Hammick, and Bluewater Countdown by Geoff Pack. Excellent, realistic guides to the practical questions which arise.
Scotty: The twizzle rig sounds good (as I vaguely understand it, you decouple the twin sails from the forestay?) but needs two poles and we just have one. The disadvantage of our rig is that gybing would be a serious hassle. We didn't need to though, we just headed slightly further south than we'd have liked at times!
Timmygobang: Yes, we know Oliver of Troskala well, and we're hoping to catch up with him soon!
Cliffdale: In retrospect, we think Biscay gets talked up a bit. It could be a nightmare in poor conditions, but the key is that it only takes two or three days, which should hopefully be well within a reliable forecast window if you can wait for good weather. I think it tends to be those with a deadline who get caught out! We got our worst weather from Portugal to Porto Santo (see blog) which is generally meant to be easy..but we were a bit late in the season.
A couple of books I found really useful in the planning stages (years!) are the aforementioned Ocean Cruising on a Budget by Anne Hammick, and Bluewater Countdown by Geoff Pack. Excellent, realistic guides to the practical questions which arise.
mainsail1
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Sandy
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Looking forward to reading the blog over the weekend.
Nerissa
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Really enjoyable blog and so inspirational. Thank you.
Vallich
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Excellent read and very inspirational to me and no doubt lots of others who fancy doing the same voyage - thanks very much.