Atlantic Circuit
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Anchoring in Pembrokeshire
June 27-29, 2021 After a couple of days in Milford Haven we left the marina and headed a bit north in Pembrokeshire. We sailed up to Porthlysgi Bay where we anchored together with Sanuti. We took a walk from the bay to the town St Davids, which is the smallest city in Europe. What we understood is that it is only a city because it has a cathedral.
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Enter UK with sailboat after Brexit
June 24-27, 2021 Our process to enter UK with our sailboat included both Brexit and Covid-19 – procedures. We sailed to UK the summer 2021 and this was first summer after UK officially left EU. We took information from Noonsite about how the process would be. Since things might change over time, it is hard to write something here that will be valid in the future. Our best tip is to look at a site like Noonsite or contact authorities. But we will still summarize how our entry process looked like. Covid-19 We sailed during the pandemic and if we stayed 10 days or more on international waters we didn’t…
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Sailing from the Azores to UK
After we had been on the Azores a couple of weeks it was time for us to start sailing to the UK. We started sailing from the Azores to UK June 11th. We left the Azores in June so that we would be able to make it back home to Sweden before August. We started working again September 1st and wanted to have some spare time so we wouldn’t have to stress for the last part of the sail. We also wanted to arrive to Sweden before the Swedish summer ended. Day 0 – June 11, 2021 After the drama with the autopilot, when we started our sail to UK,…
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The mandatory painting on the pier in Horta
June 5-11, 2021 After we had explored both Faial and Pico, we focused more on preparing for the upcoming sail to UK. As we had fixed most of the things we needed to fix earlier we didn’t have so much boat jobs to do. But still there’s always stuff to do to make the boat better, and also some of the stuff we had to fix we had to order and then wait for it to arrive. One such thing was the new steering wire, we had ordered a new one with the correct dimensions. When the steering wire broke on the way to Azores we replaced it with the…
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Day trip to the island Pico
June 5, 2021 Just next to Faial in the Azores is the island Pico. The two islands are located very close to each other and a short trip with the ferry easily takes you to Pico. As we heard that it was a very cool island we decided to take the ferry there together with Svala and their crew. And we were not disappointed! Pico was very cool and pretty, and a lot of cows! Taking the ferry from Horta was very easy, and a visit to Pico is something you shouldn’t miss if visiting Faial. We took the ferry by foot and rented a car once we got to…
