Saying Goodbye to the Aeolian Islands
Today we are going to set sail from Lipari, in the Aeolian Islands after a few great days of swimming…
Author: Brendan McInerney
Brendan is the skipper / owner of Nakee, a semi-custom 1991 Taswell 49 All Season (pilot-house), cutter-rigged sailing yacht registered in Limerick, Ireland. Brendan enjoys sailing, diving, cooking and music.
Goodbye Capo Carbonara, sails set for the Aeolian Islands
After two days at anchor in crystal clear waters off Capo Carbonara, we have set sail this morning for Vulcano,…
Sailing Sardinia
We had an easy passage from Majorca to Sardinia, with light winds and flat seas all the over except for…
Cruising Spain and the Balerics
After completing the West to East trans Atlantic passage from Tortola to Gibraltar the crew have been enjoying time ashore…
Azores-Gibraltar Day 10: Entering the Med
Just a short update to let everyone know that we have stated navigating through the Straight of Gibraltar, after having…
Azores->Gibraltar: Day 7
PredictWind’s forecasts for the last 400 miles or so to Gibraltar were accurate so far. They are for high seas…
Azores->Gibraltar: Day 5
We have been making very slow progress since setting sail from Ponta Delgada for the Azores, due to very light…
Azores->Gibraltar: Day 1
After a 9 day break in Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island in the Azores, Nakee set off today at…
Trans-Atlantic Day 26: landfall!
We have just 7 miles to go for arrival in Ponta Delgada! That will completely a 2,400 nm passage –…
Trans-Atlantic Day 24: Sea Birds
I’ve had problems with the app I’m using (Jet Pack) to edit my WordPress website and lost two long posts…