We had a blast in Newlyn, which became our temporary home for 4 weeks. We made the very most of the lifting of COVID restrictions by catching up with family and friends who we’ve not seen over the past 18 months. We also cracked on with the last of the essential boat jobs which included installation of our solar panels, final provisioning and selling our car.
One unwelcome curve ball lobbed our way at the last minute, was Zoe’s diagnosis with skin cancer (a likely consequence of years sailing in the tropics, whilst being slack with the sunscreen). Thankfully, she was able to fast track her surgery, and the scar now blends in perfectly with her eye bags! Cue massive spend on hats, sunglasses and 10 litres of SPF50 sunscreen!
Some of our provisions ready to stow 
9 Litres of Suncream 
Chaos reigns
In between hospital visits, Zoe knocked together a new genoa, under the tutorage of sailmaker extraordinaire, and old friend Woody at Solo Sails in his Newlyn loft.
Starting to stitch the panels 
Zoe’s finished sail 
On 14th August, with full tanks, bulging bilges, stitches removed, new sail hoisted and with the wind finally blowing in the right direction; we said our ‘see you laters’ and untied the lines. Three years in the planning / saving / learning / grafting, we were elated to finally be off ( and just a little bit terrified!). Who knows what the future has in store, but we are beyond excited to be exploring the world together. We are hugely grateful to everyone who has helped us get to the start line – for the childcare, the advice, the encouragement and moral support.
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Sailing Mowzer 
Hope you guys are all safe and well.
Where are you now? I can only guess……maybe Canaries?
Not sure if I’m up to date with being able to follow you – know you made Coruna but a blank after that!
I think it’s got something to do with my IT skills!!
Anyway our thoughts are often with you,
Love and the very best of wishes,
Graham and Andrea.
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Hi Graham, good to hear from you. we’re currently in Cascais after an overnight sail from Porto. We’d like to stay a bit longer here but there are some light winds forecast so want to get out before we are becalmed again.
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