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Ben and Jen Go Sailing
jennifermanning43
Jan 13, 202322 min read
Hello from the other side
On the 22nd November 2022, we slipped our lines from Marina Santa Cruz, Tenerife and set out on the biggest sail of our lives. A sail and...
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jennifermanning43
Nov 20, 20228 min read
Tenerife Touring
Tenerife has been a bit of a crazy blur. We arrived at Marina Santa Cruz on Wednesday 2nd November and were instantly thrown into big...
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jennifermanning43
Nov 16, 20226 min read
The Lanzarote Effect
Time is slipping away incredibly fast. I’d been pushing our departure date for the Caribbean into the back of my mind, it felt so far...
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jennifermanning43
Oct 31, 202211 min read
Island Life
Despite a turbulent start to our time in the Madeira Archipelago, looking back I can now safely say that it is truly one of the most...
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jennifermanning43
Oct 8, 202214 min read
The last of the Continent
We’ve now sailed over 1300nm and have left the continent for our first Atlantic island. The adventure is well and truly underway, having...
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jennifermanning43
Sep 14, 20229 min read
The Atlantic Highway
It seems hard to believe that it hasn’t yet been a month since we left Falmouth, our normal life at home seems a lifetime ago. We’ve...
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jennifermanning43
Sep 2, 20228 min read
The Bay of Biscay
Before I do anything that I consider to be outside of my comfort zone, I research it and then I research it some more. The more I read,...
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jennifermanning43
Aug 21, 20223 min read
Finally Moving
Finally, on the 17th of August we left Plymouth for Falmouth. It was a huge relief to set sail and leave behind the limbo that had been...
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jennifermanning43
Aug 8, 20222 min read
Final Preperations
It's been a week since we finished work and about ten days until we are planning to get down to Falmouth and look for a weather window...
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jennifermanning43
Aug 7, 20222 min read
Sailing the Atlantic Circuit
Eight years ago, when Ben and I first met, we decided that we wanted to sail the Atlantic together. Ben, having sailed the Atlantic...
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