An eventful week in Cartagena After a week in Cartagena, it was time to say goodbye to our friend Marky and set sail towards new Mediterranean adventures. Our stay in the capital of the Spanish Navy’s Maritime Department was an eventful one, to say the least! During our stay, Marky had just gotten his new […] More
Special thanks to Anders, who made it possible for us to purchase this arch (and therefore make this video) by giving us his old radar. Without it, we would have to replace our entire set of marine electronics and we would not have had the budget for this refit! Stuart’s contact details (Arcglow Inox […] More
We’ve been back onboard Polar Seal in over a week now, and completed way more boat project than we thought we would. This pre-season is our most efficient ever, and should leave us with an almost brand new boat by the time we set sail again! Yesterday, in an effort to revive our tarnished, tired […] More
The video about Marky’s 1974 32ft MacWester Wight ketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5iRHDEXPM The complete tour of Polar Seal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxqKYydlxd0 —— This is the second part of our mini-series on the cost of cruising, in which a couple of friends and us laid down the costs of buying and sailing our boats full time, and compare them. […] More