Mel and Nick http://www.melandnick.com See our latest pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/melandnick/ or call us on Skype: melandnick.com Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:40:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Land Ho!!! Grenada http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2012/02/14/land-ho-grenada-3/ http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2012/02/14/land-ho-grenada-3/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:40:23 +0000 Nick http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2012/02/14/land-ho-grenada-3/ To say we were relieved when we finally put down the anchor in Prickly Bay, would be an understatement. Our last 6 hours sailing on the approach to Grenada was pretty stormy and both of us were very pleased to have reached safe harbour after 27 days at . . . → Read More: Land Ho!!! Grenada]]> http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2012/02/14/land-ho-grenada-3/feed/ 0 Unfinished business…………. http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2012/01/25/unfinished-business/ http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2012/01/25/unfinished-business/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:46:42 +0000 Nick http://www.melandnick.com/?p=339

Crossing the Atlantic was unfinished business for me. Ten years ago I sailed to the Canary Islands and didn’t get any further. I had promised myself that I would one day return and finish what I started. Sailing a yacht across the Atlantic Ocean is not such a big deal. Ask anyone, read any books or articles . . . → Read More: Unfinished business………….]]> http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2012/01/25/unfinished-business/feed/ 3 MERRY CHRISTMAS http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/12/25/merry-christmas/ http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/12/25/merry-christmas/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:29:27 +0000 Nick http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/12/25/merry-christmas/ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Christmas day (today) is our last full day in Gomera…The weather has been perfect, and there has been a BBQ for all the people in the marina to attend. We decided it would be a good idea to postpone our leaving until after the BBQ, and . . . → Read More: MERRY CHRISTMAS]]> http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/12/25/merry-christmas/feed/ 4 One week to go http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/12/11/one-week-to-go/ http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/12/11/one-week-to-go/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:07:46 +0000 Nick http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/12/11/one-week-to-go/ Over the last couple of weeks Marina La Gomera has been a hive of activity!

Last weekend the 17 Talisker Atlantic Challenge rowing boats left the harbour having been delayed for 1 day due to high winds. Nick and I were lucky enough to see them off in style . . . → Read More: One week to go]]> http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/12/11/one-week-to-go/feed/ 0 La Gomera http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/11/17/la-gomera/ http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/11/17/la-gomera/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:45:35 +0000 Nick http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/11/17/la-gomera/ It’s been six weeks since we arrived in La Gomera, and in that time, it’s become home for us. We have spent our time making friends, having BBQs, and in Nick’s case, spearing lots of fish for dinner!

This is the first harbour we’ve been to where nearly . . . → Read More: La Gomera]]> http://www.melandnick.com/index.php/2011/11/17/la-gomera/feed/ 2