Tag Archives: 2012

Facts and figures

We have finally converted our spreadsheets and logbook entries into a 2012 summary and have created a new heading called Facts and Figures. Under that heading, there are sub pages where you will find details of our overall running costs … Continue reading

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2012 blog stats

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 12,000 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading

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We have left our baby for the winter!

The last two days have been spent doing the final jobs to bed Nimrod down for the winter and a spot more sightseeing. On Sunday it was bright and sunny so we cycled to the other side of the bay … Continue reading

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An interesting day out

It is 7 months today since we first left the UK.  Most of the time, we have been pretty lucky with the weather but it seems that this last week the weather gods have turned against us. The high winds have … Continue reading

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The downside of keeping the boat abroad

We flew back to Sardinia yesterday as we planned to take the boat out of the water to do some routine maintenance work. We needed to repair the paintwork where the shaft anode had ground into the hull in Mallorca … Continue reading

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Winterisation

We have spent the last few days getting Nimrod ready to be left for the winter. This is making us very sad as it means that this episode of our adventure is drawing to a close. We have taken the … Continue reading

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A very productive day

Apparently, the warm weather we are currently experiencing is not common for this time of year but we are not complaining! We took the opportunity of blue skies and temperatures in the 20s to continue to tick off our maintenance … Continue reading

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Bosa

Today we decided to travel to Bosa, which is about 20 miles south of Alghero to look at a boatyard as we need some minor work done over the winter and we are trying to find a yard where we … Continue reading

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Back on Nimrod

We have spent the last week in the UK sorting out various admin things and Jo needed to be back for her club committee meeting. It was a shock to the system landing at Stansted to a very chilly and … Continue reading

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Neptune’s Grotto

The bad weather yesterday came in early with high winds and more rain. We decided to visit Neptune’s Grotto – a cave of stalactites and stalagmites on Capo Caccia about 15 miles from Alghero. The entrance is at sea level … Continue reading

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