Tag: sailing
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A Summer of Learning
Here we are, as the days get cooler and as the sun sets earlier, right in September. I am back in school with readings, jurisprudence and classes in full swing. It seems as if May was yesterday and yet here we are! This summer was crazy. And amazing. And difficult. And challenging, and wonderful in…
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Aye aye Captain!
Three months have come and gone by since my last post. I settled back at home, started university and time has flown since then. But from my experiences last year, travel can never be missing from my life and the call to be back out on the water is still ever present. Having completed the…
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Roma and the end of the best summer of my life
Sardinia had been but a blip in time, we had just arrived and were already leaving. Rome (Civitavecchia really, but who cares about an hour car ride distance?) was our next port-of-call . It was also to be our last. Part 1: Student-led passage At the end of every semester, students on board Vela elect…
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Gibraltar: A Big Small Rock
Hello everyone! This is your trainee mate writing from over the Atlantic ocean in Gibraltar. After seven days at sea, we finally made it to the end point of our ocean crossing and can now officially say, we did it! Coming in to the straight of Gibraltar is weird. After days at sea with little…
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Portugal’s Azores
Sailing across the Atlantic ocean, we finally arrived in the Azores for a week-long stay.
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A Trans-Atlantic Passage Described
On the course of my 70 day seamester program, we left the BVIs and crossed the Atlantic during a 17 day passage.
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BVIS: Ten Days In
After two months back home, I am back out into the world. This time, I am in the British Virgin Islands and am spending those days on Vela, a college summer program hosted on a sailboat, before our departure to the Azores.
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Gap year: Part 2
After two months spent back at home, I flew off again for more adventures. This time, it is to spend 70 days on a sailing yacht as a trainee. We’ll be travelling from the British Virgin Islands (BVIS) near Puerto Rico to Rome, Italy spending time in the Azores, Barcelona, Corsica and even Sardinia. As…
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The Dominican Republic
From Santo Domingo to Samaná, I spent two weeks in the Dominican Republic travelling across this resort-frenzy place by sailboat and by bus. Come and discover the history and beauty of this visited yet untravelled place!
A bee on the go 