Author: Fredoya

We’re leaving this superb view behind to return in the spring with a brand new visa and enjoy new sailing trips and many new friends. Mont Marathon Seward Alaska Mont Marathon Seward Alaska Mont Marathon Seward Alaska Mont Marathon Seward […]

After a wonderful summer in the Aleutians and around Kodiak, we sailed in the rain with beautiful clear spells along the Kenai Peninsula to Seward.It’s time to prepare Fredoya for winter storage.We’ll be able to leave her at the dock, […]

Here we are for a month and a half, heading to Adak and then back to Kodiak, where by mid-August we’ll have to decide where to spend the winter. A logbook will be posted here, along with a few updates, […]

Polarsteps finally updated after 18 days of pure happiness for Frédo who went to meet Milénoé and enjoy Guillemot: thank you my daughter and Amonbeaufils for these memories which will propel me towards Alaska with a boat ready thanks to […]

*September: 10 days in Madeira of pure family pleasure, a bitter aftertaste due to overtourism invading the paths that are so pretty. Cape Verde from November 12 to 28: some news from a free Wifi… From October 31 departure from […]

After our interlude in Portimao to redo the central rudder, we returned to Culatra where we were able to finish painting the deck and the gantry to make the white whiter but the anti-slip can still wait, it will wait.A […]

When you love, you don’t countDespite the leak in the rotating gasket, Fred was able to redo the central rudder, promising not to play leapfrog on the icebergs anymore.In the meantime, Fred took the opportunity to rinse everything using the […]

Meetings not preventing maintenance As expected, the Faro lagoon with the Culatra anchorage can accommodate a hundred boats without anyone getting in the way. We spent a hot and sometimes windy start to the summer celebrating the various reunions while […]

No good wind to go to the Azores.Sublime sunsets, possibility of doing maintenance without swell and going looking for shells as well as beaching at low tide…..We will stay between the lagoon of Faro and Portimao where we have some […]

After ten days of pilgrimage around Golfe de Fos / La Côte BleueFredoya leaves for Alaska: … time to travel: she will be there in June 2025Watch the programSay what period you are interested in and how many people you […]

Already 1 ½ months without news… good news… Despite :The persistent wind preventing welding as we would likeDust entering everywhere covering our freshly re-varnished floorsFrédo preferring to go see Guillemot than stay to help her captain Fredoya will be returned […]

No notable surprises apart from an eye of the shroud turnbuckle showing a trace of crack…? Wasn’t it from the beginning?When in doubt, Hugo from PSL rigging quickly finds one for us and we can raise the sails as soon […]