Author: Fredoya

Officially welcomed in France Sunday 15.Moored in Marans’ Harbour for 30 days of supply and maintenance …The crossing took place in 10 very variable days, a track in line with the forecast routes but with a little less wind than […]

Appointments made for the Covid-19 vaccinations on 8/17 and 7/9 in La Rochelle.New sails for Fredoya deliverable by Sailonet mid-September in La Rochelle.Reservation at the port of Marans from mid-August to mid-September, 24 km from La Rochelle.If the Brault bridge […]

A few days that stretch into weeks to decide the future or at least the road.We take the opportunity for short visits of friends and beautiful walks on land and in sailboats.We are waiting to have survival checked before heading […]

26 days and 8 hours sailing 3852 Nm offshore we’ve arrived in Praia da Vitoria – Terceira – AzoresWe need to wait 3 days at anchorage to be able to go to have our PCR Test (maybe Monday) before being […]

Already 1 month spent in Isla Mujeres.Check out done; we wait for the favorable weather to leave. Summary of the last 30 days on social networks: Instagram FacebookBut ESPECIALLY the blog of Océane and Florian who arrived to play the […]

Coming back in RAM Marina – Rio Dulce – Guatemala, for the long awaited maintenance of the hull and the keel system.Antifouling: 2 coats of primer (thanks to Bulle who had some extra)! Then 1 or 2 coats of antifouling […]

We came back to RAM Marina on the Rio Dulce – Guatemala, for the so much awaited maintenance of the hull and the keel system. We will get Fredoya out of the water in order to paint the antifouling again […]

The consequences of the Covid will force us to review our navigation plans in order to be able to find you on board. Status to date, October 2020All 2020 trips have been canceled, even for our American teammates, and 2021 […]

15 days 21 hrs of Navigation to cover the 1908 Nm from Prince Rupert to Ensenada.We had ALL the possible weather conditions but not too hard.2 days in Ensenada to clear and supply fresh produce, then we will try to […]

Plans are made to be changedThe Canadian border did not open even to let us see our “little one” who had booked his flight to come and spend a few days on board.I’ll make it short: we’re leaving for Mexico […]

We leave Juneau / Auke Bay where we were able to upload the little video about halibut fishing & canning .SE Alaska really rainy but so pretty with many photos and rushes of bears (sows & cubs) in the montage […]

Arrived safely in SE AlaskaRainy weather: as it should beUPS parcel blocked for customs control in Anchorage: as it shouldLet’s go on the interior route to fueling at Costco: as it should beShould cross the American – Canadian border on […]

Departure for the SE (South East Alaska) after making a small technical detour via CordovaThe reverser shaft outlet seal started to leak again after 150Nm, as we were about to head to Juneau.By topping up the oil, stopping at night […]

Didn’t have opportunity to translate the full logbook in French relating our first days on Kodiak, enjoying landscape and wildlife observations. Would be cool without odd jobs on the gearbox leaking, the depth-sounders collapsing and computing stuffs… Nice meeting with […]

We’ve left sad with the bad news of poor fishing the first days , but it’s time to head to Kodiak.