Author Archives: Alex
Repairs in progress, target in sight
The last few days we have been busy working on the boat and now well into the rhythm of getting up at 0700 and heading down the port for some sanding, painting, varnishing, deck-cleaning, mast-fitting, drinking and jamming. It’s been quite an experience so far and a good feeling of satisfaction after a hard days … Continue reading
Hitchhiking a Sailing Boat
Firstly, I want to apologise to all of you lovely readers for the long wait. Traveling and blogging can be quite tricky and requires a decent discipline, that we obviously lost. In Cuba we managed to get a blog entry down every day! I think we lost that initial urge to document things as we … Continue reading
Trick #1: T-Shirt Coffee Filter
Incentive A reusable, sustainable product to make great tasting filtered coffee. Reasoning This product was developed in Copacabana, Bolivia to allow us to filter coffee in a sustainable fashion. Traditional throw-away coffee filters as found in Europe are not to be found here so we had to find a way of reaching the same goal… Great tasting … Continue reading

