Sailing Fabule
Nous avons passé une excellente semaine à Bonifacio. La cité médiévale et les ballades le long des fallaises offrent des points de vue magnifiques. De plus, nous avons fait la connaissance de gens forts sympathiques, marins ou non. En revanche, ce n’étaient pas complètement des vacances. Yan a repris un contrat professionnel et a travaillé […]
Preparation plays a key role in a successful adventure. Still moored in Puerto America (Cadiz), we get Fabule and ourselves ready. Getting a medical/dental appointment is one of the difficulties of this nomadic life-style. While plannig for the amazing places we want to visit this year, we are impatient to get this journey started. Anchors […]
Our captain put on his blue working overall and carried out several repairs on Fabule. On a rare sunny day during this automn, we managed to see why the beaches of Povoa de Varzim attract many portuguese tourists during the summer. DIY “fun” The vessel tracking device (AIS) allows us to identify other boats navigating […]
The main focus of this week was to complete a series of maintenance projects after this first sailing season. Tréguier is a good place to meet other Boréal owners and we received a lot of precious tips. Improvements mainsail track: we applied lubricant with teflon on mainsail track to facilitate the hoisting and lowering of […]
While looking at the pictures sent by Boréal before the Christmas shutdown, we can’t wait to see our boat finally floating on the water. Amongst newly installed equipment, we distinguish the arch, the solar arrays and the navigation systems. Fabule now has windows and the wooden interior is taking shape. However, some providers are experiencing […]
The construction started in October 2020 with a pile of aluminum plates. The team at Boréal made good progress. Soon, the hull structure was ready to be turned. Then Covid broke out and slowed down the process. The launch is now scheduled for January 2022.