Category Archives: le bateau

Khujada 2’s construction

Posted on May 2, 2015 by albanesmart

Khujada 2 was built by Alubat, a French specialist in aluminium boats. We ordered the boat through North Sea Maritime, the UK agents for Alubat. We are delighted with all the help we got from them, from working through the … Continue reading →

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Holed!

Posted on April 26, 2015 by juliansmart

Not the boat itself, just our (almost new) tender. Lifting it out in preparation for a return from Islas Palominos (&-minitos) to Culebra, Skipper (somehow) managed to allow one of the tender’s inflatable tubes to impact square on to the … Continue reading →

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La vie à bord

Posted on January 9, 2015 by albanesmart

Nous devons laver tous les fruits et légumes au cas ou il y aurait des oeufs de cafards. Les oeufs de cafards sont invisibles et sont partout. Dans les cartons, sur les fruits, sous les chaussures, les oeufs, les boîtes … Continue reading →

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Campaign for equal heights

Posted on November 5, 2014 by juliansmart

Fed up with discrimination just because you’re a little taller than the arbitrarily-determined average? Me too. One of the few mistakes we made when commissioning Khujada 2 was including our bimini (cockpit sun-shade) as part of the build – I have been unable to … Continue reading →

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No wonder they were cheap!

Posted on October 28, 2014 by juliansmart

Not sure how long we should expect these LED bulbs to last after being shipped like this from Hong Kong to the UK and then on to Gran Canaria. Initially thought was packaging on extracting from the envelope. Still, at less than … Continue reading →

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Transatlantic test run – 700 nautical miles in 5 days

Posted on October 10, 2014 by juliansmart

The plan WAS to go from Oeiras (near Lisbon) to Porto Santo and Madeira before dropping down to Tenerife and arriving in Gran Canaria to pick up the children’s schoolbooks. Parental stress from a month late starting term changed all that so … Continue reading →

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Progress in Port-la-Forêt

Posted on August 25, 2014 by juliansmart

Beaches: first baignades (and skimboarding, petanque, sandcastles) of the trip off Brittany’s beaches – water still needs to get a lot warmer as we progress southwards. Pizzas: best ever (or at least for a very long time) Calzones in the … Continue reading →

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