It was the morning of our planned departure from Malta. We set our course to travel 132nm in a northwesterly direction. The weather forecast was for light winds and flat seas, and we would hope to arrive the following day. However, there was possibly some stormy weather at our destination, we briefly debated the merit […]
It was good to finally be floating again, the engineer investigated the fuel leak and said he needed a different tool and left. We wrongly thought that he would return that day. With the expectation that it would be fixed within a couple of days, we set to work getting ZigZag prepared. The water tank […]
We left the UK and returned back to Malta, and ZigZag, in the spring with our bags full of boat parts and a long list of jobs to do. As Ziggy was still out of the water we had an apartment, which was a luxury, rather than staying in the dusty, dirty boat yard. The […]
After the brief problem with the gears, our journey from Portopalo was fairly uneventful. We set off early with a light, force 3, northeasterly and had a calm sail south towards Malta, watching the sun rise up from the sea and avoiding the many fishing boats on the way. This leisurely sail lasted all morning […]
Sailing ZigZag 