2025 summary

[Nick]

Lots of work/upgrades to Avy-J in the Spring, including rudder repair, new pushpit extension/guardwires, 200W extra solar, new Lewmar 40ST genoa winches, new Vetus cludgie hoses and TruDesign seacocks, old lower chainplates stripped out and replaced with external chainplates, sprayhood repaired, liferaft cover, new main halliard.

Not much time for Spring sailing!

Summer - fit AIS to Fairwinds, build fridge, strip and revarnish locker lids, new house batteries, replace windgen bearings, 3-year antifoul w. new boottop. Summer cruise Tobermory/Isle Ornsay/Pol Creadha/ Poolewe/ Handa/ Talmine/ Stromness/ Westray/ Lerwick.
Failed attempt to get to Bergen, returned to Lerwick from 50nm out.
Lerwick /Fair Isle / Stronsay /Kirkwall /Wick /Inverness/ Caley Canal/ Seil. Tiller removed, new one commissioned.

Autumn cruise Avy-J - the usual, Eastbound from Alvor to Faro, Ayamonte (Spain) then up the Guadiana River to Alcoutim for the music festival. Pomerao, then back to Alcoutim for a party. Back to Faro then Portimao and Alvor.

Back to Scotland for 3 weeks, party, wedding, dentistry.

Back on Avy-J in Alvor. Christmas in Portugal this year. Rent a car, drive up to Alcoutim where a friend has kindly let us stay in a self-contained apt. in his beautifully converted olive press. Back to Scotland Jan/Feb for two or three weeks.

Early Spring, planning a month in Morocco on Avy-J, then back to Scotland in May to take Fairwinds to Norway, hopefully for three months. (Unfinished business!)

New websites
https://ayamarnautico.com
https://sail-algarve.com

It's all go!

Kick old age in the nuts as hard as you can folks.

[BlowingOldBoots]

What a great year and the new websites look fresh and professional. All the best for the next year.

Do you find that time slows down, a year is long, as you are so busy and that time is not rushing away?

[Nick]

Definitely.

Cramming as much in as possible makes life last longer!