Our plans finally came to fruition. After months, if not years, of preparations for the boat (at eye watering expense!), Merryn was ready for a Voyage across the Atlantic. The question remains… was her crew ready?

We planned the trip in stages, starting with a 540NM sail across to Madeira. From there we headed south to the Canary Islands, a comparatively short trip of around 250NM. In the winter we met up with the Vikings explorers – about 60-70 crew on board 22 yachts, a mix of mono and multi hull vessels. After some preparations in the Canaries, we embarked on the bigger passages: an 880NM trip down to the Cape Verde Islands, followed by the big one: some 2300NM all the way across the Atlantic, following the trade winds, to Grenada. Follow our voyage on this page – just click on the links below.