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

We are planning the trip in stages, starting with a 540NM sail across to Madeira. From there we will head south to the Canary Islands, a comparatively short trip of around 250NM. This coming winter we will meet up with the Vikings explorers – about 60-70 crew on board 25 yachts, a mix of mono and multi hull vessels. After some preparations in the Canaries, we will embark on the bigger passages: an 800NM 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- I’ll try and keep a regular update on posts – just click on the links below. I am also trialling a new tracking device that should post our boat’s position every hour. That will appear on the map below, transcribed from the “No Foreign Land” website.