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Author: Renee Bushey

Spain

October 11, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyg: Spain, Travel LogLeave a Comment on Spain

After the Bay of Biscay, it took us a day to recover and clean up the boat in La Coruna. We walked from the marina into the town for lunch after cleaning up the boat and enjoyed buying and tasting…

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More French sightseeing

September 29, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyf: France II, Travel LogLeave a Comment on More French sightseeing

After visiting Mont Saint Michel, we were invited to stay at the home of Alain and Christine from the catamaran we had met in Borkum. They lived only about 20 minutes from Mont Saint Michel in a 13th century French…

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The English Channel and Cowes, Isle of Wight

September 18, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheye: England, Travel LogLeave a Comment on The English Channel and Cowes, Isle of Wight

We mostly motored with main up across the English Channel. There was a lot of freighter traffic. We also saw a swimmer swimming England to France across the Straits of Dover. Across the Channel, we then sailed along English coast.…

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Dunkerque, France – the “spirit of Dunkirk”

September 15, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyc: Netherlands, d: France I, Travel LogLeave a Comment on Dunkerque, France – the “spirit of Dunkirk”

We left Scheveningen in the Netherlands prior to dawn for the sail to Dunkerque, France. We started out motoring with the current, then began sailing on a nice reach in about 15 knots of wind as the sun came up.…

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Vanish/Olive Reunion

September 8, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyc: Netherlands, Travel LogLeave a Comment on Vanish/Olive Reunion

When Bill and I lived on our sailboat “Vanish” 15 years ago, we met a Dutch family on the s/v “Olive” from the Netherlands in the Bahamas. Picture above is from 2004 in the Bahamas. We even sailed with the…

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Borkum, Germany to Ijmuiden, Netherlands

September 7, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyb: Germany, c: Netherlands, Travel LogLeave a Comment on Borkum, Germany to Ijmuiden, Netherlands

After our trying journey to Borkum, we were not eager to head upwind in big seas again. Our French neighbors at the catamaran kindly invited us over for a drink. They were headed back to France and had also diverted…

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Cuxhaven to Borkum, Germany – “Welcome to the North Sea Life!”

September 3, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyb: Germany, Travel Log1 Comment on Cuxhaven to Borkum, Germany – “Welcome to the North Sea Life!”
Cuxhaven to Borkum

We left Cuxhaven, Germany at 7 am on Sept. 2 to try to get a favorable tide. Our initial route is an overnight passage to Amsterdam, with an option to divert to the Frisian island, Borkum, off the north coast…

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Scenes from Copenhagen

August 17, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheya: Denmark, Travel LogLeave a Comment on Scenes from Copenhagen

Story by Ben For the past few days, we have been in the first big city, Copenhagen. One main thing about Copenhagen is how the royal family of Denmark lives there. We visited a few of the landmark of Copenhagen.…

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Haderslev to Copenhagen

August 13, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheya: Denmark, Travel LogLeave a Comment on Haderslev to Copenhagen

Sailing out of Haderslev, I was struck by the fields and farms along the ocean and fjords. You see wheat fields, combines and cattle at the water’s edge. It reminds of Michigan, at least the Thumb of Michigan – if…

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Freckles the Cat

July 30, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee BusheyPlanningLeave a Comment on Freckles the Cat

Many people have asked about our cat Freckles. Besides cleaning out the closets in the house before we left, I was also tasked with determining what to do with Freckles while we are sailing. As far as back story, we…

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We are a Boston based family who took a year away to explore the world aboard an X-55 sailboat named Verbena. Here we chronicle our voyage. Subscribe for updates.

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Bill, Renee, Vera & Ben

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