Tengeru sailing blog site.

This site will be about how we prepare 'Tengeru' and get her ready for the final 'off'. We are hoping to eventually sail the Med and go wherever we want to go.

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I'm hoping that others will add their comments and put me right, should I go wrong. You are welcome to post whatever you like.

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I've been sailing since I was 8 years old, having been taught to crew at the sailing club in Benghazi, Libya. Whether there is still a sailing club there, or not, I have no idea since it was burned down by Giddafi, just before we left there to return to England.

 

I sailed GP14's, back then, but over the years, all the usual dinghies, from Enterprises, Hornets, 505's, etc.  I have to admit, I went through a big learning curve, when I first got 'Freyja', the 28 footer in the water. I've even been rescued by the Langstone RNLI (bless 'em'), after an horrendous day when everything on the boat broke. The exhaust fell off, I ripped the genoa to shreds, the electrics gave up and the weather was getting worse.

 

I love living aboard. I've been asked, over the years, 'What's it like.?' To me, it's like living in a caravan, but without the wheels.!! I was asked once, what I did when it rained. I said 'I batten down the hatches, and float a bit higher'.