Tides & Trails follows the work of getting the sailing boat Marthine ready for a long voyage, and the road onward south toward Portugal, back to Horta, and from there north again. Along the way it is not only about sailing, but also about running, mountain outings, maintenance, boat life, and the slightly less glamorous work that actually has to be done to make a project like this function.
Right now I live on board in Melsomvik, work, train, and try to get a little done every day. There is a lot that has to be dealt with, but I am not in a rush to get everything done at once. I would rather have things done properly than quickly. Marthine has to become ready for the journey and also work as a good place to live while that happens.
Further down the page, you will find the main parts of the project gathered in one place: the journey as a whole, running and mountain outings, life on board, and short notes from everyday life along the way. The idea is to make it easy to jump in where your curiosity is strongest, whether that is the trips, the boat, or what happens in between.
The background, the present phase, and the bigger chapters in the right order.
This is the phase where the project is being built from the bottom up. I live on board, go to work, train, and use my free time to make the boat safer, simpler, and more livable. Most of it is about technical systems and groundwork right now, not big sailing legs.
The latest activity from Strava, the zero point in Horta, and the outings that deserve a little more room.
Some outings have only one job: keeping the rhythm going while the rest of the project is being built. But it is nice to throw in a few harder efforts now and then :)
Everything practical that decides whether the boat actually works as a home and a long-distance base.
Frayed rope ends finally got a proper fix :)
Short notes on body, pace, calm, frustration, and life between harbour and height.
Some days everything happens in the same two square metres, and that is exactly what is needed.
