From swimming pigs to blackbirds, from bad weather to great views… there was a little bit of everything on our 15 months trip from Poland to the Canary Islands, across the Atlantic, all the way up to the USA and back to Gdańsk. There are way too many pictures, but I couldn’t make up my mind which ones to pick, I love them all. Even more so the memories attached to them. Check out the pictures from our trip in 2017 and 2018!
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Participating in an Atlantic Rally was a HUGE deal for a Polish boat in 1987. My dad had a Mateńka stamp made especially for ARC ’87. In fact, we use up until this day, it adds a nice touch to postcards we sent back home from our trips. But the stamp started to wear off and with ARC ’17 coming up, we thought it was time for an update. How do you like our new and improved version?
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Check out this sweet VR tour of Mateńka! We probably should have cleaned up a little before snapping the pics… but hey, at least this makes it look authentic 😀
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On our passage from Madeira to the Canary Islands we stopped at the uninhabited natural reserve Selvagens Islands. Two Portuguese islands, about 175 nm south of Madeira, 100 nm north of the Canary Islands and the most southern part of Portugal. They made for a great stopover during our passage, however one can’t just drop anchor there.
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The smell of wood hit me. Pervasive, but not the smell of newly unpacked IKEA furniture. This smell was different. I will allow myself to call it a “wet” smell, however it wasn’t wet here at all. This wood smells like it was touched by winds, some salt water, many years of people being in its company, overcooked meals, freshly caught fish and a lot of happiness.
Continue reading “Dear Mateńka! – Part 2”