“ To have been born in this burnt-out geology of ashes, in the middle of the Atlantic, conditions any moderately sensitive being,” Cesar...

Madeira is full of surprises.  After our 495-mile crossing from the coast of Portugal -  Saecwen’s longest passage to date - we were...

On 16 th  July Saecwen took her departure of Continental Europe. With a fresh northerly wind forecast for several days, these seemed the...