Spring 2024 Navigation Log
We returned early to Escargot for our spring season living aboard after being away for only two months. We started with a couple of short trips in …
Fall and Winter 2023 Navigation Log
These past few months marked our first season living and navigating aboard Escargot. We left Alicante without a predefined destination, other than a …
Fall 2022 Navigation Log
We spent the last six weeks with the Escargot on the water at the Varadero STA marina in south Alicante. We used this time to validate the …
Navigation to Tabarca Island
Until today, the Escargot had only been out to sea for trial navigations near the port of Alicante. This morning, we set sail for Tabarca, a small …
Second Sea Trial
The eagerly awaited date of the launch in the Bay of Alicante is finally here. The goals are to check that the new FIMEA N80L motors are working as …
Sea Trial Week
Back when we acquired the wreck of the Jag 530 in November 2020, we hoped to refit it and start sea trials in the summer of 2021. So it is well …