Welcome Aboard Common Sense

The sad saga of the gearbox continues, with the latest news that it is now being held hostage by Customs in Madrid. No, wait – in news ju...

Early morning approach - Gibraltar's famous cloud Since we returned to Common Sense in Cartagena following Terry’s heart surger...

We left the small harbor anchorage of Aguilas at around 9am last Friday looking forward to a gentle sail south and a little west.   We wer...

It’s a spectacular contrast to fly from the parched golden-brown of a Spanish summer to the vivid green fields and forests of the Emeral...

Still stuck here in Cartagena waiting for a new switch and for a diesel mechanic to finish replacing our corroded exhaust pipe, so we de...

Life on a sailboat is simple, but not easy. On the one hand, you don’t have to worry about the complexities of living and working with m...

There's more to life than beer Maes   A Belgian but unremarkable.   I suppose they can’t all be good.   Had it in a bar in...