Welcome Aboard Common Sense

Common Sense crew, on the morning of their arrival in Havana While Terry and the crew were battling their way through the Atlantic sw...

There are two inescapable facts of a cruiser’s life.  You are either waiting for weather or waiting for parts but waiting you...

Common Sense is finally on her way to the Canaries, and as of last contact, all is going well. The reconditioned gearbox is working fine a...

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...