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Published articles
- Sails alone
Diego comes aboard with only a few hours' notice, we sail out chased by lightning from a storm, and when the engine dies a few miles from Roccella Jonica, only the sails are left to bring us in.
- How to Make Better Decisions at Sea
Faced with a problem, the risk is also fixating on one detail and losing sight of the bigger picture. Third article in our boat safety series: situational awareness, fixation error and the PIOSEE model.
- Safety Starts with the Crew: CRM, Leadership and Communication
A crew is not born a team: it becomes one when everyone's skills and information become available to the group. Second article in our boat safety series: CRM, BRM, leadership and closed-loop communication.
- Why a Safe Boat Is Not Just a Well-Equipped Boat
On September 10th we set off from Bari for Lisbon: 2,000 miles, a month and a half at sea. Everyone asked which safety equipment we carry. Almost no one asked how we decide, communicate and react when something goes wrong. This opens a five-part series on boat safety, between equipment and system.
- Sailing with dogs isn't the problem it looks like
Two large northern dogs on a ten-metre boat: heat, toilet needs, salt, safety, passports. Almost everything people take for granted works the other way round in practice — except one thing.
- The first leg is not a warm-up
Bari–Santa Maria di Leuca: why the first day of sailing already means a full night at sea, and why we're stopping two nights at Leuca before we even need to.
- The route on the map isn't the route
How the Bari to Lisbon itinerary came together: the thinking that happened before the chart came out, the changes of mind along the way, and why that line will keep moving.
- Welcome aboard Spritz: what it’s like to live on a 32 feet sailboat
Step aboard Spritz, our 1975 sailboat: ten metres that serve as our home, office and travel companion. Here’s what it’s really like to live, work and sail aboard her.
- Spritz is changing seas. And perhaps this is where the real journey begins.
Spritz is setting sail for Portugal, marking the beginning of a new chapter for BITE Project. A real sailing relocation across the Mediterranean and into the Atlantic, open to anyone who wants to experience life aboard, learn by doing, or simply discover whether living on a sailboat is the life they’ve been dreaming about.
- Arrested by the Hellenic Coast Guard
After a night aground, exhausted and unsure whether we had damaged the boat, we thought the worst was over but then… the Coast Guard arrived.
- We Bought a Boat in Greece (It Went Very Wrong)
We bought our first sailboat in Greece with no experience and no license, convinced the hard part was already behind us.