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Silves emerges on the big dinghy safari.
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Posted in 2021 Boats Europe Geography Portugal Westerly 41 Year

Karma Chameleon.

Iain & Fiona Lewis January 14, 2021
Circles in the sand.
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Ingredients for success.

Iain & Fiona Lewis January 9, 2021
Let there be light.
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The king is dead, long live the new king.

Iain & Fiona Lewis January 1, 2021
Time for some ‘artyness’.
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Alternative festivities, but not that alternative.

Iain & Fiona Lewis December 25, 2020
Iain tries to get arty.
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Dopamine dealers.

Iain & Fiona Lewis December 18, 2020
Taking in the sunset.
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Posted in 2020 Boats Europe Geography Portugal Westerly 41 Year

Ruffians Venn Diagram.

Iain & Fiona Lewis December 11, 2020

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New blog! 14th January 2021 Karma Chameleon Porti New blog! 14th January 2021 Karma Chameleon Portimão Marina, Portugal Boy George sung of the Karma Chameleon. At first glance this could be a song about a cute little reptile who can change his colour between red, gold and green. On closer inspection however it could be interpreted as a sad song about alienation and rejection.... To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels, go to: https://ruffian.uk/2021/01/karma-chameleon/ Link to all blogs in bio @sy_ruffian #liveaboard #liveaboardlife #westerlyyachts #westerlyoceanlord #sailingcouple #sailing #sailinglife #sailingadventure #instasailing #sailinginstagram #boatlife #yachts #dinghysafari #karma #helpinghand #onejobdoneontothenext
Ever worried about the delicate electronics on you Ever worried about the delicate electronics on your Volvo Penta engine? We were, but now Iain’s added an emergency start switch, the potential problem has been assuaged. #westerlyownersassociation #volvopenta #volvod240 #volvopentad240 #volvoD2_40 #VolvoPentaD2_40 #boatelectronics #emergencystartbutton #westerlyoceanlord
New blog! 9th January 2021 Ingredients for succes New blog! 9th January 2021 Ingredients for success. Portimão Marina, Portugal Whenever embarking on a boat job it’s important you have all the stores to complete it, time should be on your side, the right attire should be worn and the weather should be right for glue to set, paint to dry or resins to cure. If a single one of these ingredients is missing then you’ll be knocking on the door to a world of failure... To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels, go to: https://ruffian.uk/2021/01/ingredients-for-success/ Link to all blogs in bio @sy_ruffian #liveaboard #liveaboardlife #westerlyyachts #westerlyoceanlord #sailingcouple #sailing #sailinglife #sailingadventure #instasailing #sailinginstagram #boatlife #yachts #treadmaster #internationalpaint #internationaldeckpaint
New blog! 1st January 2021 The king is dead, long New blog! 1st January 2021 The king is dead, long live the new king! Portimão Marina, Portugal The king is dead, long live the new king. For every end there is a beginning and for every beginning there has been an end. On Ruffian this cycle is repeating itself in everything we do from exploring new worlds to hiking to the end of the earth, from finishing a painful boat jobs to welcoming a new year in.... To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels, go to: https://ruffian.uk/2021/01/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-new-king/ Link to all blogs in bio @sy_ruffian #liveaboard #liveaboardlife #westerlyyachts #westerlyoceanlord #sailingcouple #sailing #sailinglife #sailingadventure
New blog! 25th December 2020 Alternative festivi New blog! 25th December 2020 Alternative festivities. But not that alternative. Portimão Marina, Portugal The story of the modern Christmas usually includes conspicuous consumption, excessive consumerism fuelled by the marketing machine of 1st world economies. Those marketing machines sell the idea of eating yuletide logs in front of roaring fires while sheltering from the crisp cold after opening present after present.... To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels, go to: https://ruffian.uk/2020/12/alternative-festivities-but-not-that-alternative/ Link to all blogs in bio @sy_ruffian #christmasonboard #liveaboard #liveaboardlife #westerlyyachts #westerlyoceanlord #sailingcouple #sailing #sailinglife #sailingadventure #anchoring #lifeatanchor #livingatanchor #instasailing #sailinginstagram #boatlife #yachts
New blog! - 18th December 2020 Dopamine dealers New blog! - 18th December 2020 Dopamine dealers Portimão Marina, Portugal Mankind is addicted to Dopamine. As a species we’d go to great lengths to get our bodies to release it. We’d chase animals looking for the reward of a great meal, we’d chew coca leaves hoping their stimulate would release it, and we’d create gods to worship thinking that the high from meditation had something to do with them and not the natural... To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels, go to: https://ruffian.uk/2020/12/dopamine-dealers/ Link to all blogs in bio @sy_ruffian #liveaboard #liveaboardlife #westerlyyachts #westerlyoceanlord #sailingcouple #sailing #sailinglife #sailingadventure #instasailing #sailinginstagram #boatlife #yachts
Christmas Day hike with friends in the hills above Christmas Day hike with friends in the hills above Monchique.
Happy Christmas from Portimao, Portugal. Happy Christmas from Portimao, Portugal.
New blog! Ruffian’s Venn Diagram 11th December 2 New blog! Ruffian’s Venn Diagram 11th December 2020 Portimão Marina, Portugal Venn diagrams are great for showing when different properties overlap. Venn diagram themselves would sit in the middle of a Venn diagram about information and diagrams. At the centre of a Venn diagram between sleep, killing and cuteness, there would be a cat*.... To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels, go to: https://ruffian.uk/2020/12/ruffians-venn-diagram/ Link to all blogs in bio @sy_ruffian
New blog! - All work and no play. 2nd December 202 New blog! - All work and no play. 2nd December 2020 Portimão, Portugal – Portimão Marina, Portugal All work and no play make jack a dull boy. Now Ruffian is tucked up in a Marina the winter jobs list is being tackled we’re trying not to be dull and mixing work with play. For months we’re been compiling a winter to do list.... To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels, go to https://ruffian.uk/2020/12/all-work-and-no-play/ Link to all blogs in bio @sy_ruffian #liveaboard #liveaboardlife #westerlyyachts #westerlyoceanlord #sailingcouple #sailing #sailinglife #sailingadventure #anchoring #lifeatanchor #livingatanchor #instasailing #sailinginstagram #boatlife #winterjobs
Getting ready for Christmas: Christmas lights ✅ Getting ready for Christmas: Christmas lights ✅ Gingerbread biscuits ✅
New blog! - Residents! 27th November 2020 Ilha Cu New blog! - Residents! 27th November 2020 Ilha Culatra, Portugal – Portimão, Portugal via Albufeira, Portugal There are good and bad ways to decide governmental policy. It’s possible for an autocrat to impose his will onto his people and simply decide at a whim what everyone will do. On the other hand, the masses can collectively let their will be known to the elected few and hope their wishes will be executed..... To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels, go to: https://ruffian.uk/2020/11/residents/
Christmas lights in the south basin Portimao marin Christmas lights in the south basin Portimao marina.
New blog! 21st November 2020 The great escape. A New blog! 21st November 2020 The great escape. Alcoutim, Portugal – Ilha Culatra, Portugal via Vila Real, Portugal Tom, Dick and Harry. These are not rivals to the Rice Crispies trio, they’re the names of the tunnels that enabled Steve McQueen and his heroic cohorts to escape their confinement in ‘The Great Escape’..... To read the rest of this blog, and to see more pictures from our travels, go to: https://ruffian.uk/2020/11/the-great-escape/ Link to all blogs in bio @sy_ruffian
Today was spent mostly visiting a 19th century pal Today was spent mostly visiting a 19th century palace (Palácio de Estoi), a Roman Villa (Ruínas Romanas de Milreu) with stunning mosaics, and topped off with a trip to an eco friendly, ready to assemble flat pack art house. (Ikea), we need a new mattress for our bed!
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