The first days in Esnasdup welcome aboard Altimate the old broken wire rack - if you look carefully you might find the second cut it was just in time that Natalie and Martin brought the new rack the Anchorage at Esnasdup and the beautiful weather a little stroll along the beach - it was no …
January 31- February 28, 2026; 20646 nm and 2536 days after departure from La Rochelle Wait, wait, wait, don't blame me! I did't event that thought! There is a saying going around in the sailor community that says: "Visitors are like fish- they start to smell after three days." Oops! What? Actually it was Natalie …
Esnasdup Elio and Dyalis now also had little chicks on their island Esnasdup - they were so cute Gloria on the left and Mike in the green shirt from "Respite"; they had organised a gathering in the water, the weather was a bit unpleasant that's why nobody wanted to sit in the water Elios shop …
Continue reading Some impressions of the Holandes Archipelago
The first days with the kids the kids arriving with the lancha they got a little wet on that trip my poor x-mas decoration x-mas lunch the kids brought my favourite cookies - made by mom sailor Luisito hang loose a walk around Cambombia a freshwater hole - didn't look too delicious the west end …
December 20 - January 30, 2026; 20278 nm and 2467 days after departure from La Rochelle And of course we were enjoying the time with the kids very, very much. It was like being on holidays. Instead of taking care of boring boat projects we were exploring more of the islands. It might sound funny …
Silver Moon had taken the feature foto of Altimate when they were overtaking us -under motor! Random pics from Cartagena to Sapzurro https://videopress.com/v/2KlQcmq5?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Here we were still in Cholon - a typical lightning show; fortunately it was far away christmas preparation in Cartagena an illuminated manger built right on the water- all for x-mas leaving …
Continue reading Impressions of our trip back to San Blas from Cartagena
November 22 - December 20, 2025; 20158 nm and 2467 days after departure from La Rochelle Oh yessss!!!! We are soooo excited!! Luis and Jana are coming on Boxing Day (at least I think the 26th of Dec. is called Boxing Day?)! They will first get together in Essen and celebrate X-mas eve with my …
Our trip to Isla Pinos early in the morning at Snug Harbour just before we fled from the mean bugs just a beauty backpacker sailing boat which we kept seeing sailing up and down the Colombian/Panama coast some rain far enough from us just before anchoring at Isla Pino after a squall at Isla Pinos …
October 23 - November 22 , 2025; 19847 nm and 2438 days after departure from La Rochelle It took us just over two weeks to be back in the hustle and bustle of the big city of Cartagena. A fun change of life after weeks of calmness and doing almost nothing. Yet, before diving into …
Strolling around in Levallois-Perret and Paris I just love flowers the flowers arrangement in front of the townhall the kiddos in front of the townhall the Seine, only a 10 min walk away from their new home here at the Seine, looking south west pic taken from "Île de la Jatte", an islet on the …
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