February 16- February 24, 2020; 2899 nm and 340 days after departure from La Rochelle Yeah, we were able to experience an extreme weather phenomena, called Calima. (See title pic) It is a hot, oppressing dust and sand-laden, southerly to southeasterly wind in the Canary Islands region. It is particularly prevalent in winter and it blows …
leaving marina Lanzarote passing a monster ship Playa Quemada, that was supposed to be our first anchorage , but due to uncomfortable winds, we only passed by the anchorage Rubicón, in the back Playa Blanca Playa Blanca on the left side one can see the anchorage again I did not know that un-mobile phones still …
Continue reading Impressions of the trip Arrecife to Las Palmas
February 08- February 16, 2020; 2899 nm and 331 days after departure from La Rochelle How dumb can someone (we) be? I thought by now we'd been in an age where we are able to consider and reasonably distinguish a dangerous situation. Not even close! Leaving Arrecife was great. A beautiful sail down the coast …
The marina Lanzarote just another nice sunset at the lagoon in Arrecife Holy Trinity - boat the anchorage at the west side of the marina some boring palm trees 😉 a huge wreck near the industrial harbour of Arrecife a building in Arrecife, can't recall what it was some art, this sculpture is not made …
January 12 - February 08, 2020; 2781 nm and 323 days after departure from La Rochelle Yes! It was such a nice feeling to leave the marina. Spending almost two month squeezed in a berth next to the quay wall was definitely enough. We needed space and our freedom. That is not to say we …
on our way to Arrecife, in the background some of the volcanic peaks our stay sail, which is hard to see as we tried to sail in this situation with both fore sails a little farmers market every Saturday in Arrecife next to the church the pedestrian area in town x-mas swans at the marina …
December 10, 2019 - January 12, 2020; 2758 nm and 298 days after departure from La Rochelle Long time no blog. All is well, just being lazy about writing lately. Today is the day! Leverage the momentum and start. no excuses! x-mas decoration in Arrecife We did have a beautiful, windy day sail tacking against …
a white heron the cliffs belong to Lanzarote, the white cubes are the houses of Caleta that is at the north west side of La Graciosa where the waves are in the back ground another stony island looking south and catching the waves a happy surfer in Caleta the marina very amazing beach art soft …
November 24 - December 10, 2019; 2730 nm and 263 days after departure from La Rochelle What a sweet little island! Not very known but very attractive. La Graciosa is a tiny desert island made up of sand and volcanic cones. Located off the north coast of her much bigger sister Lanzarote / Canary islands. …
Continue reading La Graciosa – the gracious – and her big sister Lanzarote
November 22 - November 24, 2019; 2692 nm and 247 days after departure from La Rochelle Well, after having enjoyed the Madeira archipelagos for nearly two month it was time to head on. We had the permit in our pocket to stay for up to 2 days at the Selvagem Grande Island. It belongs to …
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