First days back on Altimate early in the morning after some hours of sleep, still tired but happy to be back an amazing sunrise at 5:30 am me, admiring the sunrise working hard a beautiful old sailing ship showing off at sunset in front of SM bay the new wheel cover not a difficult work …
I thought the "Glück" pic fitted perfectly for the featured image. "Glück" means "happiness" and that was what we felt being back home and hopefully will the freshly married couple feel most of their life. How poetic of me 🤣. I took the picture at my friend Marion's place. She placed "Glück" for everybody to …
July 11 - August 09, 2022; 8901 nm and 1237 days after departure from La Rochelle. It was a loooong trip to Europe! Caused by a 10 hour stopover in Bogotá. Our mistake, as we booked two separate flights. Not the best decision we've ever made, but we thought we might stay a couple of …
First days in Santa Marta Altimate safe sound at the dock and immedeately we started to do some laundry nice coffee laundry morning, still tired but happy Los Novios Park at the historical centre Bahia de Santa Marta different view Bahia de Santa Marta just outside the marina, I was admiring the twisted cactus our …
June 20 - July 11, 2022; 8901 nm and 1208 days after departure from La Rochelle. Santa Marta is a crazy, colourful, noisy and bustling city. After living for so many month in laid back Caribbean islands it was almost a shock (though a nice one) being back in a proper city. So many people, …
Continue reading First time ever South America!!! We made it to Colombia, Santa Marta
(I borrowed the feature pic from the web. We were not in the mood and capable to take pics at lightning night) June 14 - June 19, 2022; 8901 nm and 1186 days after departure from La Rochelle. What a scary experience! We planned our sail to Santa Marta very carefully. The focus was on …
Some pics from the passage St. Martin to Bonaire half time treat it was not always a pleasure ride the last sunset before arriving at Bonaire the bay of Kralendijk at sunrise; we slowed down to arrive in daylight we had to pump up the fenders to dock at the marina; unfortunately this action resulted …
May 21 - June 13, 2022; 8510 nm and 1180 days after departure from La Rochelle. I thought these two iguanas from the featured image looked a little like big scary dinosaurs. Blood were already running down their noses and it seemed as if they were prepared for fighting to death. Trying to survive in …
Continue reading Bonaire – divers paradise or more like Jurassic park?
Basse Terre the capital of St. Kitts We only checked in there and bought some groceries. It was unbearable to stay there longer as the anchorage was a roller coaster. After finishing our errands ashore we headed to White House Bay a couple of miles south east. The welcome area for cruising ships- a different …
Our first day at Charlestown Nevis We had a fast sail up to Nevis from Deshaires/ Guadeloupe. Our plan was to arrive around dawn to be in time of the requested max 24 hours after being tested. Kind of unhandy for us we arrived already at 4am. It was still pitch dark and nobody seemed …
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