March 24 - April 19, 2024; 13703 nm and 1856 days after departure from La Rochelle I know, it's been a loong time. But hey we moved a lot, enjoyed having Jana and Benoit aboard and even made 900 nm up north since George Town. Not that much time to sit down and write. Oh, …
We had a beautiful sail up to Long Island and ashore we stopped at a small bar and had our first Bahamian beer. sailing from the ragged islands we saw a few of these fishing boats pulling their smaller fishing boats it was a great sailing day in absolute perfect conditions the bar where we …
Continue reading Impressions of Long Island and Conception Island
Ragged islands Lady Seagull our buddy boat from Great Inagua to the Ragged islands our first stop at the Ragged Islands, we only stayed for the night we kept pulling out half fish we were invited for a sundowner on Seagull at the anchorage of Double Breasted Island, Cathy and Joe a cold front sending …
February 16 - March 23, 2024; 12888 nm and 1829 days after departure from La Rochelle I'm so excited 🎶- I just can't hide it! I keep having these words of the song in my mind because I'm so, so happy. Next week Jana and Benoit are coming to visit us. Yippeeeee. They just spend …
Matthew Town There was not much to see... the little port of Matthew Town, very small on the left was our dingy , hard to see this boat did sunk only a week before we arrived due to the heavy weather, always so sad to see waiting for the officials to come at least we …
February 09 - February 16, 2024; 12670 nm and 1793 days after departure from La Rochelle When we left the marina in the Dominican Republic (DR) we had to tack out of Samaná bay as the wind was right on our nose at the beginning of our 3 day trip. Though it took us a …
Some pics of the Puerto Bahia Marina in Samaná the entrance area of the marina Puerto Bahia Samaná the hotel in the back one of the restaurants the infinity pool at the sea side the view from upstairs one terrace the second pool at the first floor the entrance to the lobby Santo Domingo first …
January 21 - February 09, 2024; 12300 nm and 1786 days after departure from La Rochelle I was not keen on staying in a marina. Especially when thinking of a crappy one but for sure with our auto pilot issue it was easier and better than staying at anchor. Hell, I can't remember why I …
Arriving in DR entering the bay of Samaná passing the small island "Levantado" only half a mile from Puerto Santa Barbara (Samamá town) the bay of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara sitting in the Moto taxi to ride to another ATM, still a bit tired from our trip street vendors everywhere as well as small moto …
January 16 - January 21, 2024; 12300 nm and 1767 days after departure from La Rochelle What a detour! The direct trip to the DR from San Blas would have taken us about 750nm. The detour via Aruba, St. Martin, the Virgin Islands and PR took us 1750nm. Imagine that on land. That would be …
Continue reading Yeah! Dominican Republic, we finally made it!
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