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 …
The huge calm bay of Cholon Sunsets were always sooooo nice I could even catch the full moon with my new iPhone 💪 Dulce de panela- so yammi mad by a local who passed by; dangerous stuff as you can get addicted it was amazing that this boot was still floating El Capitano needs a …
May 31 - June 26, 2023; 10347 nm and 1558 days after departure from La Rochelle. Off we were again. The second time we left Cartagena. Who would have thought that a year ago? Certainly not us! Anyhow, we enjoyed Cartagena again very much but after 5 weeks of bustling city life we were ready …
The anchorage and some pics from the walled town arriving at Cartagena finally at the anchorage in the bay of Cartagena /Bahia de las Animas, looking south looking north to Torre del Roloj the bay of Cartagena, pic taken from the agency office dinghy dock at Club de Pesca the club to the other side …
April 28 - May 30, 2023; 10059 nm and 1531 days after departure from La Rochelle. Ups... that previous version of the blog post went out too quickly. Hit the wrong button and no possibility to get the notification emails back again. Sorry for that but here is the final version now.It was great to …
Coco Banderas and some visitors What a scary experience. Unexpected visitors made me get up fast like a rocket. I was happily sitting on the back of Altimate cleaning some fish. My legs were enjoying the cool water when suddenly a dark something appeared from underneath Altimate. Never ever was I that fast!!! My legs …
March 31 - April 27, 2023; 10019 nm and 1498 days after departure from La Rochelle. What does that even mean? Well, I think I already mentioned that El Capitano´s visa was overdue already back in February. So we needed to decide of what to do regarding El Capitano being illegal in Panamá. Due to …
Off to Cholon for some lazy time but first some shopping ... and Ruffians farewell gathering reaching Cholon what a beautiful place after month in a marina it was soooo nice so calm and quiet and the funny water bar at the entrance of the mangrove bay https://videopress.com/v/wksEwxlx?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true That's how a happy co skipper acts …
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