March 08 - March 23 2021; 6783 nm and 733 days after departure from La Rochelle. Isn't that a sweet name for a street? "Lovers Lane", I thought it kind of represents how the Grenadian people are. So far we only met nice and very friendly people. Yeah, sure, you always find some grumpy ones …
February 12 - March 07 2021; 6783 nm and 717 days after departure from La Rochelle. Finally free! After waiting under the tent (see blog pic) for a couple of hours we got our neg results and could finish the customs/immigration procedure. Waiting for the results was in fact not as bad as it might …
January 20 - February 11 2021; 6778 nm and 696 days after departure from La Rochelle. What can I say? WE ARE SO DAMN PROUD! We sailed 3023 nm in 21 days and 7 hours. Not bad at all, isn't it? That was an average speed of 5,6 knots,(which is pretty fast for our Altimate), …
December 30 - January 20 2020; 3767 nm and 671 days after departure from La Rochelle. Yes! We're just about to leave. We're so excited. Wednesday (tomorrow) the 20th of January 2021 will be THE day. We'll leave the Canary Islands, well even Europe to finally head off to the Caribbean. Our original plan to …
Continue reading Our next destination: Grenada – 2800 nm just open water
December 05 - December 30 2020; 3767 nm and 650 days after departure from La Rochelle. Here it comes, a little late but still! The view of how our dear daughter felt about visiting us😁: After a long 1.5 years you once more get the pleasure of indulging into one of my famous pieces of …
November 14 - December 05 2020; 3755 nm and 625 days after departure from La Rochelle. Yesterday at the same time (it is 3pm just now) I was in the best mood! I was so excited, I just couldn't hide it. So happy, as we were expecting Jana and Benoit coming to visit us already …
November 04 - November 13 2020; 3613 nm and 603 days after departure from La Rochelle. Leaving La Graciosa was not only due to the bad weather system forecasted to come in. The main reason was to meet our friends from La Rochelle, Paulyne and Rob, which we haven't seen since mid February 2020. After …
Continue reading Fun days with our friends from La Rochelle and annoying toilet issues
October 14 - November 03 2020; 3502 nm and 593 days after departure from La Rochelle. Apart from getting Altimate ready for our 2 and a half (not men😉) day trip to La Graciosa we had some more nice walks. One was especially sweet as it ended at the brewery "Isla Verde". We asked some …
September 28 - October 14, 2020; 3201 nm and 573 days after departure from La Rochelle. sun setting on platform number 4, marina Tazacorte Yes! The marina Tazacorte is not only pretty, calm and presenting itself in a familiar atmosphere, it is absolutely quiet. Almost no noise at all. In our first night we woke up …
September 14 - September 27 , 2020; 3201 nm and 559 days after departure from La Rochelle Without any swell anchoring is just perfect. The boat light swinging in the waves makes you feel like a baby in a cradle. The sun shining makes you feel good and the blue water is inviting you to jump into …
