October 30 - December 31, 2022; 9596 nm and 1381 days after departure from La Rochelle. Its been a long time that I wrote the last blog. Oh yeah, I know! Now I have the problem that I don’t know where to start. My non-writing was not an issue of being too busy but of …
October 07 - October 29, 2022; 9146 nm and 1318 days after departure from La Rochelle. It was such a nice feeling being back at anchor and not having continuously big projects in mind. There was finally time to do just nothing. So after splashing we just stayed aboard our pretty lady and enjoyed our …
August 21 - October 07, 2022; 9029 nm and 1296 days after departure from La Rochelle. Hell, was I lazy regarding my blog. But, I have an excuse! We have been working our botties off. Why did nobody tell me that living on a boat could be so labour intensive? Most of the time it …
August 09 - August 21, 2022; 8901 nm and 1249 days after departure from La Rochelle. Yeah, finally we were in the relaxed mood to start exploring the -for us new- country and continent. Colombia is such a divers country. According to Wikipedia, Colombia is one of the world's seventeen megadiverse countries and has the …
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 …
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 …
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?
April 29 - May 21, 2022; 8011 nm and 1157 days after departure from La Rochelle. Well, as disappointing as it was not being able to catch up with my workout teacher Ann in Nevis as nice it was meeting Wilson. (The feature pic shows Wilson on the right and his Cousin) Ann set us …
April 15 - April 29, 2022; 7841 nm and 1135 days after departure from La Rochelle. Boy, did we enjoy this relaxing island! Arriving and being already checked in from Jeff Winston, a local guy who was working for PAYS, was for sure a great start. Imagine that!!! No hassle whatsoever regarding the check in. …
Continue reading Dominica – a hidden gem in the lesser Antilles
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