April 09 - April 23, 2020; 2899 nm and 399 days after departure from La Rochelle Our last weekend was one of the saddest in a very long time. Last Thursday we got the sorrowful news that Norbert's mother was dying (that had nothing to do with corona) and only 24 hours later she passed …
March 25 - April 08, 2020; 2899 nm and 384 days after departure from La Rochelle Another two weeks of Corona lock down have passed. The big question is: what does everybody do with their spare time and how to keep cheered up? I'm not talking about those guys who are working like hell at …
March 04 - March 25, 2020; 2899 nm and 369 days after departure from La Rochelle It would have been soooo nice to leave! But sometimes things change just like this. That was a nice description of being annoyed about our chart plotter and not using swearwords. Our plotter was not willing to work anymore. …
Continue reading Stuck in Las Palmas, like anybody else in this world
February 24 - March 04, 2020; 2899 nm and 349 days after departure from La Rochelle Legging behind reality, just enjoy the Corona-free posting. I was very curious of how carnival would be here in the Canaries. The peak of the jollifications in Las Palmas were at the last weekend of February. The drag queen …
February 16- February 24, 2020; 2899 nm and 340 days after departure from La Rochelle Yeah, we were able to experience an extreme weather phenomena, called Calima. (See title pic) It is a hot, oppressing dust and sand-laden, southerly to southeasterly wind in the Canary Islands region. It is particularly prevalent in winter and it blows …
February 08- February 16, 2020; 2899 nm and 331 days after departure from La Rochelle How dumb can someone (we) be? I thought by now we'd been in an age where we are able to consider and reasonably distinguish a dangerous situation. Not even close! Leaving Arrecife was great. A beautiful sail down the coast …
January 12 - February 08, 2020; 2781 nm and 323 days after departure from La Rochelle Yes! It was such a nice feeling to leave the marina. Spending almost two month squeezed in a berth next to the quay wall was definitely enough. We needed space and our freedom. That is not to say we …
December 10, 2019 - January 12, 2020; 2758 nm and 298 days after departure from La Rochelle Long time no blog. All is well, just being lazy about writing lately. Today is the day! Leverage the momentum and start. no excuses! x-mas decoration in Arrecife We did have a beautiful, windy day sail tacking against …
November 24 - December 10, 2019; 2730 nm and 263 days after departure from La Rochelle What a sweet little island! Not very known but very attractive. La Graciosa is a tiny desert island made up of sand and volcanic cones. Located off the north coast of her much bigger sister Lanzarote / Canary islands. …
Continue reading La Graciosa – the gracious – and her big sister Lanzarote
November 22 - November 24, 2019; 2692 nm and 247 days after departure from La Rochelle Well, after having enjoyed the Madeira archipelagos for nearly two month it was time to head on. We had the permit in our pocket to stay for up to 2 days at the Selvagem Grande Island. It belongs to …
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