September 08- September 16, 2019; 1574 nm and 178 days after departure from La Rochelle The 60 nm leg to Africa (sounds great doesn't it 🤓) was unspectacular. The most exciting part was, us weaving through the traffic separation scheme (yes, there are traffic separation schemes in the water as well, here because of the …
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September 01- September 08, 2019; 1513 nm and 170 days after departure from La Rochelle the Cathedral of Cádiz Cádiz likes to call itself the oldest city in Europe. According to legend, Hercules was the founder, but history proved the founding of the city Gadir by the Phoenicians in around 1100 B.C. However it was …
August 16- August 31, 2019; 1420 nm and 162 days after departure from La Rochelle It took us 4 days including 3 stops at night to reach Sevilla. Again we used the help from the current to go down the river Guadiana and then as well going up the Río Guadaquivir. One stop at each …
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August 08 - August 13, 2019; 1329 nm and 144 days after departure from La Rochelle We spent almost one more week in Culatra after Jana left. We slowly rearranged Altimate and got ourselfes back to a two person set up. Meanwhile SY Saviour, our friends from La Rochelle, also arrived in Culatra. Of course …
July 17 - August 08, 2019; 1242 nm and 139 days after departure from La Rochelle Finally I'm in the mood to write again. It took me quite a while to leave the holiday feeling after the kids left. Yes I know that y'all think we're always on holidays, but we're not! 😎 We as well …
July 09 - July 17, 2019; 1038 nm and 117 days after departure from La Rochelle Today the kids are coming. We are sooooooo excited! Right now they're sitting in the plane and heading towards us 🤓. I almost can't wait anymore! Well, I was going to write a little bit about Lisbon. All in …
July 01 - July 09, 2019; 1021 nm and 109 days after departure from La Rochelle "For beach lounging, a dip in the cooling Atlantic waters, a rich seafood meal, or simply a stroll by the sea, Lisbon heads to Cascais. This former enclave of exiled European monarchs in the mid-20th century remains an elegant …
June 21 - June 30, 2019; 858 nm and 100 days after departure from La Rochelle What a warm welcome to Portugal. This is not related to the temperature of Porto🤪, but to the Portuguese in general and specifically to the nice ladies of the Marina Douro. We arrived in the morning of the 21 …
May 26 - June 20, 2019; 787 nm and 88 days after departure from La Rochelle It is absolutely amazing. The four rías (Ría de Muros, Ría de Arousa, Ría de Pontevedra and Ría de Vigo) provide so many beautiful caribbean like beaches that it is unbelieveable that they are not more touristically developed. The …
May 25 - Mai 26, 2019; 652 nm and 63 days after departure from La Rochelle OMG what a ride! We had two unbelievable perfect sailing days. Downwind sailing with the swell pushing us and the sun warming our bodies. I think, that must be sailors delight as I can't think of better conditions for …
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