April 04 - April 27, 2025; 18371 nm and 2229 days after departure from La Rochelle This time we headed to the most western tip of Cuba to Cabo San Antonia. At the east side of that Cabo was a very small marina named "Los Morros". Actually it was just one concrete dock and a …
March 22 - April 04, 2025; 17828 nm and 2206 days after departure from La Rochelle The main duties were organised. Now the fun part - at least for me- started. (Even though I'm pretty sure Norbert as well enjoyed a little Sabine off time.) I went off to Mérida to visit Eva who I …
March 13 - March 22, 2025; 17828 nm and 2193 days after departure from La Rochelle Indeed it was! Coming from Cuba after three months, Isla Mujeres overwhelmed us. First we suddenly had to cope with lots and lots of boats once we entered the channel between Isla Mujeres and Cancun mainland. Sailing vessels, diving …
February 26 - March 13, 2025; 17828 nm and 2184 days after departure from La Rochelle Well at least that was what we had planned. Slowly heading to Mexico. But plans are just made to be changed, aren't they? Especially with our life style they seem to be just a rough framework lately. Anyway, at …
February 04 - February 26, 2025; 17528 nm and 2169 days after departure from La Rochelle Back in Cienfuegos we leveraged being at the marina. Extended one day to do some errands and give Altimate a nice clean up. (The marina or better government rules forced us to put Altimate in the marina dock when …
January 29 - February 04 2025; 17528 nm and 2147 days after departure from La Rochelle As promised we got picked up in time at the marina by our taxi colectivo to take us to La Habana. Luckily we only needed to share the car with one more passenger. Enough space for the three hours …
January 10 - January 29 2025; 17528 nm and 2141 days after departure from La Rochelle So, here we were in beautiful Cienfuegos. There was so much to do that the weeks passed by way too fast. Well, that fact was actually pretty good as it made the waiting for our heat exchanger muuuuch easier. …
December 21 - January 10 2025; 17528 nm and 2122 days after departure from La Rochelle Our plan in Cuba for the next couple of month was travelling in a comfortable reduced pace. Leaving Santiago and heading west along the islands southern coast. Stopping at some villages along the way, passing Cabo Cruz and then …
December 6 - December 21, 2024; 17170 nm and 2102 days after departure from La Rochelle Yesss, in only 8 days we made it to beautiful Cuba. It was so incredibly nice to be back in warm climates! Getting rid of all the layers of clothes was fantastic! It made us finally mobile again and …
Continue reading In 8 days from freezing cold to bikini weather in Cuba!
November 21 - December 6, 2024; 16102 nm and 2087 days after departure from La Rochelle With our new stay sail we had a fast sail in very cold weather conditions and with quite heavy winds finally leaving Annapolis MD. A 24 hour trip down the Chesapeake Bay straight to Norfolk VA. That was a …
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