March 31 - April 27, 2023; 10019 nm and 1498 days after departure from La Rochelle. What does that even mean? Well, I think I already mentioned that El Capitano´s visa was overdue already back in February. So we needed to decide of what to do regarding El Capitano being illegal in Panamá. Due to …
Feb 26 - March 30, 2023; 9725 nm and 1470 days after departure from La Rochelle. Feature image: The birthday kids, me, Deb and Doghan Somehow it was a different vibe at this time of the year in Guna Yala. Many more cruisers were visiting the western islands. Some of them come every year from …
Januar 01 - Feb 25, 2023; 9647 nm and 1437 days after departure from La Rochelle. Feature pic: at the last lock already in Pacific water, me, Kim, Helen (la Capitana), Norbert and Steve, celebrating the transit That was for sure a great experience!!! Yes, we had the opportunity to transit the canal!! Thanks to …
November 10 - December 31, 2022; 9596 nm and 1381 days after departure from La Rochelle. Well, after leaving the nice village of Achutupu we headed further west. We stopped at several small islands with names like Mono island, San Ignacio de Tupile or Anidup. In Anidup we anchored directly next to a beautiful reef. …
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, …
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