October 20 - November 14, 2023; 11164 nm and 1699 days after departure from La Rochelle Yeah, well, sometimes plans changes, don't they? Thanks to a huge tropical disturbance (initial stage of a potential hurricane) which seemed to head right in our way we ended up in Aruba. Who would have thought. It's the most …
Continue reading We made it!!! Just not to the DR but to Aruba
August 14 - October 20, 2023; 10522 nm and 1674 days after departure from La Rochelle. Even when I keep repeating myself... but boy time is flying, ain't it? Five weeks in Europe - gone just like that! Four weeks back in Panamá passed within a wink. Does aging make us feel that time is …
June 26 - August 13, 2023; 10424 nm and 1606 days after departure from La Rochelle. Funny names for adverse climatological episodes in San Blas. Fortunately in general those episodes are not common but can happen once in a while. At least so it was said in the books. I don't know if we just …
May 31 - June 26, 2023; 10347 nm and 1558 days after departure from La Rochelle. Off we were again. The second time we left Cartagena. Who would have thought that a year ago? Certainly not us! Anyhow, we enjoyed Cartagena again very much but after 5 weeks of bustling city life we were ready …
April 28 - May 30, 2023; 10059 nm and 1531 days after departure from La Rochelle. Ups... that previous version of the blog post went out too quickly. Hit the wrong button and no possibility to get the notification emails back again. Sorry for that but here is the final version now.It was great to …
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 …
