🇬🇧 Flashback to the Grenadines! Union Island was our first destination after the Atlantic crossing. We arrived there on Saturday, 15th January. After clearing in and a good night sleep, we sailed around the corner to hang out in Chatham Bay, then anchored in the incredible turquoise waters of the Tobago Cays and swam with …
🇬🇧 We had to sail south almost all the way to Cap Verde in order to catch the Trade Winds (which blow from east to west). Everything was going nicely and we „turned right“ towards the Carribean after 4 days. However on the evening of 1st January, our gennaker ripped when it got caught on …
🇬🇧 At 1 p.m. local time today, we were off! Approximately 2800 miles to go in around 18 days. We are very excited!! And quietly confident that we will manage well. There is a festive ambiance on board and „master“ Chris is currently preparing pancakes for the hungry crew together with „chef of the day“ …
🇬🇧 A few days ago we sailed to La Gomera, looking forward to spending Christmas here. We have been absolutely mesmerized by this island. I simply cannot find the right words to describe its beauty adequately. We went hiking on the past 3 days and discovered the misty laurel forest, lush green hills, deep ravines and waterfalls. …
Merry Christmas! Frohe Weihnachten! Joyeux Noël! Feliz navidad!
🇬🇧 We spent a wonderful day in the marina of Mogan yesterday. Mogan must be the prettiest marina in Gran Canaria. We were extremely lucky to get the last berth in the marina right in front of the marina office. The only slight difficulty was that we had to tie the boat to the harbour …
🇬🇧 We spent 5 days at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. As we didn’t get a berth in the marina, we anchored in the not particularly scenic anchorage with a view onto the container ship terminal. Chris did various boat jobs such as going up the mast to check the halyards for chafing, Hugo and I …
🇬🇧 Today’s day sail from Fuerteventura to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria ended up being more of a fast surf under gennaker with top speeds of over 17 knots (SOG). We ended up getting here in just 6 hours, and had it not been for the game of cat and mouse with the Chinese tanker which …
🇬🇧 The day started with the children surprising us with a beautifully laid table and pancakes for breakfast. Fabulous! We weighed the anchor and sailed around 60 miles southwest in light winds. We couldn’t believe it when we caught 2 bonitos at the same time, on the same fishing rod! There was a lot of …
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🇬🇧 Today felt like Santa came early! We met up with Heike @heikebludau, an old friend and ex-flatmate of Chris‘ from uni days who moved to Fuerteventura 20 years ago. We anchored off Corralejo and picked Heike up with the dinghy. She came with bags full of gifts for us, so nice! We spent some time …