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Passage to Cabo Verde
The rhumbline from El Hierro to the island of Sal in Cabo Verde measures roughly 700nm. That makes for a six day-ish crossing should [...]
Canary Islands – El Hierro
El Hierro was the third of the Canary Islands where we spent time ashore. While Gran Canaria and Lanzarote had offered spectacular scenery and [...]
Canary Islands – three days of sailing
Off to Tenerife We left Gran Canaria with a fresh breeze and full sails to make the roughly 50nm trip across to the southern [...]
Guest Blog – Gran Canaria Holiday
Early start We (Frans and Lisetta) left our home in Winschoten in the north of the Netherlands early Monday morning, November 3rd, at 01.30, [...]
Canary Islands – Gran Canaria
After about a week at Lanzarote it was time to move on to our next island, Gran Canaria. Here, we had organised a date [...]
Canary Islands – Lanzarote
A 5-day passage takes a little time to recover from, you are in a bit of a jet lagged state from four hours on [...]
Off to the Canary Islands
It is dark, we are north-east of Lanzarote and we are tired. We have slowed down Yuma to try and arrive at the Marine [...]
Crossing to Marseille
Our route from Enseñada sa Costera to the northern most tip of Mallorca the next day was again comprised of a long procession of [...]
Mallorca
Two days later, an eleven-hour sail had us across the passage between Ibiza and Mallorca, the main island in the Balearics, and arriving at [...]
Ibiza
None too early the next morning we slipped our mooring and ambled up the eastern coast of Ibiza, passing by the city of Ibiza [...]