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Christmas in Mindelo
Bart’s time with us in Cabo Verde was about to come to an end, and he had a plane to catch on the next [...]
Sailing across the Ilhas do Barlavento
Bart checking out the sea conditions west of Sao Nicolao. Sporty, to say the least. From Tarrafal we sailed north along the island’s coast [...]
The mountainous island of São Nicolau
After a few days, and with the weather having moderated rather improved, we decided that it was time to leave Sal anyway and head [...]
Cabo Verde: no stress
Arrival in Palmeira, Ilha do Sal Palmeira is one of three Ports of Entry in Cabo Verde and, as a consequence, its tight little [...]
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 [...]