Europe
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 [...]
Leaving Corsica for Marseille
Cap Corse Having recovered from our ordeal after a good night’s sleep, and with the gales having blown themselves out, we decided to move [...]
A few more hikes in Corsica
To the centre of Corsica Having savoured the joys of Ajaccio it was time to head off for a hike again. After a bit [...]
Under water in Corsica
As mentioned before, in 1987 I (F) took part in a field course at the marine research station Stareso, near Calvi. This was the [...]