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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 you achieve the miracle of [...]
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 had been easy places to [...]
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 point of Tenerife. [...]
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, bound for Schiphol Airport. Once [...]
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 with my brother Frans and [...]
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 and four hours off and, [...]
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 Lanzarote, in Arrecife, when their [...]
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 dramatic, pale grey cliffs that [...]