Spending Christmas on Sint Lucia sailing from Rodney Bay to the beautiful hurricane hole of Marigot Bay and back again together with Eight and Scilla.

We recently bought a new boat, a new model Outremer that is announced at Boot Düsseldorf January 2020. After 1 year on a L39 and almost 3 years on the L52S we ...

We stay in the marina until the closing party of the ARC. WHile we're there we witness the arrival of our friends from Scilla, Eight, Idéfix and Solmate. ...

Last couple of days of our Transatlantic crossing from Las Palmas to Saint Lucia. Wind and waves pick up a bit but still very smooth sailing and seems like we ...

Second week on the ocean. The wind is slowly picking up while we try to find the optimum between a northerly and a more southerly route. We rip the Wingaker so ...

After a pretty fast first day we have to get a bit more creative in finding the smartest route towards Santa Lucia as there is very limited wind for a couple ...

Deck the hull with boughs of holly fa la la la laaa la la la la, tis' the season to be salty fa la la la laaaa la la la la! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays ...

Start and exciting first day of ARC 2019 from Las Palmas directly to Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, 2680 nautic miles over a great circle course.

From the archives of the 2019 summer season. More laps of the bay on the Goodall Design C2. No commentary, no dials, just the speed! I’ve just put together ...

Tomorrow (24.11.2019) we'll start our Atlantic crossing from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Santa Lucia in the Caribbean. Pretty busy program, with last ...

As part of the extensive program in preparation for the Atlantic crossing we witness a demonstration of an evacuation by helicopter. The weather is very calm, ...

Well we might have a premiere this time. Outremer will soon launch an entirely new model between the 51 and 5X. We fell for the beautiful design in which ...

A lot of sailing going on as we sail together with @sailingyachteight from Lanzarote via Fuerteventura to marina Las Palmas where the ARC 2019 will start on ...

We were really excited to take a look at this catamaran. At an estimated new MSRP of between $300,000 - $350,000, the Seawind 1160 Lite is one of the most ...

Madeira is not an option, against the wind and afterwards no wind. Next best alternative is to head straight to Lanzarote. Wout & Claire are going to help ...

There's a storm coming our way and an unusual low around the Acores. No way we can go upwind to Madeira. We decide to wait until the risk of 60 knots winds has ...

In the last episode before we leave the European mainland we sail to Ferragudo and Alvor in the Portuguese Algarve. From here we will make a first 500 miles ...

When you weren't watching we were crashing a wedding in Moraira, close to Valencia. From there we picked the days that we wouldn't have to beat upwind in the ...

Wait for the gust, stand at the back, set the traveller for power, play the main for pitch control, sheet out and bear off in the gusts to go faster! Thanks ...

All's well that ends well? After the first scare the cross beam damage and the resulting visits to Canet and Cannes have brought us a lot of positive ...

The repairs in Canet are going perfect so while they get finalized we have time to visit Cannes Yachting Festival and take a good look at all the different ...

We're invited to join Pierre on his Outremer 5X BioTrek from La Grande Motte to the Cannes Yachting Festival. Challenging weather forecast, but the wind will ...

We're finally in Canet-en-Roussillion where our cross beam will be replaced by Atelier Greement. We meet a lot of boats and crew preparing for the Cannes Boat ...

We get the chance to have a look at the Outremer and Gunboat factories and on Gunboat 6802 Dash before we sail the final leg to Collioure and Canet for the ...