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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The last episode before we are heading west to the Caribbean. We visit a couple of small villages in Epidavros, Korfos and Vathi before we anchor in the more ...
We're still waiting on a spare screen for the sliding roof from one of Lagoon's suppliers, so no way we can head for Greece before we return from a Dutch ...
After crossing from Sicily to Gozo we sail a figure 8 around Gozo and Malta with stops at the Blue Lagoon and St Julian's Bay, a tour in the harbour of ...
After a first trail at very little wind we now sail the 70 miles behind the Wingaker to Malta. The true wind starts at 10 knots dead downwind and both ...
After a couple of stormy days the new 235 m2 Wingaker downwind sail arrives. We install some additional components on the front deck and test the Wingaker for ...
I have to admit that waiting is not my prime virtue. We managed to get back to Greatcircle early March but we still have to wait for stuff before we can sail ...