Sailing Long Distances Lagos, Portugal After 26 months in Spain, we returned to Portugal and gained some interesting first impressions. Here and now, I’m willing…
Sailing Long Distances Spain Back in the Atlantic Ocean – bye bye blue water sailing The first notable difference between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean was the color of the water. We traded…
Sailing Long Distances Vaseline and the Strait of Gibraltar Before I sat down and wrote about the well-known Strait of Gibraltar, I asked myself what I knew or believed…
Sailing Long Distances Ibiza Ibiza, Santa Eulalia, was the next challenge. This time regarding the weather, namely thunderstorms. After almost thirty years of sailing,…
Mediterranean Sea Port de Alcúdia to Andratx – motoring Well, the headline already tells what to expect for the next 157 nautical miles in terms of sailing; nothing worthwhile…
Mediterranean Sea Sonrisas – saying goodbye We had a marvelous time in the Balearics, Mallorca, and the marina Alcudiamar. I wish to say goodbye to all…
Mediterranean Sea Two Austrians fleeing their country The boat next to us was for sale, and a couple in their mid-thirties surveyed it. The two immediately reminded…
Mediterranean Sea Whatsapp becomes Whatsdead A headline in the online paper Portugal Resident: In the first ten days of August, more than fifteen people were…
Mediterranean Sea Sailing Long Distances A short one – una mujer desnuda It was hot in Majorca Mid-August and far too hot in the Marina Alcudiamar. We took the dinghy, made for…