We first visited Alicante in 2015 while sailing our former Amel, Euros 41′. We enjoyed the town so much that we always wanted to return. Alicante is such a vibrant town with a great culinary scene without being overly touristy!…
Mahón to Alicante, Spain
We left hospitable and beautiful Mahón taking course to Alicante, sailing around the southern shores of the Balearic Islands: Mallorca and Ibiza. We started with nice and sunny weather which followed us all the way to Alicante. Sailing…
Mahon, Menorca
After our first gale experience on the boat, we reached Mahon, Menorca. As its name implies, it’s the smaller of two main Balearic Islands. At the same time, it’s a great place to visit and enjoy the archipelago as it…
We set sails, finally, for good!
After all this time of preparations and re-fits, the boat seemed ready to be taken out to sea. Sunday September 8 we set up sails in the direction of Playa Santa Cristina, Spain with intention to anchor there for a…
Cabo de Palos
Last night we anchored at Cabo de Palos. As usual, a line of high rise condos along the coast.
A stroll through Cartagena, Spain.
Along Spanish coast.
This Sunday we cast off from Almerimar and started our further journey up the Spanish coast. Initially the weather was very nice with winds around 3-5 on Beaufort scale so we were able to sail along pretty comfortably with the…
How we got kicked out of Morocco.
Once we left Marina Smir we sailed down the Moroccan coast until we reached Oued Bouchia with it beautiful and picturesque village.There I drop the anchor just in front of a beautiful beach. There I went for a swim and…
Visiting Tétouan, Morocco.
This morning we took a 20 minute taxi ride from Marina Smir to Tétouan, We visited the medina, the old town, which is an amazing maze of small and narrow streets. All along those streets one can find fresh food…
Here we come Gibraltar!
Leaving the beautiful Alicante, Spain this morning and getting under way for Gibraltar. Weather is not cooperating; hardly any wind and it is Westerly.