We finally reached Lanzarote in mid November on the 24th and docked in Marina Rubicon in the southern part of the island. Immediately, we had the batteries checked. Unfortunately, the marina electrician wasn’t able to figure out what was the…
Gibraltar with Wojtek and Andrzej
After two short hops with an overnight anchoring at Lagos Bay, we reached Gibraltar or rather its Spanish counterpart, La Línea de la Concepción. We docked at Alcaidesa Marina on November 1st, 2019. The stopover there was much needed as…
Lisbon
In the morning of the October 5th, 2019, we cast off of Lagos Bay to sail further north to Lisbon. By the afternoon of the next day, we reached Cascais, a town and marina at the northern shore of…
Lagos
Lagos, Portugal is located about mid-way sailing from Gibraltar to Lisbon. It’s a lovely town with a very busy marina, Marina de Lagos, which is used by most of the vessels plying between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean. We could…
La Línea de la Concepción
La Línea de la Concepción, a Spanish town just across the border from the British territory of Gibraltar, is a nice though somewhat sleepy place. It’s more of a dorm room town to Gibraltar where many people who work on…
Sailing Spain’s Mediterranean Coast
After our great stay in Alicante, we finally cast off on September 25th on a route due west to Gibraltar. It was a nice fair-weather sail with no major events or breakdowns. …
Return to Alicante
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…