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TRAVEL BLOG2020-08-06T07:27:02+00:00
  • WHY A CATAMARAN?

    Why did we buy a Fountaine Pajot Saona47! A lot of people have asked us why we bought this boat. That is a long story as we did not want a catamaran to begin with. [...]

  • CURAÇAO, DUSHI KORSOW

    Curaçao, island in the Southern Caribbean Sea, together with sister islands Aruba and Bonaire. Following a referendum, and as a result of constitutional change, Curaçao became a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands [...]

  • ARUBA, ONE HAPPY ISLAND!

    Our first 3 nights/4 day overnight passage! A bit nervous but we had the most perfect weather conditions to sail from St. Martin to Aruba. We made ad shift scheme which [...]

  • GONZALE! HURRICANE??

    Today,  July 24 - 2020, there is a possible hurricane developing. Originating in the Atlantic basin, moving in the direction of the Caribbean sea. What exactly is the difference between a hurricane, typhoon or cyclone? [...]

  • ST. MARTIN, COVID KICKS IN!

    We left Barbuda early in the morning. The wind was perfect and we had a very pleasant sail to St. Martin. We could not stay any longer in Barbuda as we were expecting guests for [...]

  • BARBUDA

    Barbuda stole our hearts! The natural beauty of the island is simply AMAZING! The total land area is 160.56 square kilometers (62 sq mi). The capital and largest town is Codrington. Many Barbudan live on Antigua rather than [...]

  • ANTIGUA

    After 1 day in Guadeloupe, we left for Antigua. That's only about 50nm. We arrived in the afternoon and went to English harbour first. But man it was crowded over there! No way we could [...]

  • GUADELOUPE

    Before sailing to Antiqua we stopped at the west side of Guadeloupe at the anchorage of Malendure beach. Close to the town of Bouillon. Quite a busy anchorage. From here we went snorkelling at Pigeon [...]

  • DOMINICA

    We left The Grenadines via Bequia, St. Lucia and Martinique to end up in Dominica. Officially the Commonwealth of Dominica. When we arrived in Prince Ruperts Bay we were immediately approached by a local boat. [...]

  • MAYREAU ISLAND

    Mayreau is the smallest inhabited island of the Grenadines, with an area of about 0.46 sq. miles and a population of about 275. The population is centred in an unnamed village, located on Station Hill, [...]

1010, 2018

LA HERRADURA, ALMUÑÉCAR

By |October 10th, 2018|0 Comments

Marina del Este It had been an exciting time in Marbella. Lots of things happened but we survived all haha! Time to move north. We had friends coming in October 11, so we had to go. We said our goodbye's and left for the next stop, Marina del Mediterráneo [...]

410, 2018

MARBELLA

By |October 4th, 2018|0 Comments

Marbella After 3 days relaxing in Gibraltar, it was time to move north to Marbella. This is where Captain his parents are living. We would leave the boat here for a few weeks to go back to Holland. The weather was absolutely perfect for this time of year. But [...]

1609, 2018

GIBRALTAR

By |September 16th, 2018|0 Comments

Where to go? Barbate or Gibraltar? We left only at 11.00 in the morning. Original plan was to go to Barbate, stay over for 1 night and then sail to Gibraltar the next day. That's also the reason we left quite late that morning at around 11.00. The sun [...]

1509, 2018

CADIZ

By |September 15th, 2018|0 Comments

Our first catch!! Let's start with the statistics first. From Ayamonte to Cadiz we covered 71,5 NM in 11,3 hours with 2 hours of motoring. ONLY 2 HOURS MOTORING! Must be a new record! Not sure still if the digital log has been kept up to date with [...]

2808, 2018

AYAMONTE

By |August 28th, 2018|0 Comments

Arriving in Spain! We left our anchorage early in the morning. Today we would reach Spain! Can you imagine? We left August 5 and 23 days later we sailed all the way to Spain! The morning started off very dark. The sky was black and yellow. No idea what would [...]

2708, 2018

PORTIMÃO

By |August 27th, 2018|0 Comments

Today's destination, Portmâo, is about 40 miles from Sagres. Time enough to take it easy. No wind at all in the morning. So we motored for a few hours, had a great relaxed lunch and worked on the tan. After lunch, the wind picked up a little and we [...]

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