Nr 99. Ibiza
‘Wow, we’re going to Ibiza!’, this song (1999) by the Vengaboys, I was singing a lot during the days before we would leave the mainland of Spain to sail to Ibiza. Gilles joined in sometimes, but also went a bit crazy from the song, because it lingers in your head (so opening the link is/was […]
Nr 98. Costa Blanca
Now it was time to explore the Costa Blanca! It has beautiful beaches and cities like Alicante and Altea. This is the track we have sailed last weeks along the Spanish coast and I am highlighting 4 interesting places that we have visited. TorreviejaWhen we sailed to along the coastline to Torrevieja, we noticed that […]
Nr 97. Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance
If you are living and travelling with a sailboat, you know one thing for sure: there will be maintenance! The catamaran is our house and like a house, it needs maintenance as well. You sometimes can postpone maintenance for a house, but on a boat you can’t, because it’s a floating house and you don’t […]
Nr 96. Cartagena & Mar Menor
When we crossed the border from Portugal (the Algarve) to Spain (the Southcoast of Spain), it was the 19th of December 2022. The first Spanish region (in the Netherlands we would call it province) we entered was Andalusia. It’s the largest of the 17 regions that Spain has divided her country in: about 8 million […]
Nr 95. Almería & the plastic sea
After a great trip by car through the Sierra Nevada, watching the snowy mountains, we continued sailing along the Southeast coast of Spain: This part of Spain is interesting, there is the stunning backdrop of high mountains along the coastline, some with snow. And then the villages below have 320 days of sunshine each year. […]
Nr 94. Sierra Nevada
When we sailed along the coast from Málaga in easterly direction, we noticed that the mountains from Marbella, got bigger and bigger. We were looking from our ship at Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada. I had never been in the Sierra Nevada. To me Sierra Nevada has always been a mysterious area, the name (‘snowy mountain […]
Nr 93. Costa del Sol
After a great time at Gibraltar, it was time to round the bend and sail into the Mediterranean! When we did, we looked at the other side of the Rock. There we saw a large sunken ship with on deck 4 yellow cranes still standing above water level. It turned out to be a ship […]
Nr 92. Gibraltar at New Year
After a great time in Cádiz for Christmas, we prepared ourselves for a milestone we have been looking forward to for a while: sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar! There a several reasons why Gibraltar is such a milestone for us and for many sailors: – it’s the connection point between the Atlantic Ocean and […]
Nr 91. Sailing in 2022
Our year of sailing in 5 minutes! We selected the most beautiful pictures of 2022 to show the must sees of the 6 countries we sailed through: – Jan/Feb: Scotland/England – Feb/March/April: Netherlands – April: Belgium – April/Mai/June: France (inc. Jersey) – June/July: Spain north – Aug/Sept/Oct/Nov: Portugal (inc. Azores) – Dec: Spain south (inc. […]
Nr 90. Christmas in Cádiz
When we came back the 15th of December in Algarve from 4 days in the Netherlands, the contrast in landscape and temperature could not be bigger! From white frost, to the beach on a swing with 20 C° degrees! We started the engines of the catamaran the next day and had a wonderful long day […]