Nr 73. Guests aboard the catamaran
We have had different groups of guests on board. We had a great time with them! The location was for example beautiful Basque Country in France, or swimming in the Bay of San Sebastian or visiting Porto or Lisbon in Portugal, or Cote d’Azur or Croatia! This is how the guests experienced their stay at […]
Nr 72. Northwest Spain
We have sailed along the entire coast of North Spain. After Basque Country, there are 3 more regions in the North of Spain: Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia. We have sailed that trajectory from Bilbao to Muxia, on the map you can see all the places we have visited: The top 5 places we liked best […]
71. Saving Silbo Sailingvessel
When we were sailing along the North Spanish coast, suddenly we heard on the VHF Radio on emergency-channel 16: ‘Pan-pan pan-pan, this is Silbo, we need help, our engine broke down’. Gilles remembered that he saw French sailingvessel Silbo on his navigation screen, close by where we were sailing at that moment. They were just […]
Nr 70. San Sebastián to Bilbao
We sailed into Spain, Viva España, we hoisted the yellow-red flag! We have been sailing from San Sebastián to Bilbao, which is Spanish Basque Country. Here we enjoyed the good life: still the green hills of the Pyrenees in the background, eating pintxos, walking in the small streets of the old villages, watching people enjoying […]
Nr 69. Basque Country: 10 facts
We arrived in Hendaye, a nice city in the Southwest corner of France, close to the border of Spain. The first thing we noticed were the beautiful green hills of the Pyrenees Mountains, palm trees and the bright green water. And we also noticed a poster that said: “You are not in Spain. You are […]
Nr 68. Sailing the Bay of Biscay
After a nice time in La Rochelle, we sailed to Port Medoc. Now we are in the last province of the West France coast: the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. But this part, from Port Medoc to Hendaye, is hard to sail. It goes along a large National Park with no possibility of entries or harbors, it’s a 24 […]
Nr 67. Fort Boyard & la Rochelle
After being on the wharf with the boat at Les Sables d’Olonne, we were keen to start sailing again! And we had a nice sail to la Rochelle, Ile-d’Aix, Fort Boyard and Ile d’Oléron! I’d like to highlight Fort Boyard and la Rochelle. Fort Boyard Because this Fort is known for it’s TV-series that we […]
Nr 66. Boat out of the water
Usually the following picture is not good news: a boat being hoisted out of the water….. But in this case, it’s a known necessity. Because every once a while the underwatership of a boat has get new antifouling (special paint to prevent a growth of algae under your boat). And a haul-out is always a […]
Nr 65. High in the Sky: Les Sables d’Olonne
After island hopping at the south coast of Bretagne, we came back to the mainland of France again. In Les Sables d’Olonne. We left Bretagne now: les Sables is a seaside resort and part of La Vendee. And les Sables is familiar terrain for us: on 20. June 2019 we picked up our catamaran in […]
Nr 64. Islands of South Bretagne
In June the weather has been great in Europe! Also in France, it is sunny and sailing along the south coast of Bretagne, we decided to go islandhopping to get the extra summer feeling! We explored 3 islands, and on those islands, each time we stayed there in a different way with our catamaran. L’île […]