Nr 79. The Berlenga Archipelago
‘Let’s check where all our sailing friends are!’. I think once a week Gilles says this sentence. I know what it means: he’s going to check on Marine Traffic (a public website that show the exact position of sailingboats who have a ‘tracker’ on board, called an AIS = Automatic Identification System), where the boats […]
Nr 78. Aveiro: the Venice of Portugal
After a nice time in Porto, we started sailing further south down the West coast of Portugal. We had good wind and sunshine, so it was a great 6 hour sail along this coastline with many beaches and green hills. On the map we saw that this coastal area is part of the Reserva Natural […]
Nr 77. Sailing Porto
After a warm welcome in Portugal, we were excited to sail to the vibrant city of Porto! Everytime we talked to people about our worldtrip and that we would sail along the coast of Portugal, they ALL mentioned to ‘absolutely see and enjoy Porto’ since it was one of the nicest cities they had ever […]
Nr 76. Welcome to Portugal!
After we sailed the Ria’s (the fjords) of Northwest Spain and sailed further south, we soon would be leaving Spanning and crossing the border to Portugal. So we got ready for Portugal, changed to the yellow/red flag we used to for the last 2 months in Spain for the green/red Portuguese flag and sailed into […]
Nr 75. The Ria’s: fjords of Spain
In our last blog about our sailing adventures, we talked about sailing the Northwest coast of Spain: from Bilbao to Muxia. Our next hop along the west coast of Spain would turn out to be interesting one with a contradictory combination: we sailed into one of the most dangerous parts of the Spanish coast, directly […]
Nr 74. Contributing at the boatshow Hiswa te water
We were invited by our catamarandealer in the Netherlands, Nautisch Kwartier, to come to the boatshow Hiswa te Water. It’s a 5 day boat exposition in Lelystad where hundreds of boatsellers show their merchandise (motorboats, sailingboats, parts, sailclothting, etc). It’s a famous show and the largest outside boatshow in Northern Europe. We were asked to […]
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 Cote d’Azur or Croatia or Greece! This is how the guests experienced their stay at catamaran Horizon while sailing with us: Kees (Projectmanager) from Den HaagHet was een geweldige ervaring. De ontvangst was […]
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 […]