124. Back to Holland. For 2,5 weeks
We left the catamaran in an Italian harbor end of August to come to the Netherlands. This was at the invitation of Nautisch Kwartier in Stavoren, the boatdealer from which we bought the catamaran in 2019. They invited us in 2022 as well, to tell about our worldtrip sailing on the Hiswa te Water in […]
122. Upgrades and maintenance
It’s time for an update on our upgrades and maintenance. Because as a sailor you are always in the ‘Bermuda triangle’, ‘suck’ into 1 of these 3: upgrades, maintenance or repairs. There is no escape of this ‘Bermuda Triangle’, it’s part of your lifestyle when you are a sailor. Last time I wrote about […]
Nr 121. Viva Italia! San Remo & Genua
After my brother jumped on board at Menton, the last city in the Southeast of France before the border, we sailed into Italy! We were very excited to do so after 3 months of sailing the South of France and to have received many lovely guests this summer in the Cote d’Azur. You actually don’t […]
Nr 120. Monaco
It was time to sail into Monaco, officially called ‘Principality of Monaco’ which is a sovereign microstate on the French Riviera. It’s quite a special place. I made a picture of the whole country of Monaco, never before I got an entire country in 1 picture 😊. The more I read about Monaco, the more […]
Nr 119. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Slow traveling is very applicable to sailing: you sail about 10 km per hour, about 50 km per day and then you are in a beautiful place for a few days to look around or you are in a beautiful bay. And slow traveling it certainly is on the Cote d’Azur this summer, because there […]
Nr 118. Concerts of The Weeknd and Nile Rodgers & CHIC
East to the Bay of Cannes, is the Golfe Juan. It is another great bay at the French Riviera where there are lots of nice villages and beautiful coastlines. We have visited Juan-les-Pins and Antibes. Water activities It is great to be at the Cote d’Azur during this summertime! A lot of water activities are […]
Nr 117. Cannes
We left the Bay of Saint-Tropez and sailed to Cannes. We have been in Cannes before, famous for the ‘Palais des Festivals et des Congrès’ where the Film Festival is held every May, but we experienced a few surprises there now that we would see it from the waterfront! CannesWe visited the city of Cannes, […]
Nr 116. Saint-Tropez
After a good time on the island of Porquerolles, we left the bay, heading for Saint-Tropez. We had a westerly wind, so the first part of the sailing trip was right on the back of the boat. For your sail handling, we set our mainsail out as much as possible so that it picks up […]
Nr 115. Islands of Hyères
I love islands! I was born on an island (Goeree-Overflakkee), when I was 18 I left the island to ‘the other side’ as they called it (the big city of Rotterdam) to study there and live there. But I never lost that feeling of how great is it to just be 5 minutes away from […]
Nr 114. Sustainable Sailing: 10 things we do
When you have lived for 2 years surrounded by nature like we have, living on the water in our catamaran, you get to know and appreciate nature more and more. In fact, you become impressed by the environment around you. You experience life on and under the water, and you also see how vulnerable it […]