113. Marseille & Calanques
After a good time in the Southwest region of France, called Occitanie, we left the port of Frontignan and sailed further east along the coast. The first area after Frontignan had a lot of lagunes and swamps with a few cities. like La Grande-Motte which is famous for the yearly multihull boatshow in April (which […]
112. Sailing Southwest France
And just like that, you sail into France from Spain! On water there is no mark that you have sailed into another country. On land you see signs next to the road, but on your boat it’s only your cellphone that gives away the fact that you entered a new country by pinging: ‘Welcome to […]
Nr 111. Salvador Dalí
Before we left to the USA for the 4-day conference in San Diego (see blog nr 110), we sailed the last part of Spain, the northeast coast called Costa Brava. I mentioned that we visited the house of famous painter Salvador Dalí there, close to Cadaqués. We also visited the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres and […]
Nr 110. Speaker at USA Conference + California Roadtrip
We left our catamaran in a harbor on 19th of May to fly to the USA! I am attending a 4-day conference for Trainers, organized by ATD, the Association for Talent Development, which is the largest association for trainers in the world (300.000 members from 80 different countries!). And every year (for 80 years now!), […]
Nr 109. Costa Brava
Last episode of sailing in Spain! Because after Barcelona, we entered the Costa Brava which is the last coastal region in Spain on the northeast coast: Costa Brava is known for its tourists resorts like Lloret da Mar, Blanes, Palamós. Because of the many sunhours and beautiful beaches. So we were pleasantly surprised to discover […]
Nr 108. Viva Barcelona!
We are now at the Northeast coast of Spain. Last time I wrote about the nice city of Cambrils, and from there we made plans to sail further north. Because Barcelona was a highlight that was coming up! This is the route we have sailed: Sitges About 40 km before we arrived in Barcelona, we […]
Nr 107. Sailing for 2 years: 24x in the media
We have been happy sailing now for 2 years on this day 1. Mai 2023! Since we left on 1.Mai 2021, we sailed over 8.000 miles on the West-European coast. This has been our route so far: During the 2 years, we kept family, friends and business relations updated via these 2 channels: 2. YouTube […]
Nr 106. Visiting International Multihull Boatshow in La Grande-Motte
We were invited by our Dutch Lagoon dealer Nautisch Kwartier (Stavoren) to visit the yearly biggest multihull boatshow in the world which is held every year in April in la Grande Motte (near Montpellier). We could see the new catamaran models of Lagoon there and could get a tour on the 42ft, 51ft and 65ft. And we […]
Nr 105. From Mallorca to Spanish east coast
We stayed for 6 weeks in Mallorca, much longer than we anticipated, but it was so nice out there! Beautiful bays, a great variety of landscape (mountains, old villages, forests), good food and great weather. We looked 1 more time at the beautiful postcard a participant of the 4-day Train-the-Trainer in Palma da Mallorca bought […]
Nr 104. In the Netherlands for 10 days
When we arrived in Port de Sóller, in the north side of Mallorca, we left our boat in the marina for 10 days and went to the Netherlands. Arriving in the Netherlands, the orange roofs of the houses stood out for us (in Spain it’s mostly grey) and the neat patchwork of separated land and […]