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 […]
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 […]