Marina Mahon to Es Grau
March 15, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Es Grau to Arenal d'en Castel
March 16, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Es Grau to Arenal d'en Castel
8.59nm 2:03:58
Arenal d'en Castel to La Mola
March 19, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Arenal d'en Castel to La Mola
15.66nm 4:32:47
La Mola to Mahón dry dock
March 21, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
La Mola to Mahón dry dock
3.91 Nm 1:17:58
Mahón dry dock to La Mola
March 28, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Mahón dry dock to La Mola
3.45nm 0:54:03
Menorca to Costa Brava Cala de la Fosca
March 31, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
32 hours later and we have left the Islas de Baleares behind. First sail with the new antifouling and she is literally flying. Some dead spots of wind along the way. Need to get used to swellRead more
Cala de la Fosca to Bahia Palamos
March 31, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Moving to the bay on the west to avoid the swell wrapping into this bay and to be able to access land. Not the prettiest anchorage but Palamos is a great town with easy and good access to shops andRead more
Bahía Palamós to Cala de la Fosca
April 1, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Moving back to our original bay, again because of swell direction.
2.41nm 0:41:14
Cala de la Fosca to Palamós Bahía
April 4, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
Moving again for exactly the same reason of swell and to be able to go mtbking.
2.58nm 0:41:18
Palamós to Llafranc
April 5, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Moving north towards Rosas and to meet Sergio we found a wonderful bay on our previous ride which we set as our destination. A quick hoist of Kevin up the mast to untwist our code 0 halyard.
5.64nmRead more
Llafranc to L'escala
April 6, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Heading north to the very large bay of Rosa's. Anchorage in 4m of sand with good wind and swell protection. Our antifouling makeover is working and we gained exceptional speeds on light winds!!! TimeRead more
L'escala to Badia de Montjoi
April 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
A 4am start to the day with unexpected strong winds forcing us towards the shore needing another 10m of chain to be put out and anchorage in three meters. Barcelona fun train trip via Girona cancelledRead more
Spain to France Plage de la Badine
April 10, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Spain to France - an uneventful cold ok miserable crossing with one hour sailing, the remainder engine assist. However crossing the Gulf of Lyon is always risky and I will take no wind versus 30 knotRead more
Hyères to Nice
April 12, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Be careful what you wish for! After a wonderful day exploring the quaint town of Hyères we made the decision to keep moving East to avoid the strong NW winds coming across France. It had been a dayRead more
Mer d'Eze to Baie des Fourmis
April 12, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Moving to a better position in the bay to avoid the wind and swell. This whole area is absolutely spectacular.
3.25nm 0:54:23
Baie des Fourmis to Anse de l'Espalmador
April 13, 2023 in France
Never before have we been on anchor with the waves crashing before reaching us. Also we ended up closer to shore and over rocks. With the wind forecast worsening we were forced to move around theRead more
Nice to Italy Molo Cavour
April 14, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
😭 Where do I begin. After being battered by 1.5m waves breaking over our bow at anchor yesterday late and an emergency engine into the sheltered bay next door, we proceeded to be hit with 35 knotRead more
Andora
April 15, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Molo Cavour to Andora. An early short trip to another bay speaking shelter from this horrible swell. Enough said.
4.94nm 1:27:03
Marina Loana
April 15, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Andorra to Marina Loana. Ok so basically we couldn't do it anymore. What's up with the swell on this coastline - if it wasn't for our trip here to mtb at Finale Ligure I would avoid this part of theRead more
Italy to Corsica Puntalle
April 26, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Using our predict wind trial with departure planning and ready to leave this coastline we chose a suitable timeslot and crossed to Corsica. Grateful for the ferry avoidance task to keep us awake onRead more
ah yes, this is one of my favourite past times...taking pics of my husband sleeping...I have many of them ha ha [Beth Read]
Plage de Loto
April 27, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Puntalle to Plage de Loto. Moving to the bay next door with reviews of similar to the Caribbean had to be done. And yes spectacular- I am very impressed with Corsica.
But what I didn’t expect wereRead more
Plage de Ficajola
April 28, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Plage de Loto to Plage de Ficajola. If I wasn’t impressed enough. With the doom and gloom of the weather forecast we are quickly moving south to see if we can beat the wind while still being aRead more
Baie de Cupabia
April 29, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Plage de Ficajola to Baie de Cupabia. Another big day sailing south. A good easy anchorage in perfect sand with a 7m depth - 300m from the beach. And the decision made to stay for two days beforeRead more
Bonifacio Fazzioulu and Paragnanu
May 1, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Baie de Cupabia to Bonifacio Fazzioulu and Paragnanu. With strong westerly winds we tried to anchor in Fazzioulu but the risk with the 20knt wind and waves on our bow we decided to move to the largerRead more
Sardegna Cala Marmorata
May 1, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Bonifacio Paragnanu to Sardegna Cala Marmorata. I have no words. Ok I have some. After failing to find safe anchorage on the bottom of Corsica- Bonifacio we said goodbye to Corsica- flew across theRead more