20. januar, Dominikanske republik ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
The capital of the Dominican Republic is the oldest colonial city in the Americas (1496). It's colorful and has a beautiful coastline, but unfortunately there's a lot of pollution, which diminishesLæs mere
MartiniqueMartiniqueFort-de-FranceLa Folie14°36’30” N 61°3’58” W 18. januar, Martinique ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
Yet another hitchhiking adventure brought me to the capital, where I stayed at Joby's place (a Rasta I met while on the road a few days earlier). Fort-de-France itself is not that interesting but itLæs mere
MartiniqueMartiniqueLa TrinitéBeauséjourAnse Belgrade14°44’18” N 60°56’55” W 17. januar, Martinique ⋅ 🌬 27 °C
I was told that the north is greener and wilder so I said goodbye to Dawid and set out on my own. I hitchhiked to the cheapest accommodation on the whole island and was pleasantly surprised. The viewLæs mere
MartiniqueMartiniqueMondésirMorne Courbaril14°28’13” N 60°52’12” W
14. januar, Martinique ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
After an exciting boat ride from Saint Lucia to Martinique, we met up with Dawid, Fillip's friend who also did the crossing and is now boat sitting. He was friendly enough to let us crash on his boatLæs mere
Saint LuciaGros-IsletReduitRéduit Beach14°4’52” N 60°57’12” W 11. januar, Saint Lucia ⋅ 🌬 27 °C
On January 9th, after 20 days, we finally get to shout the famous words 'land ahoy' and the same evening, we arrive at our destination. We celebrate with the only bottle of wine that we had on boardLæs mere
North Atlantic Ocean 14°20’41” N 46°55’31” W 7. januar, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 26 °C
New Year's Eve in the middle of the ocean! We set aside the usual boat rules and celebrated with one glass of champagne and a flare (similar enough to fireworks 🎇). Otherwise, it's business asLæs mere
North Atlantic Ocean 16°2’38” N 35°3’5” W 30. december 2023, North Atlantic Ocean
It's a weird feeling to disembark, knowing that we won't see land for three weeks.
Sailing the Atlantic is much more monotonous, we have the wind from out back basically the whole way. However, theLæs mere
20. december 2023, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The first days out of Gibraltar we get to experience the Atlantic at it's best: it's sunny and the waves are very long and smooth. We get time to chill on the bow mattresses for the first time andLæs mere
GibraltarCatalan BayApes Den36°7’58” N 5°20’56” W
ItalienSiciliaPalermoKalsaPorta Felice38°7’12” N 13°22’18” E 30. november 2023, Italien ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
With a mast of 28m high, the sails are beasts! We immediately get an average speed of 7 knots, which unfortunately also involves a lot of leaning and bumping into waves so I'm a bit seasick most ofLæs mere
Jenka Mergaert
Hahahahaha classic, al het eten langs alle kanten vliegen! 🤣 love it
