Sailing Fabule
After one year and 6200 nautical miles (11 500 km), we are back in France. We enjoyed the fabulous journey that took us all the way to Greece and back! The crossing of the Bay of Biscay was the last long passage of this year. From now on, we will make day sails to reach […]
Throughout the month of September, we progressed from Gibraltar to A Coruña, along the Portuguese and Spanish coasts (covering a total of 650 nautical miles). We were back in the area where Orcas have developed the annoying habit of “playing” with sailboats and damaging their rudders. There is not much sailors can do, except avoid […]
Cela nous a pris une semaine pour naviguer de Cagliari (Sardaigne) vers Gibraltar. Une distance de 750 miles nautiques au centre de la mer Méditerranée. Nous avons eu besoin d’un jour de plus qu’initialement prévu car nous avons remonté le vent en zig-zag le long de la côte espagnole. C’était bien plus intéressant que d’utiliser […]
While travelling the Mediterranean, we discover beautiful places with rich history and culture. At the same time, we witness less rosy realities. It makes us so grateful for our lives and every step we complete in this journey. In the upcoming weeks, the postings will become more irregular as we make our way back to […]
It took us 3 days and 3 nights to cross the Ionian Sea from Greece (Zakynthos) to Malta (Mgarr). We enjoyed sailing in these particularly blue waters. By Mediterranean standards in the summer, we had good winds, especially at the beginning and in the middle of our trip. I wanted to create a little video […]
This week we enjoyed a relaxed and joyful time in company of Side by Side. We savored the simple pleasures of life in a nice sunny place, while also taking care of fixing the halyard and catching up on professionnal work. It was our last week with our friends and the end of our stay […]
During our stay in Greece, we mostly experienced the prevailing NW breeze that starts about midday. Now that we were sailing south in company of Side by Side, we hoped for some nice sailing. This opportunity materialized during the passage from Ithaca to Zakynthos. Ambulance at Lefkas Canal On our way south, we took the […]
Five years ago, we were invited to cruise the blue waters of Corfu, Paxos and Antipaxos aboard Side by Side (Lagoon 450). It was a beautiful experience that consolidated our own project to buy a boat. Last year, as we were experiencing a cold and rainy week in Norway, we had a video call with […]
This week was (mostly) quiet and warm. With rising temperatures, we had to find new ways to keep the boat fresh, especillay on the days we worked. Playing hide and seek with the wind On our sail from Kefalonia to Lefkada, we had everything from 30 knots to no wind and constantly changing wind directions. […]
During this week, the wind picked up while we explored the south of Kefalonia. The Ionian islands offer many beaches, coves and bays to anchor on good holding grounds. They therefore provide the perfect setting to test our new plow anchor (Manson supreme 80 lbs) in conditions with strong NW wind (including long periods between […]