We should be in Horta on the island of Fayal now but we're not. It's a bit tricky to stick to a time table with Covid restrictions. We've been here in Sao Miguel since July 21. We had a great sail ...
We arrived here in Vila do Porto harbor at 1 am in the morning local time on the 18th. The last two days from Madeira were again a mixture of motoring and light air sailing. Our "cruising plan" call ...
We are 2 days out from Madeira and still have at least a day to go before we reach the first of the Azores, the small island of Santa Maria. We just finished a great chicken dinner with everyone sitt ...
When I downloaded the GFS grib for the next 5 days in the evening of July 6, it was similar to the gribs on prior days: it showed Westerly winds from 10-15 knots, slowly shifting to the North-Northeas ...
Approaching Gibraltar under Parasailor We're at anchor here at La Linea, just to the North of the runway of the Gibraltar airport. It's been a busy few days, but I'm getting ahead of myself. The t ...
It turns out I was unduly worried about the forestay. On Monday morning, as promised, 2 professional sailors appeared who took down the forestay and disassembled it in no time. It was obvious that t ...
Being vaccinated is like the get out of jail for free card in Monopoly: I could actually travel back to the boat in Vigo, Spain, without a test, without quarantine. When I arrived, Kincsem was alrea ...
I've made a slide show of photos and videos of the 2019 season. If you're up for 28 minutes, you can stream it by clicking the link below and then „download“ and „view“. Enjoy! Your text ...
Kincsem is now safely put away for the winter and I’m leaving tomorrow. Christoph and I had a nice few weeks of cruising the Galician rias (rivers) and getting Kincsem ready for the winter, althoug ...
It was a bit challenging to sail Kincsem to Porto from Cascais - at least as compared to hopping from harbor to harbor in the Med in the summer time. This is a coast that is not for novices or the fa ...