Today, Nicki is departing for home. We had a great time exploring Lisbon and Porto, first with family, Rainer und Almut, then with our old friends the Kluebers. Since this is a sailing blog, there w ...
The trip back down the Guadalquevir was quick and surprisingly we got to sail much of the way. We - Almut, Rainer, Christoph and I - anchored - again - at Bonanza near the mouth of the river b ...
When you look at the map of Kincsem's locations, you will notice a strange detour inland. Normally, cruisers like Kincsem don't go to Seville, which is some 50 miles inland. But in 2017, we were ber ...
On our way to Lisbon, we once again rounded Tarifa at the Western end of the Straight of Gibraltar - again in high winds, like in 2016 - and made one more nice stop: Cadiz. Cadiz is very nice town wi ...
We arrived here a few days ago after motoring most of the way from Malaga. Point Europa We are anchored just North of Gibraltar on the Spanish side - a place called La Linea. It takes 20 minute ...
The first part of the season ended today with one of the greatest sailing days we’ve had in the last few years. But even on Kincsem with all its push button systems, Eberhard and I were working har ...
There is another Amel 55 here at the dock at the Marina de Valencia. It is no. 2, built in early 2013 and it is owned by a nice Canadian couple. Time to exchange some ideas about improvements to th ...
Nicki and I had a great time on the boat at the Club Maritim. We would usually explore the city starting in the late morning and return to the boat for a late lunch. The best about our location at t ...
Well we made our way up to Alghero without further interventions by the authorities. The authorities did not leave us completely, however, but about that later. Next stop after the Gulf of Ositano w ...
