It's great to have the Admiral on board! We had such a good time sailing the boat together for the first time that week after Hyeres. It seems a long time ago now. After Hyeres, the Cote d'Azur re ...
2017 Spain to Greece
We have sailed from Hyeres to St. Tropez to Agay to Cannes to Nice - and the boat is still in one piece! I had the quick refresher course in tying fenders, getting the dratted bowline (palstek) knot r ...
Goodbye USA - for a while! After a very long flight from San Francisco, Joerg had made a great reservation at the Relais de Saint Ser, a small inn in a really beautiful spot, with a Restaurant on a t ...
It's been good to be here at Amel South. The work list has grown to over 30 items, mostly little warranty things. Yesterday, we went out sailing and identified the source of the creaking in the salo ...
The sailing was really good from Cassis. First day upwind to Sanary sur Mer in 10-15 knots. Second day downwind to Hyeres in 20-25kn. Sunshine all the time. Phantastic weather. Sanary was nice - ...
Non, monsieur. Il n’y a pas de place ….. It’s hard to believe but we did not get a berth in Marseille. There are literally thousands of berths in the old harbor but none for us. I had emaile ...
The last few days have been truly outstanding fun. From Estardil we sailed up to Cadaques, a well know tourist attraction on this Wild Coast. There is no harbor in Cadaques, only a bay to anchor in ...
The last day was not so great. I was sick as a dog from eating something bad and, most importantly, we lost our trusted bow thruster. I had called ahead to Estardil to reserve a space but when we g ...
Yesterday, Kalle and Jutta left and Eberhard from Gauting arrived. I'm now getting experience in the "washing, cleaning and teaching" routine involved in a crew change. The boat needs to be cleaned i ...
We have been getting complaints about the weather recently and I have to say there’s something to them. The AC heater is on every morning to get the boat up to even spring temperatures. Yesterday, ...