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Ille d'Houat

It's Saturday and all of France is here! There must be 75+ boats here in the anchorage on the West side of this little island in the Bay of Quiberon. Ever heard of it? Neither had I. But the beach ...

Arrived in La Rochelle

My 2021 Cruising Plan Atlantic Circuit shows us arriving in La Rochelle on August 5 and viola, here we are, on time! Like the German Bundesbahn, not like Amtrak! You'd think it was easy but it wasn' ...

Ponta Delgada

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 crossed to Madeira!

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 ...

Finally getting going!

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 ...