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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 ...

Slideshow

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 ...

Vigo

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 ...

Cascais to Porto

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 ...

Cascais, Lisbon & Porto

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 ...

Seville to Cascais

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 ...