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As Caroline mentioned in the last post, we sailed our boat to Columbia (Santa Marta) and had only a couple of sightseeing days together,...

Following on from our previous blog about Bonaire and Curaçao .... we have spent a bit more time in these two places and added a few more...

We sailed from Grenada, Prickly Bay towards the ABC islands ( Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao). The ABC's sit just off the northern coast of...

Cover picture: Tobago - feeding Hummingbirds Where we currently are: We sailed from Martinique to Barbados. Due to currents and winds,...

Following on from our last Caribbean update....an island at a time... Saint Barthelemy / St Barth St Barth is an expensive but also one...

Cover photo: Indian River in Dominica Following on from our last Caribbean update.... we are still heading north, checking out one island...

We wanted to take our time and make the most of the Caribbean Winward islands. Apparently, it becomes more civilised the further up north...

It took us 16 days from Cape Verde to Grenada "the so called Spice Island". We sailed double handed (without crew) which turned out to be...

Photo: Swimming with Turtles in Cape Verde. We managed to get everything done in Las Palmas in regards to boat maintenance and our...

Another year has passed and we are now on the famous barefoot route, where we hope to find pleasant trade winds and warm weather. We will...

Nice view of the mountain that Sven hiked up to the top one morning. We are constantly on the go with our floating home. Here a...

We said Goodbye to our 2 1/2 years in the Mediterranean Sea and our last stop in Gibraltar. Goodbye nice night and day view of the Rock...

Title Photo: Batería de Castillitos in Murcia, Spain From Mallorca, we headed to Playa de Cala Boix, Ibiza. There was no internet...

"Kwilena" in Cala Domestica, Sardinia (Italy) Sailed up to Cap Bon / Tunisia from where we crossed over to Sardinia / Italy. We were...

Our new friend (more about Tunisia later). The snow has melted and Spring has well and truly arrived. The days are sunny and warm....

Update from Sven: Yes, Caroline was temporarily replaced 😊 by my nephew Fabian. Fabian joined a week after Caroline left Agios Nikolaos...

We are used to cats belonging to someone... but in Greece, cats are regarded as a natural co-habitant and are truly community cats! The...

An update since our last blog. We sailed from Kastellorizo to Rhodes. Nothing eventful happened during this 12 hours trip. We were...

More about this picture later on. Btw - there were some accessibility issues with our last blog "Türkiye - Pirates Ahoy". This has now...

More later about our various encounters with Pirate boats! Below is a map showing our overnight stops mentioned in this blog (yellow...

Türkiye is our 11th country with our boat over the last 18 months. We successfully checked out of Greece and paid an agent to do our...

Why not, nobody (except us walking past). Sven said, if Caroline was on the stone, the stone would melt 😂😂😂... (he tries to be...

The perfect magical rainbow in a little bay in Greece. A "new" wind to keep an eye on. The Meltemi is the most characteristic wind of the...

😊 more about this chiseled "Greek God" later 😊 We set sail at first light and headed from Croatia - Lastava island back across the...