After a rejuvenating month on Dominica, it was time for us to leave and sail south. Before we had to do the exit-PCR test so drove down to Roseau, the capital of Dominica and stayed one night at a historical hotel called Fort Young. Early next morning we waited two hours for our PCR test.…
At three o clock in the morning we saw the lights of St. Lucia and Martinique on the horizon after 2100 NM. Some squalls followed Ydalirs silent sail both on starboard and to Portside and the moon was smiling from behind as we approached the Caribbean. The stars were still guiding us, before they went…
Thank you everyone who has been following us on the YB races app. It is a new experience for us to join a race and it feels exciting and safe that our friends and family can follow us on the YB app. https://www.ybtracking.com/blog-full-post?id=192&title=World+Cruising+Club-+ARC We had a very good start as we were using the parasail,…
Having sailed day and nights from the old continent to the Canaries, we were very happy to meet thee crew of Modesty and Skyline again. The two ships started from Gibraltar at the same time as we from Ayamonte and we had VHF and satellite contact after the second day on the Atlantic. We had…
With all our nice memories from Getaria, we continued and sailed 25 hours along the impressive Spanish coast and arrived to Gijon after 145 NM sail on the calm sea. In Gijon we met another Swedish boat, Relief, with Cecilia and Håkan on board and it felt a little bit like home to exchange experiences…
We could sail quite well on beam reach on the starboard tack, but sometimes had to push a little with our “iron Genua” (=nanny engine) against the side tide. The 50NM distance took us 8 hours, from 8-16, a normal working day. It may be that the name Dieppe origins from the Norse language. It…
Two calm days in the harbour of Scheveningen was exactly what we needed and we took the chance to see Den Haag and went to “Escher in het Paleis”, a beautiful museum with the graphic artist M.C. Escher, who is famous for his impossible constructions and transformation prints. An extraordinary work of art. Early Monday…