If you read through the previous blog post about THE crossing, you may get the idea that such a crossing isn’t really that much of a deal, that it’s easy and you’ll be on the other side before you know it. That is not quite the case. So, here’s some extra info about THE crossing… Continue reading THE crossing
Month: December 2021
Crossing to French Guyana / Suriname
The 1st 500 miles We leave Friday December 3 around 1 pm from Mindelo where we have been for almost 14 days. The 1st week with family visits from Wageningen and the 2nd week while supplying for the crossing. More boats leave and we have ‘company’ of some other boats between Sao Vicente (the island… Continue reading Crossing to French Guyana / Suriname
Champagne!
We have arrived! It wasn’t champagne sailing (perhaps a bit of Martini-sailing, albeit “shaken ánd stirred” 😉), but that doesn’t matter anymore: we’re on the other side, we have crossed the ocean! Last night we dropped our anchor at the Iles du Salut of French Guiana. The bottle could be opened! From here we continue… Continue reading Champagne!
Cape Verde “No Stress”
We finally left Pasito Blanco on Gran Canaria on Monday November 8 for the crossing to Cape Verde and arrive at Sal on Sunday evening November 14 after a crossing of 6 and a half days. It is already dark from about 6 o’clock, so we slowly approach the anchorage for the village of Palmeira… Continue reading Cape Verde “No Stress”