We sail from Gothenburg, Sweden to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands
The big day is finally here, we have been actively working towards our departure date for a year and we are excited and happy to be this close to the start. Today we just did small jobs on the boat, we have been provisioning food and stockpiling spare parts for the boat and the boat …
We have been in the Canary Islands for over a month now, and really enjoyed being here. In a post on our Facebook account, I noted that it felt like holiday. That’s because the trip down from Sweden was fairly hectic, we pushed hard to move and there was a lot of stress along the …
On 15 September 2023 we completed our longest passage to date, a 4-day sail from Nazaré on the Portuguese west coast to Porto Santo in the Madeira archipelago. Life on passage is a mixture of inactivity and constant activity. The boat is in continuous motion, it rolls from side to side or up and down …
Life onboard means of course eating onboard, and the more we can cook onboard, the more economical our trip will be. Generally we always eat breakfast onboard, although we have taken advantage of harbors like Zeebrugge where they delivered fresh baked bread and pastries every morning; or shopped in A Coruna where we could pick …
After leaving Luarca, we have been sailing west along the northern coast of Spain, landing in A Coruna on the 15th of August. The first night there we spent at anchor in front of a lovely beach, then the next morning we moved over to the harbor, ultimately spending four nights there. The harbor was …
Sailing across the Bay of Biscay has been a milestone for us. Partly because it has a bad reputation for having rough seas, and partly because it would be our longest single stretch so far. We are making our way down to Las Palmas, and looking for a weather window. It looked good early in …
We think we know why there are no popular YouTube channels cruising the North Atlantic coasts. It’s not been easy cruising! We have seen amazing views, had a lot of dramatic weather, and moved from point A to point B. But not so much good sailing or summer-type weather. However, we have spent over 40 …
When looking for a weather window, most sailors try to find one with the best sailing conditions. Unfortunately, we haven’t had much to choose from, so we took the one with the least headwind. Given the recent high winds, that translated to an average of 10 m/s or about 20 knots, which is a decent …
One thing that I keep learning as I travel, is how you can have preconceived notions about people or cultures that you have to re-evaluate. When we were in Germany, we were met by really friendly and open people. The harbormasters and staff have all been very helpful, we had four different employees of a …
Sometimes you get a little more wind than you are expecting. We checked and checked the wind yesterday, and also the wave height and periodicity, and decided that even though it was predicted to be around 13 m/s average winds, we have sailed several longer trips in those conditions and know how Lulu handles (very …
We set sail a week ago now, and have made it to a lovely little harbor in Denmark, Øer Maritime Ferieby in Ebeltoft. Sailing has been great, from a super calm and easy sail down to Kungsö in the southern part of Gothenburg, to a trip down to Bua near Varberg where we met up …
We had absolutely perfect weather for our sail from Lindholmen in Gothenburg, sunny and warm, a cooling breeze that was great for sailing. Lulu was dressed up in her party flags and looking lovely. Thank you to everyone who came to see us off, it was wonderful having a little crowd cheering as we left …