Sailing activities in 2020
When the last guests departed we had just a few days to clean and prepare the boat ready for our return to Hamburg. This involves a thorough cleaning of the interior, emptying and defrosting the freezer (fridge stays on running on solar power), flushing the seawater out of the engine, Read more…
With a new crew onboard (these guys had been waiting since March to come) we spent a couple of days visiting some places on La Palma. One of the crew had never been there before and it seemed to be a waste to get that far and not see something Read more…
Previously we had sampled some rather excellent wine from a local vineyard in the north of the island (near Puntagorda). At the time we had been told that during the grape harvest the vineyard needed volunteers to help out. There was no money involved, but a good breakfast and lunch Read more…
After a few days exploring El Hierro we sailed on to La Gomera. The sail across was, shall we say, uneventful. Enough wind to sail but not enough to make it exciting. As usual the last hours were under engine as the wind had gone to play elsewhere. Entry into Read more…
Following a long delay caused mainly by the Corona virus we finally had some guests and could go sailing again. The plan was to go from La Palma to El Hierro and then on to La Gomera. On each islands we would rent a (large) car and explore the islands Read more…
The trip back from Hamburg to La Palma was an uneventful, but long trip. It took nearly 10 hours as we had to fly to Tenerife, take a transfer to change airports and then fly back to La Palma. We had filled in the required “FCS” form on the Spanish Read more…