It has been a long time since writing the last blog post – land life came up with all its challenges. After our last weeks at sea crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Gibraltar back to Italy we arrived at our home port Marina di Pisa…
Leaving the Azores towards Portugal we experienced one of the most comfortable and smoothest crossing we’ve ever had on this journey. Six days with steady wind, sun shine and swells not too high. Just after leaving Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel, the sailing life showed…
June 3. We made landfall on Flores, the westernmost point of Europe! Thankful and happy, we are sitting on board of Johanna with a cold beer in our hands and sun on our salty faces. The lush greens of the island and the scent of…
On December 14th we came around the corner of the northern cape of St. Lucia and made landfall on our first Caribbean island after crossing the Atlantic. On the one hand, it feels like just a few days ago as the memories are so clear…
The first time I was on a market for fresh fruits and vegetables I was first excited and then shocked – I paid about 90EC (which is 30€) for a small bag of vegetables. It left me thinking about if I should abandon our long-term…
Of course we always wondered how it might be to celebrate Christmas and New Year in the hot climate of the Caribbean Islands. Candles melting in the sun, decorated palm trees with colorful lights and instead of Glühwein you hold a glass of ice-cold rum…
We have been waiting for this day for a very long time – the day to start our passage across the Atlantic ocean. Whilst Stephan already did it back in 2010, it was Berni’s first time to cross an ocean and the first time experiencing…
Early November. The nights were dark. Very dark, mostly clouded, almost black. It was hard to distinguish between the sea and the sky. The only source of light was an occasional glimpse of the new moon coming out of the clouds and fluorescent algae in…
The Strait of Gibraltar is just around the corner. On anchor in front of Alcaidesa Marina of La Línea we have a fascinating view at the Rock of Gibraltar next to us and a lot of big ships on anchor in the long bay. A…
Early October 2018 It has been about one month since we set sails in Marina di Pisa. I must say it was quite easy to get used to life on a sailboat. Sure, we have been sailing before and stayed on the boat for one…
