Ana
An upwind sail from Madeira to La Graciosa, Canaries
This was it we were going to sail upwind to the Canaries when most people sail downwid to get there!
Sailing The Dream
- Oct 29
2022-10-25>27 Machico, Madeira, Portugal > Playa Francesca, La Graciosa, Canaries, Spain
Logbook extract for the sailing trip from Madeira, Portugal to La Graciosa, Canary Islands, Spain 272 nautical miles in 46 hours
Ana
- May 11
Sailing West along the coastline of Southern Europe - France to Gibraltar
Eyes glued on the water, Ella going crazy and there it was a huge whale surfacing 50-100 meters to our starboard!
John
- Sep 18, 2018
Wrap up of Season 1 - Western Mediterranean Sea
We got to see and spend real time in some of the most beautiful places around the Western Mediterranean and I’m sure we have only just scrat
Sailing The Dream
- Jul 9, 2018
2018-07-07 Mahon, Menorca, Spain > Alghero, Sardinia, Italy
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Mahon, Menorca to the Alghero in Sardinia
201 nautical miles in 33 hours
Ana
- Jul 9, 2018
Light winds anchoring dance or the day my fog horn saved a catamaran
The following day we got up had our breakfast and got ourselves ready for the stressful day we were going to have, the winds were going to i
Sailing The Dream
- Jul 4, 2018
Spain, Balearic Islands, Menorca, Mahon - checking in and out
The cut off date for our departure started getting closer so we started the search for the relevant authorities. After having no luck with t
Ana
- Jun 27, 2018
If I had not seen it, I would not believe it
The Balearics are an absolutely stunning place, with plenty of anchorages to make ones delight. All the potential to be a great sailing dest
Ana
- Jun 24, 2018
M-O-S-Q-U-I-T-O-S
Mallorca could start an export business of mosquitos and would still have plenty to provide anyone in the area! They invaded our boat and ou
Ana
- May 5, 2018
First time anchoring
We made our way to Cala Talamanca just behind the harbour, found a good spot in between the Posidonia seaweed patches and dropped our 85lb M
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 30, 2018
2018-04-27 Calpe > Ibiza, Spain
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Calpe to the Balearic Islands, Spain
68 nautical miles in 11 hours
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 26, 2018
Spain, Cartagena - checking in and out
Checking in Cartagena was not exactly easy, it’s a port of entry but Customs seem to be only used to handling the big cruisers and cargo shi
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 25, 2018
Real Club Nautico Calpe
A simple marina without much interest, full of bird poo that they seemed to be cleaned. with a pressure hose a couple of days a week.
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 23, 2018
2018-04-19 Santa Pola > Calpe, Spain
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Santa Pola to Calpe, Spain
68 nautical miles in 11.30 hours
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 21, 2018
2018-04-19 Cartagena > Santa Pola, Spain
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Cartagena to Santa Pola, Spain
66 nautical miles in 11.30 hours
Sailing The Dream
- Apr 16, 2018
2018-04-12>13 Gibraltar > Cartagena, Spain
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Gibraltar to Cartagena, Spain.
227 nautical miles in 35 hours
Ana
- Apr 14, 2018
KNOCKED DOWN
And then all of a sudden the wind changed direction from a beam reach to downwind with gusts up to 48 knots and SLAM The Dream heels to 30 d
Sailing The Dream
- Aug 19, 2017
2017-08-15 Cadiz, Spain > Gibraltar
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Cadiz, Spain to Gibraltar
11 hours trip
Sailing The Dream
- Aug 14, 2017
2017-08-11 Vilamoura, Portugal > Cadiz, Spain
Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Vilamoura, Portugal to Cadiz, Spain.
18 hours trip