Sailing from Santa Lucia to the British Vigin Islands we visited numerous islands all different with the influence of their colonisation pasts but all, whether flat, mountains or volcanoes, with crystal clear blue seas home to colourful coral, exotic fish, dolphins and turtles and beaches with palm trees and brightly coloured vegetation. Too much to…
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On February 18th 2019, Etienne and I left Mindelo, Ilha de São Vicente with a good northeasterly wind, fair seas and sunny skies. Unfortunately, it didn’t last for very long and as we passed south of the next island – Santo Antão the wind dropped quite a lot and it took us a few days…
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We left Gibraltar with a favorable weather forecast for a 6-day crossing, downwind and with moderate seas most of the time. Passing the Strait of Gibraltar took rather long due to a fairly strong adverse current but overall it was an uneventful navigation punctuated by watch changes every 3 hours. We stayed a while at the…
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After leaving Port-Saint-Louis du Rhône we spent the first night anchored at Isles du Frioul in front of Marseille. Next at calanque de Morgiou near Cassis and then we sailed during the night to the Isle of Porquerolles near Hyères. In the morning as we were mooring in one of the island coves we discovered…
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Final checks before going East along the Côte d’Azur and then across to Corsica and Sardigna ” The wind is changing, it is time to go ” – Mary Poppins
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Preparing and fitting Moondance for her next voyages with Solar panels, hydrogenerator and a thorough maintenance . . . from May to end of August !
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Our first sailing on Moondance at the end of May: 3 days and nights between Puerto Andratx, Mallorca Balearic Islands and Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône near Marseille to put Moondance on dry dock to prepare her to her next travels. Beautiful sunny weather but unfortunately not much wind.
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Sunny Palma! A sunny Easter weekend in Palma de Majorca Happy Owners! A Lovely Ship!
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