After finishing our crossing from Morocco in smooth motoring conditions without further incident, we’re now in Gran Canaria in our final hours before setting off for the Atlantic crossing. We aren’t the only ones doing this by any means – … Continue reading
This is day three of our passage from Rabat, Morocco to the Canary Islands, which will take five days by the time we arrive in Gran Canaria. This is our longest passage yet aboard Tamarisk and even though this is … Continue reading
All that stuff I said a few days ago about Spain and California being similar – I take it back, forget I ever said anything. The experience we’ve had since then definitely doesn’t resemble any we’ve had in CA. I’m … Continue reading
Piers and I are British by birth but have spent most of our lives in Southern California. Our friend Eric, who’s been with us for the past week, is a Southern California native. As we’ve explored the Costa del Sol … Continue reading
The fishing jokes officially came to an end yesterday. That’s because we caught a huge fish off the Spanish mainland coast. One of the nice things about the type of cruising we’re doing is that you can become almost totally … Continue reading
So far on this journey we’ve spent the majority of our time bouncing around islands in various countries, but also a fair amount of time on the mainland. Going back and forth has forced us to pay attention to the … Continue reading
The Balearic Islands are best known for being summer spots where manyvEuros come to party and get sunburned (for some unknown reason most people from norhern Europe are either pasty white or totally sunburned… somehow never experiencing the step of … Continue reading
Our first attempt at crossing from France to Spain ended abruptly when our autopilot malfunctioned in heavy weather about two hours after leaving mainland France. We immediately made a U-turn back to the mainland for repair work in La Lamondeu, … Continue reading