The sun has just come up on day three of our Atlantic crossing. Our greatest challenge so far was getting clear from the Canary Islands because the wind is highly unpredictable due to the large land masses. We found similar … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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
Morocco to Canaries Crossing
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
Rabat, Morocco
The past few days have been exciting times since picking up our father and uncle who have come aboard Tamarisk looking for some adventure. Almost immediately after they boarded, we sailed off the European continent towards the shores of Morocco. … Continue reading
Faro, Portugal
The Algarve is the southern coastal region of Portugal and is a place that most people have never visited and probably never will. That is both a huge shame and a blessing. A shame because people are missing out on … Continue reading
Lisbon, Portugal
We are in Lisbon now, where we’ve come by rental car from southern Spain. Lisbon is another city that is easy to fall in love with with because it has everything – ultra modern infrastructure, creative architecture, historical old towns … Continue reading
Cadiz, Spain
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