Am 100. Tag unserer Reise liegen wir eingeweht auf La Gomera. Unsere Abfahrt zu den Kapverden verzögert sich. Zeit für Reparaturen am Boot, Wanderungen an Land. Sowie ein erstes Resümee unserer Reise. Leben wir den Traum? Sind wir im „Traumleben“ angekommen? Haben die Reiseeindrücke uns verändert? Werden wir alte Gewohnheiten los?

We sail with the NE tradewinds to the westerly Canarian Islands and enjoy the relaxed Santa Cruz de Tenerifa. And we perform scheduled engine maintenance and reflect on engine costs.

It is day #80 of our Atlantic Circle, and ARGO and her crew have sailed more than 2.600sm only this year. This blogpost is about the 16 items, that make us safer, feel comfortable and make cruising much easier to us. The list is subjective and fits to our boat and what we are doing. In the best case, this list helps you to detect 'stupid money' and to avoid superflous cruising expenses.

Mascha schreibt ihren ersten Blogpost über ihre Eindrücke von Marokko

Jetzt segeln wir seit 60 Tagen immer Richtung Westen. Wir hatten nie den Plan, mit 50 aus dem normalen Leben auszusteigen, um segeln zu gehen. Wir sind auch nicht „ausgestiegen“, sondern zu tun das, was uns uns wichtig ist. Oder sind wir es vielleicht doch irgendwie?

When we considered Morocco the first time as a sailing destination and we started our planning using the obvious websites (noonsite.com and the like), we remained quite ambiguous, doubtful and we were questioning if Morocco is a good destination for cruising boats.

After restocking provisions and refueling - and saying goodbye to many new friends in Sale/Rabat, we stopped on our way further south in Mohammedia to wait for a wind shift. We got plenty of time to experience and reflect on the Moroccan boarder and customs procedures.

Despite different experiences in Tanger and Morocco twenty years ago, we are very happy in Morocco. In this post Steffen reports about marinas in Morocco and the specifics of coastal navigation in Morocco.