Laura Dekker

24th May 2023

From the realm of salt, waves and wind

I would like to say sailing upwind is fun, but it isn’t really – well I don’t think so. There are these descriptions of sailing which […]
22nd May 2023

Golden sunrise

We had a lovely Sunday, which started with a beautiful golden sunrise. The sun rose like a big ball of fire above the horizon. The few […]
20th May 2023

Going with the wind

The beautiful thing about sailing is that you can use the wind to go anywhere in the world, that of course is also the downside. You […]
18th May 2023

Dock paintings and Misty Walks

We had a great time exploring the Azores. Hiking around the caldera, eating at a vegan restaurant that only uses homegrown food and of course going […]
11th May 2023

Sharks, Whales and Baby Dolphins!

Well, the rain is gone, but so is the wind. Of course it’s well known that there is often a high around the Azores, but not […]
9th May 2023

Applecake and Drizzle

Luckily we didn’t flap and roll around for too long, the waves started to smooth out pretty soon, but with the waves, the wind left as […]
7th May 2023

Dolphins and waves

Yesterday we sailed along very nicely, the wind got less and the waves smaller, by now the waves have been getting a lot smaller but not […]
5th May 2023

Halfway with wind, waves and lightning

On Thursday the wind and waves started to pick up, as we expected they would. For the next day a low pressure system would move over […]
3rd May 2023

Sailing with the Man o’ war

So far the weather has been amazing, great winds and mostly blue skies. Yesterday there was a lot of low cloud all the way around us, […]