26th November 2021 26th November 2021Porto Santo – LanzaroteAfter a lovely time on Porto Santo, it is time to move on, there has been a bit of a strange weather pattern creating southerly winds […]
29th November 2021 29th November 2021Lanzarote, land of volcanoesIt’s off to an early start today as we want to be able to see as much as possible of the island while we’ve got the […]
5th December 2021 5th December 2021Our last days in the Canary Islands.We had a fast passage to Las Palmas, leaving Lanzarote at around 4:30am. The wind was strong so Guppy powered along. We arrived in Las Palmas […]
7th December 2021 7th December 2021Cape Verde here we comeI love mornings but this particular morning was really beautiful. The high cliffs of Valle Gran Rey watched over us as Guppy gently swayed at her […]
8th December 2021 8th December 2021Fresh fish for dinnerThe squalls continue to pester us as can be seen by our track which became ever more interesting with the changing wind directions and speeds. It […]
11th December 2021 11th December 2021Big Flying Fish and colourful housesThe wind continues at a steady northerly swaying between 15 and 20 knots so Guppy is keeping good speed. In the last two days the flying […]
15th December 2021 15th December 2021Islands of the Cape VerdeToday, the 11th of December, we started the day with our schoolwork after Sander woke us up with the pots and pans because we all have […]
17th December 2021 17th December 2021Whales, Dolphins, Fish & 1980nm ahead.So far we have had an amazing start to our Atlantic crossing, well that is after we finally managed to get our anchor up…We heard a […]
19th December 2021 19th December 2021Into the trade windsAfter another full day of light winds and squalls, the wind slowly steadied out. The squalls also brought a fair bit of rain this time, rather […]