Recent content by balder

I agree with RupertW, it is more easy after ARC departure to find a berth and the best plan is certainly Las Palmas if you like the city. For our 18-20m lenght, we paid more or less 450 EUR a month! Try to find this, even in Normandy!!! But end of august, they start to say you, please leave...

Hello, We spent also several "magnifiques années" in Canary and enjoyed really of the islands and friendly atmosphere with locals, quite different from Spain peninsula. One major issue is that there is not, more or less,high or low season. That means it is better to book for six months in a...

Some people are trying to take some ( economical....and financial...)benefits from our problems with orcas in Galicia, Portugal, and south coast Spain . Websites, flags, telegrams censored or controlled groups, like if we should be in a fun club, fund raising to "buy me a beer" , there are no...

We,as well decided to stay in La Linea. And as you said, no issues!

I would like to moderate my positive comment concerning Marina Bay and Ocean Village. Expecting to spend some days in Gib to do some special maintenance on my engine, I asked politely with my broken english, if a berth would be soon available. The answer looks like if I have asked for a berth in...

I spent several months in Gibraltar and I loved the place. As a french norman, we were really welcome in Marina Bay with a very friendly staff as mentionned below. Prices were very correct and I found a very reliable and professional service with James Molinari ltd. The team did a very good work...

Hello, recently back in Med from Canarias to do our 2022 refit more easily, I already miss "my" sunny and friendly islands, so I plan to motor back asap with certainly a passage later to Capo Verde and further if life let me do considering the last horribilis years. But as you say, Phanakapan...

Few weeks ago, everybody was talking about pingers. I bought two of these small electronic devices. Fortunately, during my trip back from Canary to Gib with a stop in Portugal, I didnt need to use them, no intercation with orcas. But I read it was now forbiden to use pingers ? And if somebody...

Very well said and 100% accurate, Daw!

Hello, I have decided to "sail" back from Las Palmas gran canaria to Med, Valencia, last may. So we left the islands with our three tanks full ( 8600 metric liters). At 7,5 kts SOG, heading north mostly against current and swell , we burned 18 liters per an hour ( 1450 rpm, hydraulic stabs...

Sailing back from Las Palmas GC to Portugal directly, I have decided to steer to Vilamoura to avoid to land directly to Gib at night or after this "long" passage from Canary. From Vilamoura to Barbate, we have had quite bad weather but , fortunately , we have not met orcas. I had also two...

Last year, we were able to go to the beach mostly every days during winter months. I can tell you this is quite different this year! Rain and grey sky in Tenerife, and further in Las Palmas.But it doens t look better in Med and yachts during their passages to the caribbean encountered a lot of...

[Unwelcome content removed] To answer politely to the OP, Canarys Islands are more and more crowdy with boats not crossing to the Caribbean. Prices of marina more expansive.. and of course swell of Atlantic and as mentioned , few anchorages.. After 3 years cruising from east to west and back, I...

Non considering Carribean, a perfect plan! But you must not forget that sail from the Canaries islands to Gib, via Madeira or not, requires gentle winds and more or less no swell.... ( and also no annual meeting of orcas!) From Gib to Lanzarote when we came the first time, we had F6 but with...

Concerning Martinique, "nouveau confinement de l'ile pour une durée de trois semaines, décidé par le Prefet avec couvre feu de 21h à 7h et interdiction de se déplacer à plus de 10kms", new lockdown is instaured for three weeks. Etat d'urgence sanitaire pour la Guadeloupe, St Martin et St Barth:cry: