After returning from a successful Alderney voyage we thought about keeping the rain for a few next days in Guernsey. Again we wanted to stay at the inner harbour because we planned for staying several days and also water and
On Friday we departed from Guernsey as soon as there was enough water over the sill and sailed to our weekend destination, the island of Alderney. The wind was just perfect 10 knots and we were beam reaching in a
Our mind was desiring for the Channel Islands as last summer we only visited there shortly. We were waiting like most of the other crowd on the pontoons of Tréguier for the wind to ease. Finally the forecast showed 15
Last summer we stayed at the anchorage on the river Jaudy near Tréguier. However many sailors from both France and the UK have recommended to visit the town of Tréguier to us. Thus we headed there. We departed from Ploumanac’h
Here on the coast of North Brittany there are several places that can be reached only during the high tide. Both, our departure port Morlaix and our destination Ploumanac’h, are such a harbours. So we had to make a plan
In May the nights were still rather cold and Webasto was humming silently and warming Suwena’s interior and consuming diesel. We have never had so little fuel left. We even pondered if we’ve enough for reaching the fuel berth in
We were quite an exited on how Suwena has taken the winter when we finally arrived onboard in May. We had intent to visit her every second month for checking that all is ok during the winter but unfortunately we
We’ve now been sailing for eight seasons and over 9200 nautical miles in 17 different countries. Our basic philosophy is still the same: sailing forward each season looking for a new sailing areas. Our original summer plan was to keep
Cruising by sailboat has given to us amazing experiences in new countries and towns. This fifth season of 2015 with Nauticat 441 Suwena accrued 1025 new nautical miles on Suwena’s log while taking us towards more distant waters once again.
For taking a full advantage of the 3D mapping which Andrus and Esa made a day before, we aimed our departure from Paimpol to coincide with the high water. Everything went as planned. Both of them followed navigational aids that
