halkidikiskipperMar 11, 20183 min readCruising the Canaries, what did we think?It was a bit of an adventure, Ellison’s first time proper Ocean sailing and longer distances than we’d normally do. You could tell...
halkidikiskipperMar 11, 20183 min readLas Gellates, dancing boats and fun with big winds in a MarinaThis blog entry is mainly about parking, securing the boat safely and dealing with big winds in harbour. Las Gellates itself is barely...
halkidikiskipperMar 11, 20182 min readSan Sebastian, a perfect sail and more dolphinsHaving had two long days getting to La Gomera we decided to stay for two days in San Sebastian, firstly because we wanted a rest and...
halkidikiskipperMar 7, 20183 min readOver 90NM in 2 daysHaving spent 3 days in Puerto De Mogan we decided to sail back to base in Tenerife as a stopover on the way to La Gomera. 50 NM to...
halkidikiskipperMar 4, 20183 min readPuerto De Mogan and Gran CanariaHaving had a fairly long hard day getting to Puerto Mogan from Tenerife we had always decided to stay for 3 nights. This meant we could...
halkidikiskipperMar 2, 20183 min readAn early start to Puerto De MoganMeasured on the GPS it’s 50 NM, ish, from Santa Cruz to Puerto De Mogan on Gran Canaria. So we set the alarm for 6:00 aiming to leave...
halkidikiskipperMar 2, 20182 min readSanta CruzSanta Cruz, the capital of Tenerife was a real surprise. For some reason we were expecting a small town and being on Tenerife fairly...
halkidikiskipperFeb 27, 20182 min readSanta Cruz, capital of Tenerife, two day stopoverOr maybe 3, we’ve arrived to the marina in Santa Cruz and plan to spend a day looking around, maybe going inland to look at a village...
halkidikiskipperFeb 25, 20182 min readCome to the Canaries they said…..Come to the Canaries they said, the weather in the winter is lovely they said. We’re hoping it will be but it sure isn’t today! Being...
halkidikiskipperFeb 23, 20181 min readRoad Trip!As some of you may know we’re off on a sailing adventure in the Canaries. It is a new adventure, neither of us have ever been to the...
