Espalmador, Spain When we left the coast of Spain for the Balearic Islands, we were unsure which island we would go to. As the winds picked-up and we made good time, we decide we could make the extra distance to Espalmador. Espalmador is a small, private island with one long white sand beach and it […]
Tangier, Morocco We have always wanted to go to Morocco. When we were at the top of The Rock of Gibraltar, we could see it, so we decided to take the ferry across and spend a day in Tangiers. We left Gibralter early, walked across the airport runway into Spain, and caught a cab to […]
Gibraltar From Cadiz we headed toward Gibraltar and through the famed Strait of Gibraltar. The strait is a narrow body of water that separates continental Europe (Spain) from Africa (Morocco), and the Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea. It is just over eight miles wide at its thinnest point and serves as a funnel for […]
Cadiz & Seville Spain Upon returning to Berkeley East from our trip around Portugal, it was time to get moving, we had been in Portugal for almost a month. So we quickly had a passeralle (a gang plank for boarding when moored stern to the dock) fitted to Berkeley East and we headed off on […]
Lagos Portugal After the end of the ARC Europe Boat Rally, we spent a few days visiting with people from the remaining ARC boats, and planned a land trip through Portugal. This was the first big trip that we have taken on land since we took delivery of Berkeley East three and a half years […]
Lagos, Portugal We sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, the wrong way! We knew the sailing would be difficult, and that joining a rally wouldn’t change that. But we felt that sailing the passages with other boats would give us comfort, even though we probably would never see the other boats after one night out. We […]
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