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Jun 15, 2024A Different Type of Exercise
Jun 9, 2024Back In The Saddle
Mar 4, 2024Buddhas, Boats, Bubbles and Bond
Sep 8, 2023Paradise with an Ocean View
Apr 30, 2023The Business Trip
Feb 28, 2023An Unexpected Adventure
Jan 21, 2023Life After Cruising
Jun 4, 2022Thanks for the Memories
Jan 30, 2022The End of an Era
Nov 16, 2021Time to retire
Oct 21, 2021The Homecoming
Oct 5, 2021Our ship came in!
Sep 15, 2021The Final Farewell
Aug 20, 20202020 Hindsight
Aug 4, 2020Navigating a Pandemic
Oct 31, 2019The new normal
Sep 30, 2019Vessels of Freedom
Sep 15, 2019Out of Africa
Sep 8, 2019Storm Watch
Sep 12, 2018Full circle
Aug 22, 2018The need for speed
Aug 13, 2018The road less traveled
Aug 10, 2018Gunkholing the Maddalenas
Oct 1, 2017Last sail 2017
Sep 21, 2017The movie set
Sep 20, 2017Ciao Bella!
Sep 20, 2017And the sun sets on another great season in the Med
Oct 15, 2016Summer was over
Sep 28, 2016The “Cool” Aunt
Sep 21, 2016Flying in Venice
Sep 21, 2016Living in the hood
Sep 24, 2015Change of plan
Aug 24, 2015Is this the Caribbean?
Jul 16, 2015Hylas Rendezvous
Jul 14, 2015You know you’re relaxed when…
Sep 11, 2015Land of ouzo and zucchini fritters
Sep 7, 2015Cocktails, sunsets and other stuff
Oct 2, 2014One more island
Sep 9, 2014From rubble to ruins
Oct 1, 2013A country of contrasts
Sep 1, 2013Learning to live in Turkey
Aug 28, 2013Saving the best for last
Aug 24, 2013When a plan comes together
Aug 29, 2013Reaching a Goal
Jul 29, 2013Anchors Away
May 14, 2013A recap of 2012 cruising season and plan for 2013
Oct 10, 2012Greece, Finally.
Mar 24, 2012A recap of 2011 cruising season and plan for 2012.
Oct 9, 2011The End of the Season.
Sep 12, 2011Sorpresas (Surprises) in Sicily.
Sep 4, 2011August in Italy
Mar 11, 20112010 Recap – Our Third Year of Cruising.
Dec 16, 2010Finally, An Update.
Sep 1, 2010Learning to Love Sangria
Sep 1, 2010Festivals in Menorca
Dec 1, 2008Thanksgiving in the Caribbean
Nov 17, 2008Caribbean Bound – Again
Aug 11, 2008Back to Annapolis
Jun 2, 2008Flying through the Gulf Stream
Dec 25, 2007Christmas in the Caribbean
Dec 19, 2007St. Thomas, Olga and the Bitter End
Dec 10, 2007St. John by Land and Sea
Dec 3, 2007More of the British Virgin Islands
Dec 15, 2006Berkeley East Arrives
Jul 6, 2006Visit to Queen Long
2010
A Day in Morocco
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 […]
We are in the Med!
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 […]
Leaving Portugal – Hola España!
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 […]
LAND LUBBING IN PORTUGAL
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 […]
ARC Europe Rally Wrap Up
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 […]
Azores to Lagos, Portugal
Lagos, Portugal We began the last part of our crossing in cloudy skies, with a brisk wind on the nose. As usual, we started Berkeley East in the back of the pack to avoid the congestion at the start line. She built speed quickly and we began to pass the boats one by one, until […]
Punta Delgada Sao Miguel – the Green Island
Azores Sao Miguel is the largest island in the Azores and its commercial center. The town of Pont Delgada, the capital, is a large city with a lot of activity, but once in town, you can still see the picturesque churches and 16th century buildings. At each stop, there were fewer and fewer ARC Europe […]