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Nostalgia trip to Morro Jable
From Gran Tarajal it is a short sail, just over 20 nautical miles down to Morro Jable on southern Fuerteventura. We have been there once before, at the beginning of 1990. At that time, they had just started building large hotels by the beautiful beach. We’ll…
Visiting Gran Tarajal
In order to make a few stops along the way, we leave Rubicon about 1 week before we were supposed to arrive in Las Palmas. We take the route east of Fuerteventura and the first port is Gran Tarajal, barely 50 nautical miles from Rubicon.
Vineyards in Lanzarote
The car excursion continues and we visit the wine district around La Geria to see how grapes are grown in a volcanic area. Since we didn’t visit La Graciosa when we sailed here, we want at least to view the island from a vantage point at…
Lanzarote’s large lava fields
In this story, you can follow us on a day trip with a rental car to the north of the island. Among other things, we want to experience the large pitch-black lava field in the middle of the island that you can see on Google Maps.
Rubicon on Lanzarote
The first weeks of our stay on Lanzarote, we familiarize ourselves with the surroundings around the Rubicon Marina all the way to Faro Punta Pechiguera in the west. We also make several short sailing excursions to the beaches east of Rubicon.
To Lanzarote
This leg is approximately 290 nautical miles (535 km) and will take approximately 2 days to sail in the moderate following wind from north to northwest.
Porto Santo a second time
Now it’s almost October and it’s time to sail to Las Palmas. We will try to get there just before ARC 2022 starts on November 20, so we have plenty of time. The first stop on the way there will be Porto Santo, a sailing that…
Norwegian pier paintings in Porto Santo
Here are the pier paintings that have been done by the crew of sailing boats from Norway.
Swedish pier paintings in Porto Santo
Here are the pier paintings that have been done by the crew of sailing boats from Sweden.
Danish pier paintings in Porto Santo
Here are the pier paintings made by the crew of sailing boats from Denmark.
Finnish pier paintings in Porto Santo
Here are the pier paintings made by the crew of sailing boats from Finland.
Back in Lagos
When we come back to Lagos after a nice summer at home in Sweden, a rather intense month awaits before we have to leave Lagos to sail south. We are going to launch and do a lot of work on Sally before she is ready to…
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Sailing Sally 