Egypt
Offseason: Egypt This is our penultimate non-sailing trip before we return to the Rivercafe and the new season begins. This trip took us to Egypt, on the Red Sea, 100 nm across from Saudi Arabia. Our first visit […]
Mittelmeer
Preparations for the new season
Sailing in Greece My inner clock is telling me persistently that it’s time to sail. Last night I woke up because I heard a strong wind outside. I was about to get up to go for a walk
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Arriving in Montenegro
Montenegro – Winter break for Rivercafe After three years, 16,096 nautical miles (nm) or 29,809 sailed kilometres in three continents, we moored our Rivercafe in a home port for the very first time. The last sailing leg of
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Sailing in Italy – Apulia
Ciao Italia The limited attractiveness of southern Italy quickened our pace. We lengthened our day trips and shortened the number of stops. From Crotone we left Calabria in the morning in complete darkness and headed for Apulia, 75
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Sailing in Italy – disappointing Calabria
Calabria – bad weather, long sailing days First things first: thank you very much for all the birthday greetings, it was a pleasure. As was the delicious pistachio cake that Ka made. The day, which was also unavoidable
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Sailing in Italy – Aeolian Islands
Aeolian Islands 13,000 people have chosen a somewhat remote place to live. North-east of Sicily you can find the Aeolian Islands, the Islas di Eolias in the original. Seven of the islands are inhabited and they offer a
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Sicily
Sailing in Italy – Sicily Before dawn we set our mainsail in Sardinia and set course for Palermo. Two days, one night and 200 nm lay between us and the largest island of the Mediterranean. For the first
Ciao Sardinia
Sailing in Italy – Sardinia 32 hours after leaving Spain, an incredibly friendly marina crew welcomed us to Italy. In Calasetta in the southwest of Sardinia, where we were going to weather the approaching storm. We had made
Offshore sailing Menorca – Sardinia
Report from Offshore Crossing Almost always we write about places or arriving somewhere. But there are also the long days in between and today we want to report about them. From Menorca to Sardinia we had a little
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Gracia a la vida – Adios España
Mallorca Part 3 – Menorca Ah, the superlatives. They are used so often and carelessly. But in the case of Cabrera it is different. The small nature reserve in the southwest of Mallorca is a superlative. A perfect
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