Spain

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Where Are We Now?
Adventure· Mar 11, 2024

Where Are We Now?

Six months after selling Long Summer and saying goodbye to our sailing life, we are reflecting on the adventure that was…

2020 Zeitgeist
Sailing· Nov 9, 2020

2020 Zeitgeist

A little look back on our summer of 2020…

Adiós España
Sailing· Oct 15, 2020

Adiós España

Tonight is our last night in Spain. 10 weeks after leaving Morocco, it’s time to take on our final cruise of the season…

Celebrations
Adventure· Oct 12, 2020

Celebrations

This time last year we landed on the shores of Northern Spain, having just crossed the Bay of Biscay on our very first voyage aboard Long Summer…

Ciutadella
Adventure· Oct 12, 2020

Ciutadella

After a relatively short hop over from Mallorca to Menorca we finally had the opportunity to complete our first Med mooring…

Pollença
Adventure· Oct 5, 2020

Pollença

In the week following The Big Storm in Pollença Bay, we moved into the marina at Port de Pollença to wait out some more we

Fresopolis
Adventure· Oct 4, 2020

Fresopolis

When you live on a boat, a day at the farm is a rare thing…

Cap de Formentor
Adventure· Oct 2, 2020

Cap de Formentor

Heading out along the spit that juts out from the north of Mallorca island is a dramatic coastal drive…

Storm Chasers
Adventure· Sep 30, 2020

Storm Chasers

Having arrived in Pollença a week ago, our stay so far has been nothing short of dramatic…

Sóller
Adventure· Sep 23, 2020

Sóller

The past few days anchored in the bay of Port de Sóller has been an absolute delight…

Cabrera National Park
Adventure· Sep 16, 2020

Cabrera National Park

The small archipelago of Cabrera that lies to the south of Mallorca was declared a National Park in 1991, and covers over 900 square kilometres…

Mallorca (So Far)
Adventure· Sep 11, 2020

Mallorca (So Far)

The past week in Mallorca…

Island Hopping
Sailing· Sep 7, 2020

Island Hopping

Ibiza to Mallorca…

Ibiza Town
Adventure· Sep 4, 2020

Ibiza Town

We were not prepared for the magic of Ibiza Town. It caught us quite off-guard…

Park Life
Adventure· Sep 2, 2020

Park Life

Fun in the sun..!

South-West Ibiza
Adventure· Aug 31, 2020

South-West Ibiza

We’ve spent the past week pootling around the South-West coast of Ibiza…

Scrub-A-Dub-Dub
Sailing· Aug 27, 2020

Scrub-A-Dub-Dub

Cleaning the house looks a little different these days…

Formentera
Adventure· Aug 22, 2020

Formentera

Formentera, you have stolen our hearts! Only accessible by boat, this little island paradise on the edge of the Balearics is utterly captivating…

Night Sailing
Sailing· Aug 17, 2020

Night Sailing

We hadn’t planned on leaving Cartagena so soon, but a few days ago we did just that…

Tangier to Cartagena
Sailing· Aug 14, 2020

Tangier to Cartagena

After our release from Morocco, we hopped along the coast of southern Spain, bypassing Gibraltar and finally sailing into

Spanish Waters
Adventure· Aug 4, 2020

Spanish Waters

Freedom tastes salty.

Out Of Africa
Sailing· Aug 2, 2020

Out Of Africa

We have left Morocco!

The Algarve To Andalusia
Sailing· Nov 11, 2019

The Algarve To Andalusia

We spent most of the first two weeks of November making our way along the coast from Lagos, Portugal to Cádiz, Spain. The end of our first season of saili

Gijón to Cascais
Sailing· Oct 25, 2019

Gijón to Cascais

We had not planned to sail along the west coast of Europe on the Atlantic Ocean this close to winter. Originally we were going to hop along the coastline