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08. April 2024
The Islands of The Bahamas spread themselves out over a geographic area more than 500 nm long. The islands are not one continuous cruising ground, and are grouped into several different archipelagos and several larger islands, and each one has a unique flavour of cruising. Each offers its own set of cruising destinations. You can choose to visit a single island chain or visit them all. You can speed your way through the country, moving to a new anchorage every night, or you can slow down to...
19. März 2024
Yesterday we arrived in Long Island Bahamas after a trip of more than 230 NM from Provo, Turks and Caicos. We left the Caicos Banks with just 1m under the keel –it was an adrenaline-pumping sail! Think of the Caicos Bank as a 60-nm wide, circular, reef-fringed atoll. Water depths on the Bank run from around 6 meters/20 feet to 0 MLW. Proven transit routes carry about 2.4 meters/8 feet. Much of the Bank remains unsurveyed. Whatever the skill level, the prudent sailor will ensure that visual...
12. September 2023
Life's most touching surprises often arrive when least expected. We're deeply thankful to Nautor's Swan for documenting our dream journey from Tuscany to the Caribbean in their magazine. 🌟💙 #UnexpectedJoy
12. Januar 2022
The ultimate plan is to cross the Atlantic this year so although we could spend a lifetime in the Mediterranean! The earliest time for our Atlantic crossing from the Canaries along the NE trade wind route is after the middle of November, as such a departure ensures that landfall in one of the Caribbean islands is made in early December at the beginning of the safe winter season. The majority of round the world voyages undertaken by cruising sailors are sailed from east to west for the very good...
21. Februar 2020
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” Wir stecken mitten in der Routenplanung für Ambra’s erstes Segeljahr. Der Launch ist direkt nach Ostern in Villefranche sur Mer bei Nizza. Dann geht es direkt weiter südlich nach Korsika 🇫🇷 bis in den Norden von Sardinien bis Ende Mai. Ende Mai bis Anfang Juni segeltn wir rund um Ibiza 🇪🇸. Von dort über Mallorca und Menorca zurück nach Sardinien. Rund um Sardinien im Juli und dann Richtung Porto Ercole, Giglio,...
