In light wind we started in Madeira for the 300 nautical miles to the Canary Islands. In the night the boat-speed even dropped to zero. But the next morning a whale appeared in the calm water. He sprayed a few times, then plunged into the depth, while he waved us with...
After crossing the Bay of Biscay, we sailed to Combarro via La Coruna, Muxia, Portosin and Sanxenxo. In Galicia Ela’s sister with her 5-member family joined us for the next three weeks. And then Asia and Gaia joined us for two days. That was full-house on Bajka....
Before leaving, we often asked ourselves when the best time was to cross Biscay. All factors should be right: wind, weather, waves and tides in Brest. No storm and no calm all over the route. Somehow we didn’t find three consecutive days where everything fit. It was...
