Best of Atlantic crossing 2015 / 16

Nice painting on Harbor Mole before departure

'If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.'  

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Planned route

Provisioning always a challenge

Charming assistance makes work easier

Solemn atmosphere under deck with Tini, Thierry,
Linda, Yannick (fltr)

Vegetables and fruits neatly stored

Bernhard, best chef at sea!!

 

...en route from Malaga to Teneriffa in November 2015...

Strong winds right after passage of Streets
of Gibraltar

Fantastic Sun Rises

VISION under Genacker

Reaching winds

Santa Cruz, Tenerife in December 2015

Marina Santa Cruz

Fresh fish à gogo for Yannick

Marina Mindelo on Cabo Verde

In Switzerland we tend to say if apes are

climbing, weather will get beautiful

Repair work 20m over sea level

Butterfly sailing...

Italian Yacht MAORI crossing our route

Impressive waves pushing us forward

Yannick with wonderful Blue Fin Tuna

Always excellent food thanks to Chef Bernhard

2 weeks of consecutive trade wind sailing

Heavier seas close to landfall in
Barbados

Landfall in Port St. Charles

Bad luck : broken knee just after landfall...

But, never ever give up

Heavy winds on passage from Barbados to

St. Lucia (Rodney Bay)

Shortly before arrival in St. Lucia

Wonderful time in Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Admirality Bay on Bequia, Yannick and Linda

Lonely anchor places in Tobago Cays

Beach Event with fresh Lobster, Tobago Cays 

Sail Fast, Live Slow...

Yannick with Yellow Fin Tuna

VISION viewed from Happy Hour Bar on Union Island

Famous flag of sailing club Pfäffikon

Yet another fish

Prickly Bay in Grenada

Lucie und Bernhard in Basil's Bar, Mustique

Bequia in the center of Paradise

2nd time Marigot Bay

Captain Jack Sparrow just around the corner ;-)

Skipper and Tini at Dr. Doolittle's Bar, Marigot Bay

Another Sun Set letting you dream

Wonderful Time on Barbuda

Cocoa Beach, Barbuda

Lonely anchor ground, nothing left nor right

Jolly Harbor Marina, Antigua

Time to say goodbye...

Provisioning for West-East-Passage

Weather Forecast for Northern Atlantic, heavy winds
expected... good choice of route ;-)

Crew with Thierry, Aiden, Louis and Bernhard (fltr)

Compass course mostly 90 degrees...

Cooking at sea requiring balance

Skipper and First Mate

Lots of Whales on Northern Atlantic
Route

Dolphins accompanying VISION

Dolphins from under water

Watch fascinating end of video...

Big Bonito catch...

Takes time to properly prepare

Sun Set

Eating at sea

Headsail reefing, constantly

9-10 knots of speed :-)

Northern Atlantic in April

Fast progression from Azores to Portugal

Big party after successful arrival in Malaga ;-)


And here's the reason why my other son, Patrick,
couldn't sail back with me and why we needed
to be back in early May :-)

Just in time to say hello to

newly born grand-child Sophie Christine, 6.5.16,

lovely daughter of Patrick and Laura

'Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.'  

Mark Twain