Flying Fish Life
Exploring the world on a Leopard 44 catamaran
Category: Passage
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Gibraltar to Las Palmas
It was time to go. Our original plan had been to sail from Gibraltar to Madeira, spend a few days in Madeira, then continue on to Las Palmas. The crossing to Madeira is about 5 days, then another 2 to Gran Canaria. It had become clear, however, that the weather had other ideas. The forecast…
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October 2024 – Part II
Will we ever get out of the Med? (Hint: yes.) Our calm afternoon motoring along the north coast of Mallorca went south almost as soon as the sun set. Winds that were supposed to be south southwest were pretty much just west, so again, wind and waves worked against us the whole night to Ibiza.…
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September 2024 – Part II
Too depressing to be included in Part I After motor sailing in light breezes most of the way from San Vito lo Capo we dropped anchor in a large bay at Campulongu on the southeast corner of Sardinia. We’d had some weather moments along the way, including a couple of almost-waterspouts, and though the night…
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July 2024
Our first over night passage – two nights actually – and no one died. And, hello Sicily! Zakinthos has a very mixed reputation. On the one hand it’s known for its frat boy atmosphere, loud parties until all hours of the night and drunken tourists living their vacation lives out loud. It’s also home to…
