My first 1200 Miles
Here you will find photos from my first year of travelling, from the Netherlands to the Portuguese coast.
Part 5
A Coruña to Baiona
April 2023 - Mai 2023
Visiting the Ocean Race Open 60 from Team ‚Viva Mexico'
…sparse from inside
Last tests of new rudder and autopilot
Cloudy goodbye from my 6-month home in Coruña
Muxia
Way of St. James in Muxia
Rounding La costa del Morte
Fisterra
Muros
Ria de Arousa
Ria de Arousa
New guest from Germany
Enseada de Boiro
Marina Pedras Negras
Another visit from customs authorities
Combarro
Pontevedra
way to Ria the Vigo
Vigo
Ria de Vigo
Enseada de Barra/Ria de Vigo
Enseada de Barra
Isla Cies
Isla Cies
Isla Cies
Isla Cies
Isla Cies
Isla Cies
Baiona, Last stop in Spain
Part 4
Boat-repairs in A Coruña
03.08.22 - spring 2023
Waiting for the new rudder
Exploring A Coruña meanwhile
Porto de A Coruña
Porto de A Coruña
La Leonesa
Best Jamoneria in Town
Torre de Herkules
2000 yrs old lighthouse
Victoria, the most beautiful part of A Coruña :-)
Morning in Marina Coruña Varadero
My Dahon bike
best piece of equipment on Ragna
Daily routine
Weekly routine
The new rudder
Finally back in water after 2 months of waiting and repairs
30.09.22
open heart surgery:
new electronics for the autopilot
02.10.22
First sail with new rudder, new quadrant, new autopilot...
…and new figurehead
New windows for Ragna
And again a guest
Exlporing beautiful A Coruña
…and Santiago de Compostela
The real reason why I crossed the Bay of Biscay...
… getting a tattoo with a beautiful woman in a nasty
harbour dive :-)
⚓️🖤🏴☠️
Off for a winter break in Germany
Part 3
Pointe du Raz/F to A Coruña/ES
Incl. interaction with a group of Orcas
26.07.2022 - 03.08.2022
705- 1050 nm
Pointe du Raz/F- 26.07.22 - 700 nm
Goodbye France
Bay of Biscay - 26.07.22 - 710 nm
Endlessness
Bay of Biscay - 26.07.22 - 720 nm
exhausted guest on board
Bay of Biscay - 26.07.22 - 730 nm
Bay of Biscay - 27.07.22 - 760 nm
Darkest night, no moon, no starts. until you see…something
Bay of Biscay - 27.07.22 - 775 nm
guests for breakfast
Bay of Biscay - 27.07.22 - 800 nm
ongoing endlessness
Bay of Biscay - 27.07.22 - 820 nm
Bay of Biscay - 27.07.22 - 850 nm
Second night
Bay of Biscay - 28.07.22 - 865 nm
Bay of Biscay - 28.07.22 - 880 nm
Bay of Biscay - 28.07.22 - 905 nm
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 970 nm
0500 in the morning, first ships in sight
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 1005 nm
1200 after the engine died an hour before we have new guests...
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 1005 nm
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 1005 nm
and even more guests
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 1005 nm
Bay of Biscay - 29.07.22 - 1005 nm
seconds attack: first Orca comes back with his family of six
Cariño/ES - 29.07.22 - 1020 nm
rescued to the port of Cariño
Cariño/ES - 29.07.22 - 1020 nm
Port of Cariño, weather matches the mood
Cariño/ES - 29.07.22 - 1020 nm
a warm welcome
Cariño/ES - 29.07.22 - 1020 nm
Happy to have been rescued...
Cariño/ES - 29.07.22 - 1020 nm
… or not???
Cariño/ES - 30.07.22 - 1020 nm
Trying to organize some help
Cariño/ES - 30.07.22 - 1020 nm
This used to be the rudder sector/quadrant
Cariño/ES - 31.07.22 - 1020 nm
Been towed to a 6m high wall in a tidal harbour
Cariño/ES - 01.08.22 - 1020 nm
Cariño/ES - 02.08.22 - 1020 nm
moored directly under a gas station but they won’t sell me Diesel
Cabo Ortegal/ES - 03.08.22 - 1025 nm
Finally getting support and beeing brought back to civilization
Cabo Ortegal/ES - 03.08.22 - 1040 nm
At least the coast is very nice here
Marina Coruña/ES - 04.08.22 - 1050 nm
My rudder is ‚only‘ bend. Thanks to C-Yacht and their sturdy boats
Marina Coruña/ES - 04.08.22 - 1050 nm
Just a reminder that things can even go worse. The skipper of the Class40 survived 16 hours in an air bubble inside his boat upside-down after he lost his keel
A Coruña/ES - 05.08.22 - 1050 nm
Waiting for the repairs to start. I will take 2,5 months
Part 2
Le Havre/F to Pointe du Raz/F
05.07.2022 - 26.07.2022
365 - 705 nm
Courseulles-sur-Mer/F - 05.07.22 - 390 nm
Tidal port, entrance only at high tide +/- 2hrs
Courseulles-sur-Mer/F - 07.07.22 - 390 nm
I wish I would have startet an own photo series about restrooms
Courseulles-sur-Mer/F - 07.07.22 - 390 nm
Coast of Calvados Region/F - 07.07.22 - 415 nm
‚summer' sail
Saint-Vaast/F - 08.07.22 - 445 nm
Next tidal port, entrance at high-water +/- 2hrs
Saint-Vaast/F - 08.07.22 - 445 nm
Coast near Barfleur/F - 09.07.22 - 460 nm
...
Cherbourg/F - 09.07.22 - 475 nm
Cherbourg/F - 10.07.22 - 475 nm
washing day
Cherbourg/F to Alderney/GB - 11.07.22 - 490nm
strongest currents so far
Alderney/GB - 11.07.22 - 499 nm
Alderney/GB - 11.07.22 - 502 nm
First time mooring with a buoy
Alderney/GB - 11.07.22 - 502 nm
Alderney/GB - 12.07.22 - 502 nm
Alderney/GB - 12.07.22 - 502 nm
Alderney/GB - 12.07.22 - 502 nm
Alderney/GB to Guernsey/GB - 13.07.22 - 510 nm
Currents up to 5 knts, boat speed 12,2 knots
Guernsey/GB - 13.07.22 - 525 nm
Hungry and tired.
Guernsey/GB to Roscoff/F - 14.06.22 - 550 nm
Longest daytrip so far
Sept-Illes National Parc/F - 14.07.22 - 575 nm
Preparing for nightsail after having some nasty 3+ m waves
Roscoff/F - 15.07.22 - 600 nm
Portal at 0200 in the morning after 75 nm
Roscoff/F - 16.07.22 - 600 nm
L’Aber Wrac’h/F - 17.07.22 - 635 nm
L’Aber Wrac’h/F - 18.07.22 - 635 nm
L’Aber Wrac’h/F - 18.07.22 - 635 nm
L’Aber Wrac’h/F - 18.07.22 - 635 nm
L’Aber Wrac’h/F - 19.07.22 - 635 nm
Camaret sur mer/F - 21.07.22 - 670 nm
Daily routine
Camaret sur mer/F - 21.07.22 - 670 nm
Camaret sur mer/F - 21.07.22 - 670 nm
showers in the cellar of an historic castle with 2m of hight
Camaret sur mer/F - 21.07.22 - 670 nm
best seafood so far
Camaret sur mer/F - 22.07.22 - 670 nm
Camaret sur mer/F - 22.07.22 - 670 nm
new Tender
Brest/F - 24.07.22 - 680 nm
Preparing to cross the Bay of Biscay
Brest/F - 26.07.22 - 680 nm
Last weather checks
Brest/F - 26.07.22 - 682 nm
Heading to Bay of Biscay
Part 1
IJsselmeer/NL to Le Havre/F
20.06.2022 - 03.07.2022
0 - 385 nm
Warns/NL - 06.06.22 - 0 nm
last preparations
Warns/NL - 17.06.22 - 0 nm
Pilotage
Warns/NL - 19.06.22 - 0 nm
Provisioning
Warns/NL - 20.06.22 - 0 nm
Start with a new figurehead
IJsselmmer/NL - 20.06.22 - 5 nm
bumpy goodbuy from a 10yrs love-hate relationship
Stevinsluis Den Oever/NL - 20.06.22 - 12 nm
last lock for a long time
Between Den Oever & Den Helder/NL - 20.06.22 - 12 sm
Bumpy Waddenzee
Den Oever/NL - 20.06.22 - 14 sm
friendly accompaniment by SY Diva
Den Helder/NL - 20.06.22 - 23 nm
Mooring with the big guys
Coast close to Den Helder/NL - 21.06.22 - 26 nm
Feels offshore for the first time
Coast close to Bergen an Zee/NL - 21.06.22 -38 nm
Trying to find a routine
IJmuiden/NL - 22.06.22 - 55 nm
Waiting for the tide to continue
Coast close to Hoek van Holland/NL - 22.06.22 - 90 nm
entering one of the most frequented seawater routes in the world
Stellendam/NL - 22.06.22 - 108 nm
Arrival at 2300, longest daysail so far
Westerschelde/NL - 24.06.22 - 140 nm
Last sights of Holland
Zeebrugge/B - 24.06.22 - 160 nm
First port in Belgium
coast close to Oostende/B - 26.06.22 - 180 nm
First time T-Shirt sailing
Dunkirque - 26.06.22 - 195 nm
arrived in France
coast close to Calais/F - 28.06.22 - 220 nm
Ferry to Dover/GB
Coast between Calais&Boulogne s/m - 28.06.22 - 240 nm
Finally. The nicer part of the coast begins
Boulogne sur mer/F - 28.06.22 - 252 nm
Expected a nice little harbour and fishing village...
Boulogne sur mer/F - 29.06.22 - 252 nm
working day
Boulogne s/m/F - 29.06.22 - 252 nm
Little help for foul weather in ugly harbor
Strait of Dover/F - 30.06.22 - 265nm
Enjoying the coastline with little wind
Strait of Dover/F - 30.06.22 - 280 nm
Nasty squalls, which we were able to sail around
Approaching Dieppe/F - 30.06.22 - 307 nm
Dieppe/F - 30.06.22 - 310 nm
One of the most beautiful marinas, protected in a rocky bay
Dieppe/F - 01.07.22 - 310 nm
City of Dieppe
Coast between Dieppe & Fecamp/F - 02.07.22 - 330 nm
First single handed sail
Coast between Dieppe & Fecamp/F - 02.07.22 - 345 nm
Endless coastline
Coast close to Fecamp/F - 02.07.22 - 350 nm
Coast between Fecamp & Le Havre /F - 02.07.22 - 352 nm
Coast between Fecamp & Le Havre /F - 02.07.22 - 356 nm
sailing into the night
Le Havre/F - 03.07.22 - 365 nm
Arrival at 0100 in a totally unlit marina
Le Havre/F - 04.07.22 - 365 nm
Le Havre/F - 04.07.22 - 365 nm
New Crew
