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Another 20nm to Mindelo (Cape Verde), 800nm since La Palma. What a ride. Highs and lows are once again very close together. After the start, things got off to a bumpy start until we had the wind turbulence of the Canary Islands behind us. South of El Hierro, we thought we would have to catch up with our Code-D because the wind [...]

I'm 24 degrees 22.70 minutes N and 20 degrees 33.24 minutes W, in the middle of the ocean on the way from La Palma to Cape Verde. We still have 510.5 nautical miles to go. During my early shift at 8.00 a.m., we spotted around 40 dolphins coming towards us on our starboard side and jumping out of the waves almost simultaneously,

I want to write about Morocco, which is not that easy. We are now in Tenerife and so much has happened again that Morocco seems quite far away. In Agadir, we focussed on the theme of our trip for the first time and visited the Arganeraie biosphere reserve in southern Morocco. Through my brother

In the last blog I promised to write about the "here and now", but today I'm not sure if I can manage that. In Kenya, the white people from Europe are called "Muzungus", which means "wanderers" in Swahili. It's actually a nice term and expresses a lot of the restlessness that I often feel too.

In this blog I will reflect on dependence and co-operation as well as the "here and now". We have now sailed 1,315 nautical miles (2,435 km) at an average of 6 knots (nautical miles per hour). We have mastered 6 nights of sailing. Martin fell ill on one sailing night and I sailed long shifts alone. I can remember

It's 07.30 and we're anchored in Essaouira. At least that's what I think, I can't see any of it. It's so foggy that we can't even see where our anchor chain goes into the water. There is absolutely nothing to see of other boats that must be moored here or even the harbour, the shore or the town.

Ahoy there, dear ones, good news first: Biosphera can now be found on Vesselfinder.com. Just go to vesselfindercom, enter the boat name and you will see our current position. We are shown under the French flag, which is because the French bank insisted on a French registration. The second piece of good news: we finally had conditions in

"El río, siempre lo río." - "The river, always the river." Quote by Sebastian Juan Abró (1932, from: Terres de l'Ebre) Without the moon in the night sky, travelling on the biosphera is a bit like riding a rollercoaster in the dark. It rocks, but you don't know how high the wave will make you jump. You can recognise ships in the

As a couple, it is very nice on the "biosphera", but sailing at night is also exhausting, as the shift changes are very short. We also want to exchange ideas, share our impressions and learn from others. We are therefore looking for our first fellow sailors from Gibraltar to the Canary Islands. (Later for the trip to the

After exhausting days from Cassis to the Ebro Delta, we needed a break. The night in the small town of Sitges was so rolly that we could actually have sailed through. Rolling means that the wave comes from a different direction than the wind and therefore the boat is constantly rocking. The trimaran doesn't rock in the same way as a