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@bavarian59

2009 we begun sailing with the idea to sail around the world. We actually started May 2017. The blog is about our way from purchasing the boat to the 7 seas.

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Sailing 7 seas
@bavarian59 Feb 3, 2019, 2:47 PM UTC

6 months of sailing

It's already 6 months ago that we were in Arrecife/Canary Island/Spain. Since then we sailed to Capo Verde, Senegal, Gambia and back to capo verde. In December 2018 we crossed the Atlantic Ocean for…

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@bavarian59 Aug 4, 2018, 2:02 PM UTC

Back in Spain

After Portugal and Marocco we are now back in spain: Arrecife/Lanzarote. It is a really great Island. In 2011 we sailed already in this area and visited with a charter yacht all Islands except of Lan…

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@bavarian59 Jun 9, 2018, 2:51 PM UTC

Morocco

After having every broken part repaired and back in place we are heading for Morocco. From Lagos to Mohammedia it is 210 nm, so we plan two days for the trip. We are far from the street of Gibraltar,…

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@bavarian59 Apr 30, 2018, 12:13 PM UTC

South Portugal / Algarve

Yes, we are already in Lagos. Originally we thought to sail the way down with around 5 to seven stops like Nazaré. Lisboa, Sines. But we got a weather forecast promising north wind for a couple of da…

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@bavarian59 Apr 17, 2018, 4:57 PM UTC

Wonderful Porto

Eventually we got the right wind force from the right direction for our 67 nm trip from Baiona/Spain to Porto/Portugal. We are happy now to be here since the weather changed to a sunny and warm one a…

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@bavarian59 Mar 24, 2018, 12:35 PM UTC

7 years 7 seas - Baiona

Now we have reached our presumably last spanish marina before we are crossing the portuguese border. Since we are happy about getting visited by some of our family we will stay here the remaining day…

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@bavarian59 Mar 16, 2018, 4:18 PM UTC

7 years 7 seas - windy Combarro

The day we sailed to Combarro was quite nice as I mentiond in my last blog. But since the day after arrival we have a lot of rain and wind. In gusts more than 40 kn (44,5 as you can see on the pictur…

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@bavarian59 Mar 15, 2018, 2:26 PM UTC

7 years 7 seas - Combarro

After spending a couple of days in Ribeira we continued our sailing south to Combarro. According to our sailing guide for this area it would be a "shame" not visiting Combarro once being around this…

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@bavarian59 Mar 9, 2018, 9:06 PM UTC

7 years 7 seas - Ribeira, Galicia, Spain

Arrived in Ribeira. Instead of sailing the engine was on and the sea was a bit rough. But no real issues. The only issue is the bad weather here. I thought March in Spain would be already sunny with…

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@bavarian59 Mar 7, 2018, 5:46 PM UTC

7 years 7 seas - Pictures from Muros

Bevor we are leaving Muros for the next Ria, here two pictures of Muros.

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