agility @ sea

We remain safe and sound in Grenada. After 4 nights in Prickly Bay, we moved to cleaner waters in True Blue Bay right next door. We were a little grossed out swimming in Prickly, but it was fun to see…

We anchored at sunrise and were immediately greeted by a sea turtle. Can’t beat that! I couldn’t bring myself to say this at any point during the passage, but it was such a smooth, easy, pleasant passage – I was…

Agility arrived to La Palma yesterday afternoon following a thirty hour passage. Long, complicated and boring story around that whole ordeal, but we are happy to be here. We filled up with fuel upon arrival, had beer and tapas for…

Gibraltar here we come! From what I gather, it’s not exactly the Garden of Eden, but I’m curious to see the monkey populated rock.We left Saturday morning around 8:30 after two days at the Formentera Marimar marina. The island is…

Several people have asked if we are effected by the Catalonia independence issues. We haven’t noticed much. People aren’t talking about it (not to us), there are some Catalonian flags out, and one day last week there were a lot…

The Palma pick up of Heather and friends was more complicated than we had expected. There were no berths to be had due to a regatta and, strangely, no place to park a dinghy. We anchored off shore, and explored…

We spent a few more days in Menorca. One anchorage had an estuary that we were able to paddle board up for about a mile or so in a light mist. There were occasional sulfur hot spots, lots of vegetation,…

Tim and I love Menorca. The Mahon marina was excellent with easy access to workers, the old town with nice shops and excellent restaurants. We decided to spend two nights at a beautiful hotel while our cushions and bedding were…

Tim and I are very happy to be here.  16 years ago we had a brief stop en route to Mallorca and always wished we had a longer time to spend.  We were correct in hoping for that. We’ve only…