We are now in Dakar, Senegal, but we wanted to tell you about our little adventure in the Sahara. Dakhla is on a sandy peninsula which extends 40 km from the coast. On one side the Atlantic and on the other side a lagoon, astonishing in its beauty. Unfortunately we couldn’t get permission to enter …
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Apr
13
2010
We are in Senegal
We arrived this morning (Tuesday 13 April) in Saint Louis, Senegal after a brilliant six day passage totally under sail. And we saw dolphins, whales, turtles, flying fish and pelicans. We actually took five days but when we arrived we were surprised to find that the channel indicated on our chart to enter the river …
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Apr
05
2010
P.S. Still in Dakhla…
Well, our following wind turned out to be a bit stormy so we are staying here until it calms down…I promise not to write again until we are actually in Senegal!
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Apr
02
2010
Bye bye Morocco
Tomorrow, Saturday 3 April, we are leaving Morocco after six months, with some sadness because we really love this country. We are planning to sail from Dakhla, Morocco, towards Dakar in Senegal, with a stop in St Louis if the weather lets us. This should take 4 or 5 days, our longest passage yet, and …
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Feb
25
2010
Arrival in Dakhla
Just a note to let you know that we arrived safely in Dakhla, Western Sahara, today, Thursday 25 February. We had a nice sail and not too much motoring. That’s why it took us 72 hours. We even caught a lovely tuna.
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