Blue, everything is blue. Light blue where the sun beams penetrate the surface a few meters above me to dark, almost black blue when I look down. Out of sight but down there, at about 1000 meters, is the sea floor. The next coast 12 nautical miles away. Here I am, in the middle [...]

  This is one of the most important sayings I have learned during this crossing from Lanzarote to the Azores. Low pressure and high pressure systems are the main responsible forces in creating wind. The atmosphere tends to equalize those pressure differences and for this reason air is flowing from the high pressure areas towards [...]

  “One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.” When walking through the volcanic landscape of the Timanfaya National Park this passage out of “The Lord of the Rings” often comes [...]

NU2 (Nudos) – Mar y Arte (Sea and Arts) is a a local magazine focusing on stories, pictures and art related to the sea. Nice, especially for us living on an island, surrounded by the sea. I always liked their content, design and layout and so I am even more proud to be able to [...]

  It was only last week I told you that I’m always looking forward to September here on Lanzarote and it looks like this year also September won’t let us down. The first few days here on the island couldn’t have been better. Blue skies, hardly any wind and with that unforgettable sunsets. When the [...]