These are the travels of True East, Sabre 48 #11 commissioned in 2012 and home ported in Coconut Grove, Fl where she visited once for two weeks. Below is a year by year layout of
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2019 Baltic on True East
The 2019 travels of True East will take us from Antwerp, Belgium to Stockholm, Sweden about 2,500 miles over the five month period from mid May to Mid September. May will take us Antwerp to
Read moreRoad trip in France 2018
Having had the boat on three sides of France, we decided to complete a ‘circumnavigation’ on our way back to Barcelona, except this leg would be by rail and rental car. After an enjoyable stay
Read moreTE 17 Aug to 25 Sep 2018 Paris to Antwerp
In Paris we are joined by Dan’s grand niece (several times removed) Gabby and her friend Olivia visiting us from Massachusetts. We spent four days exploring Paris with light shows on the Invalidies, Napolean’s tomb,
Read moreJul 16- Aug 18 Nancy to Paris, FR
Leaving Nancy, we headed to Toul were we planned to enter the Rhine-to-Marne canal and the in follow the river Marne on our way to Paris. In this area, the locks operate 9am to 6pm. We
Read moreJun 24 – Jul 16 Basel to Nancy
At Basel, France, Germany and Switzerland meet. As we head down the Rhine, we will have Germany on one side and France on the other until for about 60 miles until we have Germany on
Read moreJun 4 – 24 Lyon, Fr to Basel, Switzerland
This leg of the trip starts in Lyon where we have spent a week with the boat docked at Confluence Marina. Ed Howe and Kim Keown joined us in Lyon for a three day road
Read moreMay 13 – Jun 2 on True East – Barcelona to Lyon
We arrived in Barcelona on May 3 for the start of our second summer in Europe. After consulting with Jose who took care of True East for the winter, we did a sea trial down
Read moreSpanish road trip May 2018
Before starting our summer on True East, we decided to see some more of Spain from our base in Barcelona. We flew from Barcelona to Seville and rented a car for a circular route. This
Read moreSailing the Grenadines 8-22 Apr 2018
it’s another sailing adventure in the Caribean. This time we are off to the Windward Island near Barbados. The first half we will sail from St. Vincent to Grenada with two of Marcia’s brothers and
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