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
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Jun 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
Read moreWinter 2017-8
Dan returned to Miami to witness the devastation of hurricane Irma as the clean up continued. Thankfully, we had only minor damage on the roof top terrace and scratches on True South. Marcia, Carla and
Read moreReturn to Barcelona Sep 2017
Back on the boat, after our side trip to Florence, we headed 60 miles up the coast to Genoa, first leg of our return our Barcelona. This port city was very different than Florence as
Read moreTuscan Train Ride Sep 2017
Leaving the boat in Viareggio, we hopped on the train to Lucca where we again caught up with Alessandro, our friend from Florence. The original wall of the city still stands in Lucca and it
Read moreTE on Tuscan Coast of Italy Aug 2017
Wow, what a month this was. Leaving Corsica, we had a fine passage to La Spezia, Italy. We had arranged to get a replacement alternator here, a couple of hours after arrival we were good
Read moreSardinia and Corsica 2017
Sardinia and Corsica are close neighbors but separate by language, Italian and French, and culture. We were lucky enough to have Marcia’s brother Tim and his family join us for part of this trip and
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