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 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 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 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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