With a favorable weather window ahead of us, we bid farewell to La Línea and embark on the first leg of our Atlantic crossing with a small dose of trepidation and incredulity and plenty of excitement. Aside from a few intense hours spent navigating heavy tanker traffic in the Strait of Gibraltar and keeping an…

After a few blissful days in Palma de Mallorca, we continued our journey south to Gibraltar. Specifically, we headed to La Línea de la Concepción, a Spanish town neighboring Gibraltar. After sailing for three and a half days and covering approximately 500 nautical miles, we pulled into a slip at Alcaidesa Marina. Unlike the previous…