S/V Cadence

After 4 days in Porto we set off on the 70 mile trek north to get us into our first Ria in Galicia Spain.  We arrived into Baiona on a Sunday around 5 in the afternoon.  The entire town was out on their afternoon walk along the seafront.  The seafront is rather dramati...

We were both excited to be in the US, not only to see family, but to spend some time in an American hotel with cable television, and all the comforts of a modern hotel, starbucks, gym, swimming pool, a motionless bed, etc etc...  We were able to spend some time with He...

Once out of the Algarve, which is just around Ponta Sagres, the ocean takes a completely different feel and look.  This is the junction where the Portuguese coast goes from an east west to a north south orientation.  Finally we were pointing Cadence north since leaving...

It was with a heavy heart we left Barcelona.  We had a fantastic winter living there right in the middle of the city.  Although there was no cruising community, we met a lot of interesting people and had great time.  Unlike typical live aboard communities in smaller to...

Several years ago we had organized a land trip with my father and his wife, Chris, to Israel.  Once the rest of the family found out about the trip they asked to come along.  So we went from four to seven.  My mother, sister and her husband Kirk all couldn’t resist a v...

We are finally coming out of our hibernation here in Barcelona.  The weather here for the winter was a mixed bag.  It would get down into the low 40’s at night and usually a high of 60 during the day.  We had several weather systems come through that would bring signif...