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Welcome to this blog documenting my crossing of the Mediterranean, from Mallorca, Spain to Marmaris, Turkey, in a minitransat.

A minitransat is a 6.50m (22ft) sailboat designed to go very very fast. Used to race from France to Brazil, they typically carry lots of sail and have advanced design features. Mine has a canting keel, canards, a planing body shape, and an awesome green color.

I'm a computer scientist in his late thirties. Until I started on this voyage, I spent 99% of my time building software systems.

The Mediterranean is a large body of water between Europe and Africa. I hope to cross it from west to east during the summer of 2011.


The Boat

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2011 (101)
    • ▼  July (50)
      • The End, for now
      • Genoa
      • Hauling Out
      • Mini Sisters, Part 2
      • Getting Close to the End
      • Loano
      • Mini Sisters
      • Living in a Mini
      • French and Italian meteo, I'm onto you
      • Albenga
      • Torment in Alassio
      • Kiteboarders in Alassio
      • Alassio
      • Imperia Maurizio to Alassio
      • How Other People Sail, Part 5
      • Imperia Maurizio
      • Port Imperia Maurizio
      • Crossing to Italy
      • Red, White and Blue of a Different Kind
      • Monton Old Port to Menton Garavan, A Tale of Two P...
      • Menton
      • Monaco to Menton
      • Leaving Monaco
      • Palace of Albert and Charlene
      • Museum of Oceanography
      • Gambling at the Monte Carlo in Monaco
      • How Other People Sail, Part 4
      • Monaco
      • Holy See or Holy Sea?
      • Smoke on the Water
      • Full Service?
      • Antibes
      • Off of Nice
      • How Other People Sail, Part 3
      • Cannes should be Canned
      • B-5, You Sank My Battleship
      • How Other People Sail, Part 2
      • Random
      • Outside Cannes
      • St. Tropez to Cannes
      • Le Chiffre
      • St. Tropez
      • Ice Cream vendor
      • Cavaliere-Sur-Mer
      • French customs
      • Heliopolis Nudist Colony
      • Port Porquerolles
      • Golfe du Lyon. Call me Ishmael.
      • A "Good" Development
      • Spanish work hours
    • ►  June (32)
    • ►  May (19)

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Popular Posts

  • St. Tropez
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  • The End, for now
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  • Loano
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    At the British Airways lounge on my way to India, I got a chance to look through some sailing magazines. These publications must represent t...
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My Blog List

  • Classe Mini
    ORDRE DE PREFERENCES 2020
    4 years ago
  • Guizmo in Minitransat 2005
  • Sailing Anarchy
  • The World Tour - Alex and Taru sailing around the world
    New beginnings
    9 years ago
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