And as if by magic the bow of Pius sees the land...it is April 2nd. But before talking about our arrival I want to tell you about this last leg from the island of Fernando da Noronha (Brazil). We had ...

Mindelo (Cabo Verde)- day1 After celebrating Father's Day on March 19th with Emma and Anna at Praia Sao Pedro on the south side of Sao Vicente, on Wednesday 20th at 10am we set off for the longest and ...

The weather forecast south of the Canary Islands is quite stable, with trade winds blowing from NNW to NE all year round. Only when the Azores anticyclone moves north do the tropical lows coming from ...

Normally when planning a stage departure from a port or anchorage we proceed very methodically. 1. The synoptic chart of the current day and the evolution for the following 3 days are studied, checki ...

It wasn't part of my sailing plan to stop in Tangier, Marocco. But the opportunity was too tempting... Africa, my "love" from the late '80s to the early 2000s, I really wanted to see it again even tho ...

In planning the navigation towards the West of the Strait of Gibikterra there are not only counter currents to consider, respect for the cargo traffic corridors and the wind which does what it wants h ...

After an in-depth study of the current tables of the French SHOM and the evolution of the weather forecast, we decide to leave early at 08:00 February the 10th with the current still unfavorable in or ...

Today 9 February, confident in our weather forecast, we set sail from Fuengirola at 6.30 am headed for Gibraltar. Forecast of the European ECMWF model at 06h30: 16 knots, direction. 218°. In reality ...

It's not always possible to stick to plans, but despite my atavistic Latin fatalism, up to now I've really done the best I could; now I can only expect help from the Gods. ;) @1500 nm traveled a b ...

I would like to dedicate a big thanks to those who collaborated with me for the preparation of Pius: DE CESARI shipyard, one of the last shipyards capable of designing and building offshore boats com ...