Yesterday was supposedly my last blog but I have my boarding pass already for the afternoon flight to Switzerland. How am I going to...

There is no sailing any longer and we deviated quite a bit yesterday from our original goal to explore Venetian trade routes. But given...

It is Saturday morning - time to say Bye to Carpe Diem V, our home for the last three weeks Our boat is now heading home - by mid next...

Last day on the boat today - tomorrow morning the trip is officially over. The Carpe Diem V has to return to Turkey which will take about...

We arrived today at the further most southern point of our trip this year: Herzliya Marina - 15 min north of Tel Aviv. The Carpe Diem is...

Not being able to leave from Famagusta meant we had to round the tail of Cyprus before heading south towards Israel. It would take us 21...

After an early night yesterday we got up at 6.30 am this morning and left at 9.00 am for our tour through Cyprus. We decided to skip...

Whilst we had our passport stamped at midnight, the Carpe Diem V was not allowed to leave the harbour before 6 am in the morning. We thus...

Today we are going to visit one of the engineering wonders of this world that is mentioned almost nowhere. We are going to Seleucia...

This morning we left the Carpe Diem V behind in the new yacht port of Iskenderun (former Alexandria ad Issue) to drive in one of the...

What a splendid morning to wake up. The sea was very calm and we could see Yumurtalik or Laiazzo in the distance. In 1294, Venice and...

It is going to be a long, open-water sailing day today. To avoid the industrial port and town of Mersin we decided to sail straight east....

As we head further east, the distances are getting longer. We are now in the eastern part of Turkey. There are no leisure boats any...

It is going be an easier day today. We aim for the Kelendris or Ayrdrincik in Turkish. Found in 1992 and now excavated since, the famous...

Once on the boat last evening, we sailed a bit further east to gain some time for today. There is an old Phoenician settlement we want to...

Most of use have visited the Column of Trajan in Rome, the 35 meters high marble monument which not only commemorates his triumphs during...

It was time to change the sailing team - but we had agreed to do the handover in Side where the port was too shallow for Carpe Diem V -...

Since we could not stop at Side we are now a day ahead of schedule. We are going to use it to have a closer look at the fortress the...

We thought yesterday was hot... today the heat topped it with 42 C! So glad we can return every evening to the sea where the sweltering...

No wind today on the way from Phiselis to Perge - we by-passed Antalya, the big Turkish holiday town with its miles & miles of identical...