Great meals continue in Atlantic Navigator

Wind and weather system has changed, waiting for Calima to start. Wind is now from the South and we have a low center North-West of the Tenerife. The sea is restless when the tide is running in. When diving you can feel the strong stream, you have to be careful not to loose your dinghy. […]

Xmas time meals

S/y Nauta alias Atlantic Navigator kitchen offers delicious Spanish meals and dinners. The humble size of our pantry space is limited to creating such meals. But we try harder I will continue with another post!

Boxing day full moon

Live at the yard

Things are happening 24 hours in the busy yard of Amarilla Marina. The beauty of huge machines and the detail working with spars and electronics etc You seldom see these things happening around the shining yachts We all love the yellow submarine in Amarilla Marina

Colourful sunsets and People strolling on the piers

The humans are having a destination and the day is shining bright The evening is soft with purple and yellow colours. We are all enjoying the the most precious moments of our lives

Boats and ICON OF THE SEAS Ocean liner

Boats of the summer in Archipelago of Turku and Tenerife

Sails in the Sun

Sails in the sun – Sheeting the sails – Letting loose – Down wind sailing – Oreha de Burro – Always in the sun – Light of my life – Remember always to hoist the sails and stop the engine

Tenerife boat builder – S/y Nauta – Wood working – Data channel for you

S/y Nauta our new boat, making more stories of Atlantic Navigator, Wood working in the interior of sailing yacht Nauta, New wooden parts inside and outside of this famous yacht of Don Eloy Garcia, Material info and how to do the work, Interior design modifications with new colours and materials

Give your stainless / aluminium parts longer lifecycle – Data channel for you

Maintain your stainless steel and aluminium fittings on deck. S/y Nauta new boat gets maintenance for S/S parts. New rubbing lists on hull and deck joint. Old aluminium list corroded and now removed
New aluminium mast foot is essential to look after. Toe rail grinded and treated with epoxy primer

Casa Marina festivities

70 years is a milestone in everyones life. Celebrations are held with your own family and relatives. This time there were four cousins that had the party together in our seaside house Casa Marina. 4 x 70 years festivities. All the relatives gathered from different places around the word. This is completely different from the […]

Home made Bouillabaisse

Atlantic Navigator New challenges for the skipper

Tenerife Puerto San Miguel, fitting a new boat

Dinner for Two in our archipelago house 2023

Great memories and farewell to my dear boat S/y Naneux

I´m still going to continue Atlantic Navigator stories and photo´s with a new boat. Area for our navigation is going to be the same, North Atlantic Ocean. With the new boat I have better possibilities to have more crew and space. I´m getting older and I need some strong arms and bigger winches for the […]

Atlantic Navigator alias S/y Naneux service works in Tenerife 2022

First, second and third service trip in 2022 This is the full story with picture, what can happen and how to manage with people and corrections of the wrong made decisions Learn of the whole process and make strickt rules for the working staff, because you are paying the whole alot S/y Naneux service and […]

Tapas street food in South Tenerife, Amarilla Marina

One of the forgotten and blanco blogs ( I try again to transfer the photos direct from the android phone) A coffee and a beer on a golf resort pools

X-mas Dinner 2021

Dinner is served in our boat Atlantic Navigator

X-mas meat Stew is getting ready

Dinners and Gourmet Dinners – Atlantic Navigator pentry

Year 2018 – almost a whole year – The only camera I HAD was my LG, G 4 phone camera

Winter 2018 was mild. Ice period only lasted two months or so. This year was busy with a lot of building work in our premises in Turku in Kipinä yritystalo. I had several trips to the archipelago of Turku to vitsit Eva. February at last we saw the sunshine in the Canaries. A short maintenance […]

Year 2015 – Atlantic Sailing -A-year of antithesis

This year was a year of many contrast in my life. My photographs this year in April – June are mostly from the Atlantic Ocean and of Macaronesian Islands. Winter period in january – february I made some trips in Turku archipelago resulting some beautiful seascapes. The rest of the year has passed with various […]

Atlantic Navigator – The third part of the journey

Now we start the third leg of our sailing trip. From Nazaré in Portugal to Tenerife in Canaries. Nazaré is located near Berlenga island and is one day´s sailing distance from Lissabon. We set the sails early this spring after the month of March. It is the month when the wind is blowing from all the […]

Atlantic Navigator – The Journey goes on

Now we are in October, year 2014. The first third of the JOURNEY is done. Nearly 3000 nautical miles and two and a half months of time is spent in a tight relationship in a small boat with my daughter and our trusted friend plus some extra crew members. Lot of discussions and feelings have […]

Atlantic Navigator – The Journey

Sailing Atlantic Navigator from Turku archipelago to the Canaries We set the sails from the archipelago of Turku 22.07.2014. Sailing from Airisto which have been our home port for the beginning of S/y Naneux sailing era. The crew has varied during our sailing trips, the skipper and the first mate have always been the same, […]

M/y Silkkiuikku Euroopan vanhoilla vesiteillä, Part 5

( This old photo journey is only written in finnish ) Matkan viimeisellä osuudella ajamme Liègestä, Belgiasta – Muideniin, Hollantiin. Liegè Liegèn teollisuuskaupungista matkaamme ensin Albertkanaalia Hollannin Maastrichtiin ja edelleen Waal jokea historiallisen Utrechtiin. Purjehdimme edelleen vanhaan Muidenin linnoituskaupunkiin Amsterdamin kupeessa. 07.5-96 Liège – Maastricht Albertkanaal Meuse vaihtaa nimeään Maas joeksi […]

M / y Silkkiuikku Euroopan vanhoilla vesiteillä, Part 4

( This old photo journey is only written in finnish ) Nyt matkaamme Ranskan Toulista Namurin vanhaan linnoituskaupunkiin ja edelleen Liegen teollisuuskaupunkiin joka sijaitsee Belgian puolella. Canal De l’Est – Ardennien kanava – Meuse joki 28.4-96 Toul – Comercy Canal De l’Est Merkillepantavaa on kanavan helakan turkoosi väri, kaunista ihan kuin Maltalla olisi, siellä muistan […]

Atlantic Navigator – building my old 34 foot boat for The Southern Atlantic

S/y Naneux at home port in Airisto (the documentary photos are taken with a cellphone Nokia N-8 camera) Many unforgettable sailing trips have been made with this sailing yacht. The yacht is nearly 25 years old and was last rebuilt year 2000 for long distance sailing trips. We sailed to German Bight and Dutch waters […]

S/y Naneux in North Sea 1999 – 2001

Historian siipien havinaa, S/y Naneux veneellä Pohjanmerellä ja Friisien saaristossa A story from our past with S/y Naneux in North Sea and Frisian Islands Always with the best crews in The Baltic and North Sea. Sailing down the Baltic has always been the start of an adventure. The Nordic weather is getting warmer the more […]

S/y Naneux Pohjanmeri 2002

Historian siipien havinaa, Paluu kotisatamaan Jatkotarinaa S/y Naneuxin purjehdukselle Hollannin Friisien saaristossa 1999 – 2002. Aina on palattava. Tällä kertaa ilmansuuntana on pohjoinen kotisaaristomme. Kotisatama on juuri valmistunut vastaanottamaan aluksemme. S/y Naneux on saanut Lauersoogissa uuden hienon potkurin ja latauslaitteen. Alkukesällä varustelulaiturissa Lauersoogissa on pitänyt kiirettä. Alkumatkalle astuu Kapun vanha mate, Kapteenska sekä hieman kokematon […]