December 28, 2017

18.12.2017 – Soft morning

Soft, close, sweet, beautiful, calm, touching …. These are the adjectives for our encounters with the different marine mammals for our nice guests this morning on […]
December 27, 2017

16.12.2017 – Sand – Sponge – Fish ball

Bottlenose dolphins, like we saw them today are intelligent animals with high capability to adapt. Their manifold hunting techniques are a good example. Bottlenose dolphins in […]
December 26, 2017

14.12.2017 – Early Christmas present

Today’s exit was under a good star. Six miles ahead, our spotter Drumond detected a Sperm whale blower. So we went off in a good mood and […]
December 25, 2017

13.12.2017 – Under the rainbow

Some say at the end of the rainbow a pot of gold is waiting. During our trip we were accompanied by rainbows but we stayed dry! […]
December 24, 2017

A Christmas Story in Madeira

In our marina we not only have fishes in the water but as well some cats and dogs. A few days before Christmas a fairy tale […]
December 23, 2017

09.12.2017 – Free meal with harmful effects

With a little breeze from the West, contrary to the weather forecast and the previous days, on board the RIBEIRA BRAVA after sailing 4 nm out, […]
December 22, 2017

08.12.2017 – Baltic Sea feeling

Seagull screaming, seagull screaming!! … these sounds awoke memories of wonderful days on the Baltic Sea, where these sounds are the background music. When we met […]
December 21, 2017

07.12.2017 – Agile

Today I was asked by a guest if dolphins recognize our boats. Of course that’s hard to be sure of. We realize that Atlantic Spotted dolphins […]
December 20, 2017

06.12.2017 – Where is the whale on St. Nicholas day?

This morning we went out with Stenella to observe different groups of Bottlenose dolphins while they were busy with breakfast. Subsequent we saw Pilot whales all […]