Ronald Schenkel
I am a Swiss guy with a deep love for the sea. I have been sailing my little yacht Blue Alligator for over 20 years, most of the time single-handed. After having spent most of the time sailing in the English Channel and on the French Atlantic coast, I set off on a journey in the summer of 2020 that took me far out into the Atlantic to the Azores.
Home at last: An almost uneventful solo trip from Madeira to Santa Maria
On the way back home: Single handed from Lanzarote to Madeira
An oily business and some more motor hours
Sailing single handed to Porto Santo with not enough diesel in the tank
Single handed from the Azores to Madeira: Flying the parachute sail
Sailing the azores single handed: From Santa Maria to Terceira and back
From Summit to Sea: Taking Blue Alligator back to the Water
Hauling out and Looking back. Sailing Blue Alligator
Santa Maria – and the sad story of whaling. Sailing Blue Alligator
Sailing Blue Alligator: Single handed sailing into the Atlantic Ocean
Hot springs and new skills: Solo sailing in the Azores
Sailing to São Jorge. Solo Sailing in the Azores
The way to Pico in the Azores. Sailing the Atlantic Islands on Blue Alligator
The way to São Miguel: Sailing single handed in the Azores
Sailing single handed from Madeira to the Azores: Sailing Blue Alligator
The first step into the Atlantic: from Portugal to Madeira /Sailing Blue Alligator
Sailing Bay of Biscay single handed, July 2019
Sailing Blue Alligator: From Cherbourg to les Glénan
Sailing Blue Alligator: A sail for new sails
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Sailing Blue Alligator #19: Back to Cherbourg
Sailing Blue Alligator #18: Detour to England
Sailing Blue Alligator #17: Foggy Sail north
Sailing Blue Alligator #16: Up and down and up again
Sailing Blue Alligator #15: Back to France
Sailing Blue Alligator #14: On Pilgrims' Trail
Sailing Blue Alligator #13: Swimming in the sea and on the mountain
Sailing Blue Alligator #12: Rias hopping from Muros to Vigo
Sailing Blue Alligator #11: Round Finisterre
Sailing Blue Alligator #10: Costa da Morte up and down