Tout sur : family cruising

The Tolimaras are continuing their Atlantic voyage; they wrote to us from the Canaries.

It’s time to head east for Olivier and family on board Jangada as they relate their journey around the world for us. Today it’s a stopover in Vanuatu!

Sailing a transat is a mythical dream, and / or a goal, for almost every sailor. From Christopher Columbus to the pioneers of the OSTAR or the competitors in the Route du Rhum, they’ve all had us dreaming of following a route setting out from Europe and heading for the shores of the New World. And you? Would you dare to set off?

As it does every four years, the Route du Rhum has re-awoken your dreams of heading over the horizon, and crossing the Atlantic. Your childhood dream is revisiting your nights, but maybe not just while you’re asleep. A break from the routine, leaving the path between university and retirement, to at least once in your life, hoist the sails and let slip the lines! OK, so this famous Transatlantic, which can be as enjoyable as it can be worrisome: how should it be approached? With the family or single-handed? Join a rally or do it with friends? There will be a solution for you. There’s no excuse not to go.