Spellbinder is now back in UK after a very successful and enormously enjoyable 2023 cruise.

She started in Lisbon, Portugal, where we overwintered.  She returned to UK across Biscay in early April, visiting Peniche, Nazaré, Baiona, the Ria de Muros, Ouessant and Roscoff over an eleven day, 980 nautical mile cruise.

In May she headed to the Baltic via the Fresian islands and through the Kiel canal. After exploring some Danish islands and Copenhagen, she cruised the Stockholm and Finnish archipelagos before crossing  Sweden via the Göta and Trollhätte canals to Göteborg, and cruising the west Swedish coast to Norway. During the cruise she visited the centres of the 4 big Nordic cities – Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki and Oslo.

She returned in early September from Southern Norway across the North Sea, stopping in at Den Helder and The Hague (Scheveningen).

Next year’s trip involves sailing around Ireland, with a few Scottish islands thrown in.