S/V Spindrift

The Plan, 2026 to 2028

Published May 25, 2026

Spindrift’s two-season cruising plan, spring 2026 through spring 2028. Roughly 8,500 nautical miles in three phases.

May 2026. Balearic Islands, Spain. Mallorca, Cabrera, Ibiza.
June – August 2026. Summer haul at Cap d’Agde, France. About 250 nm from Palma.
September 2026. Cap d’Agde to Cannes, France for the boat show.
September – November 2026. Cannes to Marina di Ragusa on the south coast of Sicily, Italy. About 640 nm, 27 days, two overnighters, by way of Corsica (France) and Sardinia (Italy).
November 2026 – March 2027. Winter storage in southern Sicily. Day sails and short hops only.
April 2027. Sicily to Corfu, Greece. About 310 nm across the bottom of the Adriatic, timed for the first settled window.
May – June 2027. Greek waters. The Ionian, the Corinth Canal, the Saronic Gulf, the Cyclades. Return to Sicily by mid-June, about 500 nm from Kefalonia.
July – August 2027. Summer haul in Sicily through the peak heat.
September – October 2027. Sicily to Gibraltar. About 1,150 nm via the Aeolian Islands (Italy), Sardinia, and the Balearics. Med exit before the EU customs deadline on 8 October.

October – November 2027. Gibraltar to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Spain. About 880 nm down the Portuguese trades, with a stop in Madeira, Portugal.
Late November – December 2027. Atlantic crossing with the ARC rally. Las Palmas to Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia. About 2,700 nm, 18 to 21 days of trade-wind sailing.

January – April 2028. Eastern Caribbean island chain.
May 2028. Sint Maarten (Dutch Caribbean) to Hampton, Virginia. About 1,500 nm.