Author Archives: John

The New, the Old

Dear Readers, there is joyful news. We have found a ship. 🙂 If you've been following this blog for a while now, is probably the same in the next paragraph, the hands meet above the head, shake your head or just go loud…

Winter storms on land

Dear Readers, Tile it here in the north for weeks. A storm chasing the next and in between there are more and sometimes a flood warning. It is incredibly warm for January, hard times, the thermometer dropped below three degrees plus. Snow?…

Hull looked

Dear Readers, on the way to Catis father (New Year's Day visit) Today we have looked at a steel hull. Good thing, receive complete and super stainless. This is the bow already expanded, an almost new machine and a mast-blank while. Wir könnten direkt…

New Year - a look back ...

Dear Readers, We wish you all a very, very happy new year 2012! I'm so in the sense, that it will be pretty exciting 🙂 Last year Cati and I were in Barcelona for the start of the Barcelona World Race. The days…

The Erdmann Nativity

A little find. Thus, the nativity scene under the Christmas tree looks at home from my parents - ever since I was a little kid. All animals available, Ox and ass, all as described in the Bible. Zusätzlich lehnt neben Joseph und Maria…

Besides charges have been nothing

It sounded like the bargain of the decade: Eine Contessa 32 for 14.000 Euro. The ship has always been one of my dream boats, since I 2007 zusammen mit dem Australier Nick Jaffe auf dessen Contessa 26 entlang der britischen Südküste und…