Author Archives: John

Through the channel after Kopperby

A great feeling, to come back home. So it felt really, when the lighthouse Schleimünde to starboard and we had this past Sunday afternoon in a crowd with dozens of other sailing boats chugged up the loop. Hinter uns lagen zwei…

Rummaging in old documents ...

By boat I have many charts around the Atlantic, several old books and a thick, get red folder. In the latter, is as good as any acknowledgment, has ever been issued for the ship. Incredibly exciting, darin…

It is tinkering with ...

Last Saturday, not much has happened. I have taken the whole lot and measured under the microscope Rohr-/Schlauchverlegung. Will probably have to replace almost everything. The old gas water heater, I do not really trust. Eventually, a boiler is on board. To…

Plumbing

The modernization phase has begun. Planned work for Wedel: – Pressure washer and get the tubing close to all new – Water loss in the internal engine cooling circuit are on the ropes – clunky circuit set out new – install new toilet 🙂 – No drainage pipes….

Cross the stream to the target

The next morning we meet at ten clock on boot. install new toilet 🙂, Cati has but beware. install new toilet 🙂…

Season 2011? Runs.

Finally, Finally the time has come: After four and a half long, cold and sail-free months to get back into the water. While we were the good old “Maverick” Launching the first time 2005 have even more geslippt, die Nachfolgeboote immer allein oder zu zweit gekrant…