Category: General

First night on board

Dear Readers, It was lousy cold, but we slept well. Inside the small heater deafened and brought to the cabin comfortably warm 15 Grad, while the temperature outside in minus 7 Level went down. Eine ordentliche Schneeschicht aber isolierte…

For Sale: Ship experience

Dear Readers, as might be expected “Gipsy Girl” now on sale. I have advertised in several online exchanges boat, but also on Ebay. Now we look forward, how quickly a new owner takes. Gleich am ersten Tag haben sich sogar…

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?…

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…

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…