Not much to write about our trip of today. We sailed the few miles from Newhaven to Brighton and enjoyed some strong winds of force 6 to 7 and eventually in gusts of force 8. While approaching the marina through the harbour entrance channel we had to turn back (bit tricky in a 10 meter wide Read More
Today we had it easy and just sailed a few miles from Eastbourne where we had stayed the night to Newhaven. It was just a trip of about 16 miles and we’re already docked in the – well, let’s say: interesting – marina. We will use the rest of the day to continue some works Read More
All the way downwind we’ve been sailing from Dover towards Eastbourne today (we’re still sailing!). After booming out the genoa with the spinnaker boom the trip started to become much more pleasant and we gained quite a bit of extra speed… In assumingly about an hour we will reach Sovereign Harbour Marina whe we will Read More
Not much to say. It’s running and we’re happy! Click to watch the Video
It was a long journey from Breskens to Zeebrugge! We had the sails up but no real blow filled them up at any time. It was tiring to keep the sails calm on one side, due to frequent little waves the boom kept moving from side to side since there was no wind to stabilize it. Read More
On our trip so far we’ve had mostly decent food for lunches and also for dinners. Since we have a fully functional kitchen with cooker and oven we can be as creative in cooking as we are at home. The chips (sorry: Pommes Frites), though, we had here in Calais in a little friterie near Read More
Unfortunately today after a two hour trip towards the North Sea (starting from Stellendam where we spent the last night) we discovered that our engine was broken again. It might have been due to the wavy conditions the days before and on that particular day. What had happened was that the repair it had received Read More
A lot to tell but not much time at the moment! After some technical problems with the engine again (same defect we had in lelystad, reocurred in bad wavy weather conditions) we decided to sail southwards via internal waters. Starting at Stellendam we sailed via Middelharnis (stayed there for two days to repair the engine Read More
This was the trip when we discovered the engine was broken again. We were heading all along the channel from Stellendam to the open Sea when we eventually decided to turn around and go back to Stellendam due to the wavy and drizzly conditions. The Sea was not very pleasant and since it was also raining we Read More
There is not much to say. Another important piece of gear that was missing has been aquired. Guess what it is?