3 days 3 bays

3 beautiful bays in the last 3 days. The first one, I came in after midnight, turned out to be one big gras covered mountain with a huge high plateau. There was not a single tree on this little island... Read More

A good day!

A good day starts slow and ends with an adventure.. So today. I started slow. Turned around a couple times before I got up. Lifted anchor not before 10 am and slowly steamed north. I wanted to go arou... Read More

Sunset News

Light rain and a good breeze welcomed me this morning. I was still very tired. I’m not equalized to the long days yet. It feels like afternoon and when I look at the clock it’s 11 pm. So y... Read More

SunsetNews

I dropped anchor just in front of the little Harbor at Old Harbor on Kodiak Island just before noon. My passage is over. I’m in Alaska. I’m happy! It took me 16 days and 4 hours for the 2.... Read More

SunsetNews Day 16

Sailing at its best! The wind came up last night and I pulled up the staysail, unfurled the Genua, shook out the reefs in main and mizzen and trimmed the whole set to pull us north. Since then were do... Read More

SunsetNews Day 15

What a beautiful day! The usually grey sky cleared up around noon and since then the sky was spotless blue. The air was bone dry and cold. It almost felt like you open the door of your refridgerator. ... Read More

SunsetNews Day 14

2 weeks on the water now.. Around 1.900 nautical miles. Almost straight north. I’m off my plotted track just by 10 mile and  I’m crossing 51°N any moment. I decided to make my landfall o... Read More

SunsetNews Day 12

Two big cargo vessels were passing my course yesterday night. They were sailing east in a distance if around 10 miles from each other and were passing around 15 nm ahead of me. I contacted one of it t... Read More

SunsetNews Day 10

I didn’t expect the fog coming that early.. I can’t see more than a couple hundred meter. At the moment probably less than 200. But even during the day it changed from maybe a mile to arou... Read More

SunsetNews Day 9

As predicted the wind died last night. In the morning I dropped all sails and fired up the iron Genua.. I tried to sit it out but even the water is glassy there’s still a good east/ southeasterl... Read More

SunsetNews Day 8

We just hit the 38 th latitude.. San Franzisco lies 1800 nm to starboard. I’m on the water for 1 week now and had a big pod of dolphins this morning to celebrate it. One week of pure sailing, 10... Read More

SunsetNews Day 7

We were flying the whole night with 7-8+ kn. Today’s etmal was record breaking 209 nm! Can you believe that? I couldn’t..! and after checking the charts and quickly adding up the etmals si... Read More

SunsetNews Day 6

I’m very shortly passing latitude 33. That means I’m north of San Diego already. ZERO is flying with 7,5 kn over the ocean. Occasionally doing over 8 knots. The boat movement is very stead... Read More

SunsetNews Day 4

The days are getting longer. It’s after 8 and there is still some light out there.. I eased the course yesterday and we’re doing 60 degree to the wind now. The boat movement is much better... Read More

SunsetNews Day 3

I checked the bilge today and again found some diesel in it. It must come from the starboard tank but I can’t see where exactly. The smell of diesel is kind of cryptonite for me. It didn’t... Read More

SunsetNews Day 1

Aloha, I started slow and sailed just under the headsail until noon before hoisting the other sails. It was very calm in Lee of the island. But when I rounded the Western tip of Oahu we found some win... Read More