During the two months that we spent in Kiel we became very well acquainted with the town and its surroundings. We liked it there, and by this time it already felt almost like home. But now it was nearly the end of September - time to ...
This time I'm not going to write that much. Instead, I will fill this post with photos of some pretty amazing boats we had the pleasure to see up close. I have always loved classic, wooden boats, and I don't think there could be anything more ...
During the long, dark winter evenings we planned our great journey south. We would cast off on the 1st of June, make a quick stop at Gdansk, and by July we would be through the Kiel Canal and well on our way down the English Channel ...
Our boatyard visit in Gdansk was supposed to be a quick two week pit stop on our way far, far south from the Baltic Sea. We ended up staying for five weeks - partly because we kept having new ideas the whole time while observing the ...
Navigare necesse est, like they used to say in Rome. But there are other things almost as important to us - like history and architecture, and especially these two combined - that are as much the reason for this journey as the sailing itself.
Three ...
After a strenuous spring filled with boat projects, emptying yet another land based home, getting stuff for the boat and getting rid of land life stuff while working to save every last penny for our cruising kitty we were finally ready to cast off! No, the ...
If you're reading this, it means we have untied the lines and are somewhere out at sea! Heading towards the southern horizon, ...