We were enjoying a comfortable close reach out of the Elbe, passing Brunsbüttel, Cuxhaven and all the East Frisian Islands but in the night we got the wind right in the nose and started to motoring. At 3AM in the darkest hour, there were suddenly strange sounds from the transmission and we had to shut…
We sailed to Hamburg while waiting for the new inverter to the generator and docked in the City Marina of Hamburg harbour, right opposite of the beautiful Elbphilharmonie with wavelengths in the architects drawings. Hamburg is a lovely town for seafarers and it´s a lot of traffic on the Elbe. Tourist boats, shuttle boats, huge…
We were lucky enough to get in contact with the skilful Fisher Panda technician Hans de Bol in Glückstadt and he ordered a new PCB board for our generator. We are quite dependent on the generator because it drives the ENWA water maker. So we wait three days and learn to relax and live with…
“Besser auf einem neuen Weg etwas stolpern als in alten Pfaden auf der Stelle treten” “Better to stumble a little along new pathing than follow old without moving” This was the message in a Chinese fortune cookie in Brunsbüttel, it fits very well to our ride on the waves around the world. We stayed in…
Last year we visited the little German town Rendsburg in the Kiel Canal as we sailed home from London and we were happy to meet the friendly harbour master Silke again. Nillas German family; Ule, Volker and the fabulous dog Frido, drove all the way from Erkrath (310miles) and we had a wonderful evening. Our…
After a short but peaceful night, we left Klintholm and Denmark as early as the morning broke and sailed away at 3:30 AM. With headwinds of 10-16knots, we had to run the engine and went steadily over the declining ripple. Fifteen hours later, we arrived at the Kiel-Holtenau lock, right on time to directly drive…
On Saturday we sailed four hours to Malmö together with Modesty and Skyline and we shared plans and weather forecasts for the coming long trip to the Kiel canal. Anders cousin Ia joined us for an early Sunday breakfast and brought us some important deliveries. It was a special moment – our last breakfast in…
On July 10th, we sailed five hours to Helsingborg. We met SY Modesty, another boat from our “sailaway”-group from Gothenburg. All good things are three and in Helsingborg SY Skyline made the group complete. This meeting was not planned in advance, and it was hopeful to meet other Swedish sailors who are on their way…
Some hours of deep sleep together with calmer winds gave us a great sail from eight in the morning until 4 AM next morning. The sun was shining and we relaxed and did some sewing maintenance. We passed Onsala, our homepeninnsula and it was a great feeling to go further south. Early in the morning…