10th day on the atlantic

Today is my 5th fish. This is awesome for the kitchen.
We have grad man-talks about family, marriage, calling and life. But whats shared on the atlantic stays on the atlantic.
The mood is great.Læs mere
Today is my 5th fish. This is awesome for the kitchen.
We have grad man-talks about family, marriage, calling and life. But whats shared on the atlantic stays on the atlantic.
The mood is great.Læs mere
Hansjörg cooks yesterdays catch. Enough fish for the next 2-3 days. The crew speaks a fishing embargo. I‘m too successfull with my fishing: my Penn roll and my Williamson dorado catcher lures. ALæs mere
At 2 in the morning we‘ve passed our halfway point at 😃 1400 nautical miles. I‘m happy about that, but man, another 1400 to go. I have to keep ot together.
3 days after last bucket shower.Læs mere
1200 nautical miles to go - a nm is about 1.8km.
More troubles during the night. A thunderstorm cell passes us. But as it is really dark you dont see it coming. The wind picks up - nice, more speed.Læs mere
We rigged the spare genua instead of the mainsail. Thats a lot of work in the rocking waves and with the constant wind fighting you. Two thirds up there seems to be a little problem with theLæs mere
We‘ve spilled about 20 coffeepots and other drinks. Don‘t freak out - stay calm. This is normal with 3-4 meter waves.
The waves are sneaking up from behind. And every 2 minutes there is a bigLæs mere
Yes with just men on board it surely gets more messy. But within limited boundaries. As you can see our boundry is the cetral table. What a mess. The rest, kitchen & cabins are mostly well organized.Læs mere
Wow the moon is now gone most of the night. And you can see the milky way with its starclouds and billions of stars in a 360 degree undistracted dome of glory. I feel small. But priviledged. What aLæs mere
We see another sailboat on the horizon. Must be number 4. it is so lonely out here.
The wind lets us down. So we decide we need a larger sail. So not to destroy the damaged mainsail more, we take itLæs mere
A shaky night and finally morning. Windspeed picks up to a 7 with tunderstorms. A steering mistake leads to more damage on the boat.
Just in my surfshorts and lifevest i run on deck to help andLæs mere