Hi this is me writing a blog once again. Netherlands one day, Belgium the next ( We went on an expedition in Brugge finding plastic food, taking photos, then moving on. We found delicious waffles and ...
Thank you Paul!
Wow... what an amazingly productive three days in Bruinisse! Starting with Tuesday... We hauled Saltair out of the water in order to replace the lip seal in the starboard rudder bearing. It turns ...
Diverted to Bruinisse!
Our adventure continues! The themes of the past weeks or so have been lousy weather, lousy weather and lousy boat issues! But also resilience, perseverance and making the best of things! For mos ...
Vlieland
Vleiland is a cool little island where we have been staying for the past 3 days. It has a lighthouse, a big beach (with a few restaurants), a small town (with a lot of restaurants), a big marina (wher ...
Pajama day on Saltair's Seafarers Academy
We have been in Vlieland since Saturday night, waiting for better sailing conditions to continue our trip south. We are using the time to do work on our planning, on boat projects and on establishing ...
Guest Blog Post: Naming Things
One of the tasks when getting a new boat is that you have to name it. On a boat of a certain size, this is a serious task. (smaller boats are exempt from this requirement and may, some would say shoul ...
Cuxhaven to Vlieland - Via Borkum
After transiting the Kiel canal on Wednesday, we sailed another 20 nm (nautical miles) in the Elbe river to reach Cuxhaven harbor (Germany). Since the Kiel canal was flat we were able to spend time b ...
Courtesy flags
Courtesy flags are small flags that you are required to fly when you enter/stay in a country. The required flag is usually the national flag, but there are some special cases like England where the f ...
Kiel & The Canal (English Version)
Original version in French with photos We arrived in Kiel late Monday evening and spent 2 nights there in a good marina, well sheltered. We were able to borrow bikes and on Tuesday everyone went on ...
Kiel et le Canal de Kiel
Nous sommes arrivés à Kiel tard lundi soir et y avons passé 2 nuits dans une bonne marina, bien abritée. Nous avons pu emprunter des vélos et mardi tout le monde est parti à l’aventure. Adam ...