Saltair Afloat

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...