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Lost in the Caribbean

Corona, Chaos, Clouds Thank you very much for your suggestions on my naming dilemma. Many have suggested their own names and I appreciate that. Interestingly, there was no nickname at…

Friday February 26th, 2021 4

Guadeloupe – this week without any drama

AbsoluteIy necessary: I need a new name After an exciting and spectacular past week, our wish has indeed come true: little excitement this week. We are still in Guadeloupe, still…

Friday February 12th, 2021 6

Guadeloupe – almost a disaster

Drama on the dream island Almost 400,000 people live in Guadeloupe and I guess that almost everyone knows about the drama we experienced here. It was even reported in France….

Saturday February 6th, 2021 5

From Martinique to Guadeloupe

Les Saintes – the holy islands of Guadeloupe On Januar20 we had another farewell or better an “au revoir”. This time we spent 2 weeks in Martinique and it was…

Tuesday January 26th, 2021 1

Bonjour La Martinique

A life almost without Covid St Lucia is perfectly situated for the introduction to the Antilles, not bad for a start. In my opinion, the islands become more and more…

Wednesday January 13th, 2021 4

The Long Road to Flow

or: Shitty Wedding Day Our daughter Jil once developed a great program in her human resources profession: How to flow. We have been waiting for such a flow for quite…

Tuesday January 5th, 2021 6

Merry Christmas

Birthday and Christmas We are still in Marigot Bay in St Lucia and have decided to stay here until our spare parts for the watermaker and AIS have arrived and…

Thursday December 24th, 2020 2

Rivercafe wins ARC+ catamaran rallye

Beautiful St Lucia awakens It’s nice to wake up in the morning and see green hills, palm trees and birds. And it’s nice to sleep regularly again, not getting out…

Wednesday December 16th, 2020 8

Atlantic, part one

From Mindelo to the middle of the Atlantic And then we finally got going. After a long wait, the 17 remaining ARC+ vessels were able to start on Monday (23.11)….

Thursday December 10th, 2020

Atlantic, part two

From Mid-Atlantic to St Lucia Our almost epic odyssey has come to an end. We have arrived. In St. Lucia, in the Caribbean – at our destination. Almost half a…

Thursday December 10th, 2020 8

Our travel route? The World.

We are avowed warm-weather sailors and our way around the world will guide us through the warm regions only. From Cape Town, our 5,700 nm maiden voyage will take us along Namibia, St. Helena and Ascension Island, past the coast of Brazil to Barbados. The first 2-3 years we want to sail the Caribbean, the Bahamas and the USA. Then we think of the Panama Canal. In the Pacific we are planning with the US West Coast and Hawaii, before we sail for the second time in Polynesia. And then let’s have a look. Indonesia alone has 17,000 islands ….