Antigua – last island in 2021
Christmas Winds One last stage lay ahead of us this year. The stretch from Guadeloupe to Antigua. A 75 nm distance to the north, 50 nm of which was not protected through open passages. The weather forecast drove …
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Revolution in Guadeloupe
Riots in Paradise I think this will be the most complicated article I’ve written on our blog so far. And certainly the least funny. Today it’s not about beaches, jungles or turtles. It’s about Trouble in Paradise: riots …
Experiences after one year of life on board
Part 2: Personal stuff What’s life on a ship like? We’ll tell you, in our part 2 of our review, the personal part. Spoiler alarm: it will be longer than usual. What a year We are docked in …
Jungle of Grenada
Finally action again Grenada I have just escaped the charge of blasphemy because of my disparaging remarks about the praying weekend. And now the ignorant I am, I am embarrassed and silent in disgrace. What happened? Last week …
Back to Grenada
Its summer again The last 6 weeks separated us 8.000 km from the Rivercafe. Now we are only 3km away from our favourite boat, but we are not allowed on board yet. We landed in Grenada and I …
Visit in Europe
Short break from ship life We have arrived in Europe. I am writing this article in the “Eifel region” of Germany. A remote area, close to Luxembourg. We have rented a house for a few weeks and have …
Grenada to Frankfort
4 days, 5 flights, 700 USD for C19 tests After a year at sea, we are travelling back to Europe together for the first time on Sunday. At least we’re trying to. It’s time to see family and …
Holiday mode vs. travel mode
The difference between travelling and going on vacations. Holger doesn’t like it when I talk about our first Atlantic year (2016/2017) as a vacation. He says it was a journey not a vacation. For me it was both …
A visit home
Meeting my loved ones When we sold the house I knew a big part of my home was now gone. So I was always curious to see what it would be like to return home after sailing away. …
Life on a catamaran
Experiences after 7 months on board Today I am sitting in the marina of Bas-du-Fort in Pointe à Pitre – alone for once – and I realise that it has been 10 months since we left Luxembourg. We …