Karin und Holger Binz auf Weltumsegelung an Bord der Rivercafe

450 days – bureaucracy does not like world travelers

Curious experiences with administrations On my to-do list, I’ve been working on bureaucratic stuff for the past 50 days. I had to learn that one virtually does not exist as…

Friday April 5th, 2019 1

About anchoring in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

About needless conversations and anchor chains If I feel like conducting a useless conversation, I tell a townie that I’m going to sail around the world from next year on….

Friday March 15th, 2019

Sailing adventures on Youtube

Background and samples. Is there anything better on a gray winter’s day than following the journeys of other sailors and to dream of turquoise anchorages? In the pre-Youtube times, the books…

Monday March 4th, 2019

Another 500 days – of sleepless nights and the Galapagos of Brazi

Still 500 days to go. The 1st of July of the next year is slowly but steady approaching but we still have to survive one winter. The winter gray is…

Monday February 11th, 2019

Travel acquaintances The acquaintances and friendships that one concludes on trips – travel acquaintances – are not of long duration. Thats what I thought. Before I made acquaintances and friendships…

Monday January 21st, 2019

No time for technology – 13 Jan 2019 Diary

No time for technology If I were a TV presenter I would say: For today’s current occasion, a special show to present an annoyed Karin. For a week now I…

Sunday January 13th, 2019

Bitcoins – pain for the Oceans

Bitcoins – something for stupid people The topic of Bitcoin is currently en vogue on the websites of some sailors. Some offer crypo payments for their shops, others are actively…

Tuesday January 8th, 2019

Jan4 2018 diary – I will miss you guys · people

I will miss you There is still some time left before we set sails. Over a year. But the idea of being separated is already set. The message of I…

Saturday January 5th, 2019

18 months to go

Trimming down the pounds After the turn of the year, our final year in Luxembourg has arrived. From now on we can finally talk about the departure “next year”. That…

Monday December 31st, 2018

Book list for lonely sailing

Which book do you take to a lonely island? Well here it comes to a topic in german language as I read most of the books in german language. So…

Saturday December 29th, 2018

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 ….