Über den Atlantik Segeln und Weltumsegelung. Blauwasser Segler Karin und Holger Binz auf Weltreise mit dem Leopard Segelkatamaran Rivercafe.
Las Palmas to Mindelo, Cape Verde Two years of preparation are soon history. After a negative corona test we are allowed to leave on Sunday at 1 p.m. with 23 other vessels. One crew got it: positive covid test and quarantine. Hopefully the control test is negative. This means that we are now only 24 …
Useless 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. The effect is similar and differs only in nuances. First, there is a compassionate and uncomprehending look, as if I had a rare speech blunder. If …
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How do you explain loneliness? What is it about? Admittedly, I had my own idea of loneliness. I have often felt lonely in my life. It was a common topic to think about in my childhood. Watching no one on a weekend, not talking to anyone and not turning on either the computer or the …
Sailing across the Atlantic – alone or with a rally ? In 1986, blue-water guru Jimmy Cornell organized the first ARC – the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers. He hit a nerve with it and laid the foundations for the largest and to date incredibly successful Atlantic Rally, which heads every November from Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) to …
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