Leopard in shutdown I have hardly digested my celebration champaign – to the news that the Rivercafe delivery date is confirmed – and everything is already different. The South African government has decreed a shutdown until April 16th. […]
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Travel preparation with pandemic This corona bastard ruins everything. Sure, it affects everyone, even if some people take longer to figure it out. In Germany, toilet paper is sold out, in France red wine and condoms and in
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Travel preparations in times of Corona It`s a magic number. In 100 days we take over the “Rivercafe” and our full-time sailing life begins. Ka counts the days until we leave Luxembourg, that is 16 less. In theory.
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Jimmy Cornell sails around the world at age 80 When I first heard about Jimmy Cornell, I was still a rookie offshore. During the long winter breaks read sailing books of course – like almost all seasonal sailors
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Our last winter in Luxembourg The weather has turned gray. And cold. At night there was already the first frost. The trees have thrown off their leaves and in the evening it’s time for the fireplace and red wine.
The empire strikes back – if it’s not too busy. It starts in 42 weeks. Over 500 times I have written the number of remaining days in the steam of the shower and now you can call it
About wine tastings, engines and Facebook. It will probably take significantly days less before we leave Luxembourg. In 400 days the Rivercafe is handed over and we put our heads on “Rivercafe” pillows for the first time. The
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 makes everything easier and I am probably rarely
Pink elephants on the Atlantic We desperately want to leave again and of course that has a reason: we know how it feels to sail the world. Once tasted and messed up forever. To me it’s a process
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685 days to freedom Put out 22 tubes of toothpaste and 86 garbage cans – then I’m finally back in real life. In Cape Town, I am then dived into the water like a fish, happily disappearing back
