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 everything is repaired. Only when the Rivercafe is […]
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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 of the bunk in the middle of the
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Hotel California Mindelo
The ARC+ fleet splits off Actually, we should have been on the Atlantic since Thursday and have the first 600 nm behind us. In fact we are still stuck in the Marina Mindelo and feel like in the
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Approching Cape Verde
And it always happens at night At the start of a rally it is so busy that you don’t have time to feel like Columbus. What a pity, because we sail almost the same way as he did.
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We are off then
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
What are we eating today?
Provisioning It’s now a year ago, that I had already finished my provisioning list. Last autumn, when it was getting grey and we couldn’t talk often enough about the new life from summer on, I started to work
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Boarding complete
One more week to go As expected time flies in Las Palmas. There are only two important things to do on board before leaving on Nov11. A leaking window has to be replaced and the water maker should
Back to the blue water life
ARC+ ahead of us We slowly get back into the groove. It is normal again that “right” means starboard and the kitchen is called galley. Our German speaking share is decreasing while English is becoming more common. We
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Hitchhiking across the Atlantic
The time of the optimists in Las Palmas Wanderlust and an empty wallet go just as well with a cream cake with anchovies. Imagination and courage are needed if you still want to travel. Sailing to the Caribbean
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All stations – Rivercafe is approching Tenerife
Calling all stations · 41 days – 5,750 nm Many thanks to all who fevered and crossed their fingers with us. The Rivercafe arrived healthy and in one piece in Tenerife. What a day. Gary, Simon, Franco and Brandon
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