Recent Blog Posts
#35: Sailing to Shelter Bay to pack up our boat
At the end of August we sailed to Shelter Bay where we planned to leave our boat for 2 months …
#34 Portobelo – Discovering forts and horseback riding
After a bit more than a week in the San Blas with our friends, it was time to slowly get …
#33 San Blas with friends 2 – Jannis’ and Ela’s birthdays
Since Jannis and I have our birthdays right after each other, this meant we invited the sailor-community for two potlucks …
#32 San Blas with friends 1 – Jungle-hike to a waterfall
In August, our friends Anne, Moritz, Lino and Leila came to visit us on Taka Tuka during their summer-vacation. Moritz …
#31 Making friends with locals
The more time we spent sailing in the San Blas, the more we had the opportunity to make friends with …
#30 What it’s like to sail in Panama during rainy season
While we definitely enjoy our time in San Blas during rainy season, it does come with its drawbacks. The good …
#29 Julia’s birthday beneath the palmtrees
Celebrating a kid’s birthday at home usually needs quite some preparations and thinking. Here in the San Blas, it didn’t …
#28 Life behind the reef
As I mentioned in an earlier blog, the Swimming Pool anchorage is like a sailor’s dream come true. It is …
#27 Visiting a Kuna village and a lonely island
After dropping off Rainer at Green Island in the San Blas, we spent a few days at an anchorage called …
#26 Rainer’s visit and arriving in San Blas Islands
After a week of boat-work, we were happy to welcome Rainer aboard who came to visit us. Pretty quickly we …
#25 Our first week in Panama – Linton Bay
Once we got to Linton Bay, we were super happy to have successfully made our crossing from Jamaica. Linton Bay …
#24 Sailing from Jamaica to Panama
I remember being a bit nervous when arriving in Jamaica, not knowing if in the near future there would be …
#23 A week in Jamaica
We spent a week in Port Antonio, Jamaica before taking a weather window to sail South to Panama. Boat-wise we …
#22 Sailing from the Bahamas to Jamaica
Our sail to Jamaica took us four days and was quite challenging at the beginning. We aimed for a weather …
#21 Weighing our options: Sailing to Panama or back to the US?
After having spent two weeks with my sister and family on the boat, we almost felt a bit lonely with …
#20 Exumas with family 4 – Snorkeling through Thunderball Grotto
Our last stop with my sister and family was Staniel Cay. We had been looking forward to this stop, because …
#19 Exumas with family 3 – Exploring a cave and sailing to Blackpoint
As we continued our two-week family cruise in the Exumas, we decided to go discover a cave near Oven Rock …
#18 Exumas with family 2 – Iguanas and mermaids
When the weather allowed it, we started moving again towards the North. Our first stop was the Iguana beach at …
#17 Exumas with family 1 – Take us to the shallows
And off we went! After the last missing suitcase arrived, we started heading North again to start our two weeks …
#16 Georgetown: Petting stingrays and climbing hills with family
We heard many nice things about Georgetown and its active sailing community and were looking forward to spending a few …
#15 Life through turquoise glasses: Warderick Wells and Pipe Cay
Just like Shroud Cay, Warderick Wells amazed us with its turquoise water and lively underwater world. With nothing very urgent …
#14 Shroud Cay: Exploring marine life in Exuma Land and Sea Park
Our first stop in the Exumas was Shroud Cay (~50nm from New Providence) – What a highlight! Of course, on …
#13 New Providence – an unplanned stop to fix our depth sounder
We planned to sail directly from the Berries to the Exumas and started our sail in the night, knowing that …
#12 Berry Islands: Bonfires and endless sandflats
Our first stop after the West End was going to be in the Berry Islands (~95nm from West End). They …
#11 We made it to the Bahamas
What a feeling!!! After months of preparations and excitement, we finally made it to West End on Gran Bahama (~120nm …
#10 Crossing the infamous Gulfstream
Our last stop in Florida was Port Saint Lucie (~80nm from Cape Caneveral), where we spent a few days at …
#9 Rocket-launch right in front of our eyes!!!
On our way down the US East Coast we kept looking at the launch-agenda from Cape Canaveral (~120 nm from …
#8 Stuck in muddy swamps and off to Saint Augustine Florida
Our next stop after Bohicket was a less glamorous one, in the swamps of Beaufourt South Carolina. Actually, not a …
#7 Our kids join a jam-session at Bohicket Creek
On our way down the US East Coast we usually had a window of 1-2 days for good sailing (or …
#6 Spotting dolphins and celebrating carnival in Beaufort North Carolina
Entering the Beaufort inlet can be quite daunting because it is shallow and there is lots of current, but luckily, …
#5 Untying the lines – let’s go South!
Chesapeake – Cape Hatteras – Beaufort NC On February 23rd we were ready to set sail direction South. Just a …
#4 Launching the boat and building a solar arch
On February 4th we decided to put the boat in the water, after having heard that if it gets too …
#3 Our life at Dennis Point – preparing for the big adventure
Dennis Point is a pretty remote Marina, hidden in the forests of the Chesapeake and surrounded by stunning nature. It …
#2 Arriving at Dennis Point in the Arctic Cold
After a few days in the warmth of a house in Washington, it was time for us to move to …
#1 Starting our adventure – the journey to the US
Dennis Point Marina is where our boat is located in the Chesapeake Bay. After months of intense preparations, we were …