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At the end of August we sailed to Shelter Bay where we planned to leave our boat for 2 months to take a little break and go visit friends and…

After a bit more than a week in the San Blas with our friends, it was time to slowly get on our way to Shelter Bay where we planned to…

Since Jannis and I have our birthdays right after each other, this meant we invited the sailor-community for two potlucks in a row. It was so nice to see how…

In August, our friends Anne, Moritz, Lino and Leila came to visit us on Taka Tuka during their summer-vacation. Moritz and Anne are the couple that introduced us to sailing…

The more time we spent sailing in the San Blas, the more we had the opportunity to make friends with locals. We really enjoy the sailing-community but also try and…

While we definitely enjoy our time in San Blas during rainy season, it does come with its drawbacks. The good thing is that it’s not overcrowded during that time of…

Celebrating a kid’s birthday at home usually needs quite some preparations and thinking. Here in the San Blas, it didn’t take more than a whatsapp-message to the sailors in the…

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, the Swimming Pool anchorage is like a sailor’s dream come true. It is protected from all sides by a huge reef and when…

After dropping off Rainer at Green Island in the San Blas, we spent a few days at an anchorage called Waisaladup – a tiny little coconut island that had just…

After a week of boat-work, we were happy to welcome Rainer aboard who came to visit us. Pretty quickly we were able to switch from boat-work-mode to happy sailing mode…

Once we got to Linton Bay, we were super happy to have successfully made our crossing from Jamaica. Linton Bay is a large anchorage surrounded by a rainforest-covered coastline, with…

I remember being a bit nervous when arriving in Jamaica, not knowing if in the near future there would be an ok weather window for us to continue sailing South…

We spent a week in Port Antonio, Jamaica before taking a weather window to sail South to Panama. Boat-wise we had the goal to fix our mainsail traveler car and…

Our sail to Jamaica took us four days and was quite challenging at the beginning. We aimed for a weather window from Great Inagua to Jamaica, but first had to…

After having spent two weeks with my sister and family on the boat, we almost felt a bit lonely with the four of us. In such a short time, we…

Our last stop with my sister and family was Staniel Cay. We had been looking forward to this stop, because many cruisers told us about thunderball grotto. This grotto became…

As we continued our two-week family cruise in the Exumas, we decided to go discover a cave near Oven Rock that we had seen on our favorite sailor’s app noforeignland.…

When the weather allowed it, we started moving again towards the North. Our first stop was the Iguana beach at Leaf Cay. It was impressive to see how populated this…

And off we went! After the last missing suitcase arrived, we started heading North again to start our two weeks family adventure in the Exumas. Knowing that my sister and…

We heard many nice things about Georgetown and its active sailing community and were looking forward to spending a few days there. Luckily we had an absolutely incredible weather window…

Just like Shroud Cay, Warderick Wells amazed us with its turquoise water and lively underwater world. With nothing very urgent on our to-do-list we felt like we’d fully arrived in…

Our first stop in the Exumas was Shroud Cay (~50nm from New Providence) – What a highlight! Of course, on our way there, one engine died down, so we had…

We planned to sail directly from the Berries to the Exumas and started our sail in the night, knowing that it would be a bit uncomfortable with wind and waves.…

Our first stop after the West End was going to be in the Berry Islands (~95nm from West End). They looked great on the map and seemed fun to explore…

What a feeling!!! After months of preparations and excitement, we finally made it to West End on Gran Bahama (~120nm sail from Port Saint Lucie) and were ready to clear…

Our last stop in Florida was Port Saint Lucie (~80nm from Cape Caneveral), where we spent a few days at anchor and did some last provisioning before heading to the…

On our way down the US East Coast we kept looking at the launch-agenda from Cape Canaveral (~120 nm from St. Augustine) and hoped that we could be there during…

Our next stop after Bohicket was a less glamorous one, in the swamps of Beaufourt South Carolina. Actually, not a planned stop. After just a few hours of sailing from…

On our way down the US East Coast we usually had a window of 1-2 days for good sailing (or motoring) followed by 4-5 days of strong winds from a…

Entering the Beaufort inlet can be quite daunting because it is shallow and there is lots of current, but luckily, we didn’t have much wind and the entrance was fine.…

Chesapeake – Cape Hatteras – Beaufort NC On February 23rd we were ready to set sail direction South. Just a few days after an intense snow-storm, we decided, it was…

On February 4th we decided to put the boat in the water, after having heard that if it gets too muddy, it would be difficult to remove it from its…

Dennis Point is a pretty remote Marina, hidden in the forests of the Chesapeake and surrounded by stunning nature. It was to be our home for over a month in…

After a few days in the warmth of a house in Washington, it was time for us to move to our boat. We knew that arriving in January could potentially…

Dennis Point Marina is where our boat is located in the Chesapeake Bay. After months of intense preparations, we were finally ready to board a plane to Baltimore. We were…