2000 NM sailing NNE from the tip of South America. Instead of arriving way further as the Azores, or even Greenland, I got caught by COVID-19 crisis in Brasil… During the trip we were not allowed to enter Uruguai, we managed to restock on the gas station and decided to skip to Itajai – a great, new marina of this coast. This is where it turned out that the whole world has closed down. I decided to become local… My current home is the National Kid, a small sailboat in the marina. I have no better thing to do than […]
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Beautiful trip with a good friend and owner of Tartaruga Sail & Dive charters, together with couple other good companions. We were quite lucky to be able to visit three distinct harbours of Marocco in quite mild conditions. Tangert located in the SW Straits of Gibraltar, which allowed us a taxi trip to famous historical town of Chefchaouen. Bright and beautiful town famous not only for craft workshops of leatherworkers and other craftsmen, but also architecture, history and production one of the mo most famous Marcocco’s illegal export product… Al Yadida with it’s incredibly authentic fishing harbour and old town. […]
On several occasions I have had the tough but beautiful pleasure of working on a refit of this impressive sailing vessel. This boat has been the dream come true for few owners, a witness of many of their adventures. She was build in 1924 in Germany for an Ambassador of Germany in Hawaii, who became rich on importation of pineapple fruits. During the II World War she had her lead keel taken away to mould it into bullets. Since then she’s been around with cement and steel blocks. Held in a private garden for many years as a souvenir she […]
It’s been nearly a year since the strongest ever recorded hurricane Irma passed over St Martín in the Caribbean…
Denia, Valencia, Spain. A nobody’s land just on the end of the northern pier of the harbour. This where I’ve encountered The Dragon Ship couple years ago after a delivery job…
Overall inspection and listing the issues, supervision and work with local specialists and companies. Replacement or service of multiple equipment: winches, pulleys, ropes, VHF antenna, radio, ventilation. Disassembly and assembly of the entire rig and the keel with broken seal and traces of bolts oxidation. Repair of a damaged and filled with water rudder, corrections to original rudder shaft mount. Steering system assembly and adjusting steering wires. Dismount of saildrive and assistance with refitting it. Polishing, antifouling painting. Complex check out and many repairs done on a boatyard session of this 13 years old Bavaria 32. Boats in her age […]
This Hanse 385 is a boat that I have crewed on as a 1st Mate, during her delivery from UK to Canaries few years ago. She is basically still a brand new boat and her owner takes care of her well with good attention to detail and safety.
The biggest flying fish I’ve ever seen, unfortunately found dead floating in the marina. These spectacular species can jump out of the water and glide in the air even for a couple hundred meters bouncing of the waves to extend their flight even more…
