Tag: SY Maranea
Eating on board
A great boat, good weather, tasty food, wine, and pleasant company are perfect ingredients for a very enjoyable time…
Gothenburg
We spent the night at the small port of Kullavik and enjoyed a nice sunset and a quiet evening, despite blasting music and other festivities on the traditional Midsommardagen, the longest day of the year.
Kerteminde to Grenå (DK)
Day 8: Kerteminde – Grenå, 11 hours, 61 nm, departure: 9:10am Our two stops in Denmark were probably not completely legal. Denmark has just opened its borders and a limited number of ports in a few areas of northern Germany only. We decided to…
Great Belt – Storebæl DK
Day 7: Kiel – Kerteminde, 14.5 hours, 82 nm, departure: 7:30am Today’s sailing was phenomenal – absolutely beautiful and tranquil. Such a day gives me the sheer joy of being on the water. Except for about an hour of sailing, we had to use…
Crossing the North Baltic Sea Canal
Day 4: Heligoland – Brunsbüttel, 9.5 hours, 55 nm, departure: 9:40am Day 5: Brunsbüttel – Giselau Kanal, 4.5 hours, 40 nm, departure: 9:45am Day 6: Giselau Kanal – Kiel, 8 hours, 60 nm, departure: 9:30am Leaving Germany’s only offshore island Heligoland, we head for…
Norderney to Heligoland
Day 3, 12 hours, 54 nm, departure: 5am We left the mildly interesting island of Norderney at 5 am, so we would have a better chance to get to Cuxhaven by the end of the day. We soon figured out that our plan was…
Makkum to Norderney
Day 1 & 2, 22 hours, 116 nm, Departure: 9am Sailing is driven by wind strength and direction, the state of the sea (i.e. waves, currents), the characteristics of the sailing boat and the crew. Shortly after my arrival, Marius and I sat down…
Gone Sailing
It’s been 4 years since I had the pleasure to sail the Mediterranean with Martin. After a surprisingly full flight to Amsterdam to a rather empty Amsterdam airport, a train, and a bus ride, I arrived at the final destination Makkum, in the north…
