Endlich war alles in Papeete erledigt, die Insel umrundet (mit dem Fahrrad und dem Boot 😆) Einkäufe getätigt und so konnten wir uns mit Sybille und Bo auf den Weg nach Moorea machen. Wir tauschen die Crew und ich war das erste Mal segeln auf einem Katamaran 👍👍, die arme Sybille hatte alle Hände voll … Continue reading “Moorea mit Sybo Tours”
Questions from S/Y Aegle Answers from SY Artemis of Lleyn – Suitability for a couple (we are of reasonable fitness and experienced offshore cruisers and racers sailors (less so on the ocean / blue water side) We also sail as a couple. Single handed sailors and couples need to have “standard operating procedures” and plan … Continue reading “Parasailor Review”
Time to write a blog. What was the address to log in to Buruwang? What is my password? Where do I click to write a new blog post? I can tell that it is a long time since I last posted an entry here. But I have a good excuse. OK! It is the excuse … Continue reading “German Summer”
Oops! It is now two months since we last wrote a blog and back then life was “exciting!” Sorry. Sometime life goes faster than we can write. So here is my attempt to summarize two months in one page. Escaped the Great Sandy Strait and made it to Bundaberg. In the Burnett river we survived … Continue reading “Greetings from Germany”
After a few enjoyable weeks in Maupiti, we sailed towards Bora Bora. The good news was we had wind; the less good news, it was against us. It was only 32 miles from anchorage to anchorage but we ended up tacking hard and finally took seventy. It seemed that as fast as we changed tack, … Continue reading “Bora Bora – and getting there.”
Endlich sind auch Sybille und Bo mit ihrer Segel Yacht Sybo hier in Maupiti eingetroffen. Nachdem die beiden in Tahiti ein neues Wing Foiling Board mit “Flügeln” erstanden haben wurde es hier natürlich sofort ausprobiert und getestet. Auch Neill und ich kamen in den Genuss es zu probieren 🙈🙈😆; zuerst Stehübungen auf dem Bord dann … Continue reading “Wassersport 😊 oder – Spiele”
I recently wrote about the exciting journey to the Pacific island of Maupiti at the far west of French Polynesia. Look Maupiti up in the Internet and it is the impossibly small tip of an ancient volcano lost in the middle of the huge blue Pacific. You have to zoom in a long way to … Continue reading “Maupiti. Far, far west”
Durch Verstrickung glücklicher Umstände kamen wir in den Genuss mit Sybo einen Ausflug zum Walwatching zu machen. Jannis, ein Deutscher, der hier in Moore für drei Monate ist hatte eine Einheimische gefunden, die wusste wo die Wale zu finden sind und jetzt brauchten sie nur noch ein Boot 🙈😆. Sybo erklärten sich bereit und luden … Continue reading “Schwimmen mit Walen”
Through a series of lucky coincidences, a group of us ended up on the catamaran Sybo for a whale watching trip. We had the french “whale spotter” on the roof, the German “video man” and a collection of “swimmers” from three nations. Our whale spotter found a male, a female and a calf just outside … Continue reading “Whales watching humans watching whales”
Bo – a friend from the catamaran Sybo – suggested a bike ride on Moorea so at six in the morning the three of us were on land with our bikes assembled, kitted up and fully motivated. The island of Moorea has a road all the way round the edge. A nice flat road with … Continue reading “Exploring Moorea”
