Owning a sailboat can on its own be an overwhelming task; from finding a secure spot, to keeping it safe and seaworthy – it’s a bloody long road, requiring lots of work, time, money and nerves. Now, if you want to get your boat properly ready for sailing, or even more so for long time … Continue reading Things you actually need for sailing
Departure: Glénan Islands, July 23 Arrival: Bélon (Rivière deBélonn), July 23 Nautical miles: 10 Ever been fooled by the forecast? Bet you have, we’ve many times, but our departure from the Glénan is probably one of the worst. We knew bad weather was coming up, but according to the forecast we should have had plenty of times to get … Continue reading Log 12 Crossing the Biscay
Growing up in a coastal fishing village in Greece, fishing was always something natural for me and my friends, some of whom came from fishing families and have actually become fishermen themselves. Our family sailing vacations evolved mostly around some sort of fishing or underwater exploring – and sailing which as a matter of fact … Continue reading Harvesting from the Sea – the Great debate
I (Leo) am one of those personalities that expects quite a bit of adrenaline in return for any physical activity. That unfortunately comes at a high price and always has. I envy Pernille and other people, who really enjoy doing workouts and yoga (took me 3 tries to spell joga correctly). She doesn’t need a … Continue reading Wing Foiling – the ideal toy for sailors?
Lots has happened, summer hit for most of us and nobody wants to sit in front of a screen and write or read about sailing, especially when you can sail for yourself. Nevertheless we want to write a little overview of what we have been up to since the Netherlands and Belgium. Following a quick … Continue reading Log 10 – Engine failure and navigating the tides in France
Departure: Helgoland, June 8, 6 AM Arrival: Delfzijl, June 8, 9 PM Nautical miles: 95 When thinking of the Netherlands, one might not think of sailing. Back in the day maybe, as the Dutch sailors had their own legacy, but today? Nowadays, for a lot of cruisers it’s just a long stretch of coast in the North Sea one … Continue reading Log 7 Staande Mast Route, Netherlands
Departure: Esbjerg, June 6, 2.30 PM Arrival: Helgoland, June 7, 5.30 AM Nautical miles: 90 As Leo is German and Dory Man sails under German flag, we feel that this 1 day visit to German territory deserves an entire log entry. Helgoland, the dot on the map in the German bight. An island of many characters, hard to put … Continue reading Log 6 Helgoland – pit stop in the North Sea
This entry is published with some delay due to limited progress on our sailing adventures, the time consuming research regarding the Norwegian entry requirements and limited data availability. Alas as you may already know we had to give up on our ambitions to sail Norway and the UK (this time around) and decided to head … Continue reading Log 4 Kosterhavet – Sweden’s Marine National Park
Over the last few years a lot has happened in electric propulsion – major breakthroughs and innovations. From being a weird ‘nerd’ or ‘hippie’ who drives or is trying to drive an electric bike/car/scooter, we’re now consider driving an EV pretty cool and awesome, with Elon (the Tesla guy) becoming some new kind of Rockstar. … Continue reading Electric Propulsion
In this discussion things will probably heat up – like some engines do when their complicated cooling systems fail. Especially marine diesel engines are by far the most dirty and polluting parts of a boat, smoking, leaking and breaking down. Yet remarkably awesome inventions, despite their complexity, still manage to push us out of unpleasant … Continue reading Engine
A Green Heading 