Karl is back in the water and I went back down to Cayo Quemado to go on with Karl's transformation. I prepped the deck for the non skid paint and changed then finally my rigging parts from C.C Rigging arrived!
There is still a lot to do, but Karl is gett...
Karl was up on the hard in RAM Marina for some inspection and new bottom job. Since I still had to wait for my rigging to arrive, I decided to give him some more TLC and patched up all the bubbles that I had opened up and painted his sides.
Let the transf...
Once again it was time to put Karl up on the hard to check the bottom, renew the antifouling, check the cutless bearing and so on. Rainy times in the Rio Dulce...
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
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I am currently in Cuba, so internet is not very widely available...therefor you get this episode today...sorry for the delay and we are working on being back on schedule soon!
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
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A skill that I always wanted to try to learn since having Karl is welding. My friend Maria is a welder and during her visit, she introduced me to the basics of welding.
But first we had to go on a little mission to get some supplies which took up a whole ...
Mark Jones, one of the Patrons that support the production of Untie The Lines wanted to know how I navigate on Karl. So here comes a little video about how I started out when I first bought Karl and what I am using now for navigation.
Ahoy, Nike & Kar...
After the small sail repair marathon, Karl and me headded back up to Fronteras because I had to go up to Guatemala city to meet Maria who came to visit for some days.
We sailed across the Lago Izabal to a little remote Bay and went for an amazing Kajak tr...
There were a couple of things on my sails that needed to be fixed, so I asked Tom, who is a sailmaker in Cayo Quemado (www.quemadosails.com) if he could teach me how to do it.
It was great fun to work with him in his spacious sail loft, I learnt a lot and...
A solution for the new rigg has come up and now it will take one or two month till I will have my parts in the Rio. Time for some more work projects and some river exploration!
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
To save a bit of money, I decided to change my standing rigging by myself. So first step on the list was to measure the rigg. Once Matthieu and me were done with that job, we took a bus to Flores, five hours north of Rio, to take a look at the Maya Ruins i...
Back on Karl after a short break back home...and quite a bit of work waiting for me. But before heading back to the Rio Dulce, I spent an exciting day in Guatemala City, cruising through the streets with Marcos from the hostel http://www.quetzalroo.com/ ex...
I wrote a small blog post about connecting my tillerpilot to my windvane. You can check it out here http://whitespotpirates.com/how-to-connect-a-raymarine-tillerpilot-to-a-windpilot-pacific/ Anyone of you have a similar set up on your boat?
My Raymarine a...
After sailing around 1.000nm since leaving Panama, KARL is finally reaching the Rio Dulce in Guatemala, where we will spend the hurricane season. We had a nice and fresh last sail from Guanaja and entered into the Rio, where we motored through a limestone ...
One more week on Guanaja, and what a great one. We hiked up Micheal Rock and went on a little surprise trip to Noris Bay where we met Tim amd his family. We would have loved to stay more, but we had to lift up anchor again to head further west to Guatemala...
We arrived in a new country: Honduras. We sailed from Providencia to Guanaja, which is one of the Bay Islands north of Honduras. We have been welcomed real friendly and started exploring the beautiful island. But see yoursef...
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
Visi...
A big thank you to all the Patrons of UNTIE THE LINES. Just wanted to share the results of the last 3-4 weeks of work with you. KARL is looking better than ever, thanks to your support! And no more slipping around on deck and the mast is safely held by new...
The longest passage with Karl so far: 350nm, three nights and four days at sea. It was an incredible passage with a little bit of everything. Karl did super well and we arrived safely in Guanaja!
Ahoy, thanks for watching and see you next week,
Nike &...
We spent another incredible week on the island Providencia. Great spearfishing with some locals and Dani and Tate from Sundowner, listening to Zouk & Reggea beats played by local bands and of course beach fires and some boat work...the life of a cruise...
Karl kinda forced us to stay a bit in Providencia...but honestly, we were blessed with this decision, as the island is super beautiful. And we found a solution for the broken shroud, too. But check it out yourself!
Ahoy, thanks for watching and see you ne...
Karl, Matthieu and me were actually heading for the Bay Islands of Honduras...But we were sailing a bad angle to the wind, pushing us into the banks of Nicaragua and Matthieu was seasick and could hardly move...so I decided to find some shelter in Providen...
One more week in San Andres, waiting for a reasonable weather window to head further up north. Matthieu and me have been exploring the island with a scooter and Karl got his usual TLC as well, of course.
We are all set to take off to Guanaja (Honduras)! B...
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