On San Andres, I met up with Matthieu again and first thing we did was to get him his own spear gun.
The guys from the Beuchat shop were really nice and so we ended up going speer fishing with them and a bunch of other locals and they even came to visit K...
Finally I am leaving the San Blas Islands to go on my so far longest single handed sail of about 250nm north west to San Andres. Karl and me had a beautiful passage and it felt do good to be out and about!
Ahoy, thanks for watching and see you next week, ...
It's the last week in the San Blas Islands before going on my so far longest solo sail of 250nm to the island of San Andres. Some last small projects to get done...daily weather watching and of course some island exploration like usual.
Enjoy, cause it wi...
After Patrice left, my little sister came to visit me and we have spent some precious island time together: fishing, beach fires, sailing and of course some squalls...
Hopefully there will be a good weather window to sail up to San Andres soon....
Enjoy,...
As you can see, I did not quite give up on my dream yet. And there was not much time to be down about my messed up sail to San Blas anyways, because a couple of days later, Patrice, who edits the episodes of UNTIE THE LINES, came to visit me. He is plannin...
No, I did not make it to Cuba...I decided to head back to the San Blas Islands and to head north after that. On the way back there, a couple of things went wrong...and I had the feeling that maybe it was best to sell good old Karl and end this little adven...
Sometimes everything seems to happen all at once and I find myself overwhelmed, feeling lonely and exhausted. But usually, in the end, there is a solution to most things...you just have to get up and fight for it!
But although I got Karl more or less ship...
On my own again...and first thing on the list: do a tour around the old town on my Brompton bike! Come and check out the beautiful Cartagena with me!
And of course, I won't spare you the real fun: some more boat refit projects!
Enjoy, ahoy and thanks for...
On the way back up to Cartagena, we visited the Island Tintipan and the Rosario Islands. Both beautiful places with interesting encounters.
Time flies when you sail around...we got some bits and pieces for KARL in Cartagena and I am back by myself with a ...
Matthieu is back on board for two weeks and our first trip is a fun overnight trip to Isla Fuerte. KARL is doing super well and we are off to explore some of the beautiful islands of Columbia. But see yourself...
Enjoy, ahoy and thanks for watching,
Nike...
Finally there are no more excuses to postpone my departure...the weather is looking rather ok and it is time to lift the anchor...What a lovely first solo overnight trip, 200nm with a 2-3m waves and 15-20 knots of wind. Feeling a bit like a sailor...Thank ...
It is the last week before departing on my first 200nm solo sailing trip to Colombia...and there is the usual pre-departure craziness going on. Last things to fix and set up and sailing to Porvenir to check out of Panama...
I am extremely excited to get g...
KARL and me are doing some island hopping in the beautiful San Blas and I am grooving back into solo sailing. There are a couple of projects on the worklist before I can set off on my first slightly bigger solo trip, but I have some great help from my frie...
KARL had been waiting patiently for me in Panamarina for about half a year. After two weeks of boat work it was time to take him out again and Maria and me sailed KARL to Guna Yala, also called the San Blas Islands. What a beautiful sail, thank you KARL, i...
It took just about two weeks to get Karl ready to leave the marina and to be back on the hook. A huge thanks goes out to Maria from www.sailjoana.com, who helped me to finally get the engine started again and taught me lots of other nifty little tricks aro...
The first week being back on Karl was full of small boat projects to move back in and to make him a functioning home. And a little bit of nature fun for a good work-life balance ;).
Ahoy and thanks for watching,
Nike & Karl
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All my bags are packed and it's time to fly to Panama and get back on board of my sailboat Karl. I am super excited but it also feels kinda strange to know that I am finally back to living on the hook again.
You probably wonder: will there be any mold? We...
It's finaly time to UNTIE THE LINES again! My sailboat Karl and me are back to explore the world a bit more :). I hope you will spare some of your time on fridays again to share the joy of the crusing life, to learn more sailing and refit skills with me, t...
This is a special short video for a blog post I wrote about how to build your own mast steps. I just love mine 'cause I can mount the mast easily even whilst Karl is sailing (if seas are not too rough, have not tried in two meters waves yet ;))! You can re...
I am back on KARL since March 2015 and just accomplished my first two overnight solo sail from San Blas to Cartagena with my good old Karl. Just had to share this with you shortly, cause I am super excited about it :). The second season will start around J...
This is a small idea to keep you busy before the start of Season 2. One of the rewards for the Patrons of UNTIE THE LINES is a short video, where I answer a specific question, one of them might have.
In this first "Patrons Ask" video, I am trying to answe...
Karl and me are back in Panamarina and I have prepared him to go back to Europe for some time. I am looking back at an incredible one and a half years, probably the most exciting time of my life so far!
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I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2015. Thank you for watching and supporting UNTIE THE LINES!
My Christmas present to you will be the launch of the WhiteSpotPirates website / blog with more background info about KARL, the preparation fo...
Chichime is the last destination that Karl & me visited in San Blas. A last time snorkling and enjoying picture perfect palm tree beaches. And we caught a big fish on the last journey with Karl back to Puerto Lindo.
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