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April 19, 2025
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Sailor Girls Having Fun On Remote Palm Tree Islands – UNTIE THE LINES II #14
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,...
Stand Up Paddle In Remote Island Paradise San Blas – UNTIE THE LINES II #15
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...
Solo Sailing Two Nights from San Blas To San Andres – UNTIE THE LINES II #16
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, ...
Spearfishing On San Andres – UNTIE THE LINES II #17
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...
Scooter Adventure Around San Andres – UNTIE THE LINES II #18
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...
Broken Rigg At Sea: We Have To Turn Around – UNTIE THE LINES II #19
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...
Finding Shelter In Providencia After Rigg Railure – UNTIE THE LINES II #20
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...
Catching Fresh Lobster In Providencia – UNTIE THE LINES II #21
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...
Pirates or Fishermen? Sailing Providencia to Guanaja Through Thunderstorms – UNTIE THE LINES II #22
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 &...
PATRONS’ REAL TIME MESSAGE | DECEMBER
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...
Traveling The Bay Islands Of Honduras: Exploring Guanaja – UNTIE THE LINES II #23
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...
Why I Love Travelling Without A Guidebook – UNTIE THE LINES II #24
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...
Sailing Into The Rio Dulce For Hurricane Season – UNTIE THE LINES II #25
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 ...
UNTIE THE LINES | Testing Windvane-Autopilot Construction
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...
Traveling Guatemala: Exploring Guatemala City – UNTIE THE LINES II #26
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...
Boat Refit: Measuring My Rigg – UNTIE THE LINES II #27
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...
How I learnt to sail – UNTIE THE LINES Special
Find out how I started sailing, how much sailing I had done before I bought Karl and how much I sailed since I have him. Enjoy, Nike & Karl
Handing Over A Beer From One Sailboat To Another – UNTIE THE LINES II #28
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
Boat Refit: Repairing My Sails In A Jungle Loft – UNTIE THE LINES II #29
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...
Sailing Lago Izabal In Guatemala – UNTIE THE LINES II #30
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...
How I navigate on my sailboat Karl – UNTIE THE LINES Special
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...
Two Women Welding In The Jungle Of Guatemala – UNTIE THE LINES II #31
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 ...
Traveling Guatemala: Hiking To a Pretty Waterfall – UNTIE THE LINES II #32
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 Visit www.whitespotpirates.com for more info about KARL,...
Boat Refit: Renewing My Antifouling In Guatemala – UNTIE THE LINES II #33
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 Visit www.whitespotpirates.com for more info about KARL, the journey ...
Boat Refit: Painting My Sailboat in Guatemala – UNTIE THE LINES II #34
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...
Transforming My Sailboat: From ugly duckling to pretty swan – UNTIE THE LINES II #35
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...
Changing The Rigging Of My 37 Foot Sailboat – UNTIE THE LINES II #36
Such a fun project to play with the rig and get it all set up with new shiny bling bling for KARL. Loved the work, enjoyed working together with Tom and learning all that great new stuff and swinging about aloft! What a great week that was! Ahoy, Nike &a...
Boat Refit: There is alsways one more thing to fix – UNTIE THE LINES II #37
Since I have this great opportunity to be at Tom's dock, I ticked some more projects off the list in the hope of being able to cruise more and fix less during the next sailing season. Serviced my winches and windlass, changed my anchor ligth to LED, new r...
Goodbye Guatemala – UNTIE THE LINES II #38
Is it really possible that the to do list is finished and it is time to head out? Well, two last things had to be done and also stocking up on diesel and water. And of course I needed to have a little party to say goodbye to all those lovely people I met h...
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Short Sail To Belize – UNTIE THE LINES II #39
Tom has a job to do on the island of Roatan, so Kalr and me gave him a lift there, stopping at two little islands of Belize. It's beautiful to be out and about again, feeling the wind and swinging at anchor. Enjoy, Nike & Karl
Traveling The Bay Islands Of Honduras: Stopover On Utila – UNTIE THE LINES II #40
On the way to Roatan, we decided to do a little stopover in Utila. The sail there was one of Karl's fastest ever and we ended up having to heave to for a couple of hours because we were way faster than expected. Unfortunately, I have to drop of Tom very s...
Traveling The Bay Islands Of Honduras: Roatan Island – UNTIE THE LINES II #41
We had a smooth day trip (starting under engine but later beautifully tacking along) over to Roatan, Tom got his work done amd we explored the island a bit. Time is flying like usual and it is already time for Tom to head back to Guatemala and I have to g...