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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
A quick video on how I easily set up my jacklines for solo sailing.
Today I left my marina in Richmond and travelled down the Fraser River, across the Straight of Georgia, through Active Pass and finally to Ganges which is ...
My sailboat KARL and I have finally arrived in paradise. It was a 30 miles trip that took about eleven hours due to lack of wind and an overheating problem ...
After quite some time I went for my second solo sailing trip with Karl. It was only a short one, but it was a start and it felt really good. Now Karl and me ...
This is finally the last episode taking place in Shelter Bay. I know you are all very sad to hear this ;). Some more broken things have been fixed and the last ...
KARL got a little brother this week, a Banana-Boat, that can be rowed, sailed and motored. What an awesome new fleet member! Last week was full of ...
Big news: my new sails arrived and I mounted them this week. They look great and I can't wait to take KARL out...but before that I planned to take the boat out ...
It's the beginning of a new year so I thought I would give you a rough outlook about my plans with KARL. I have decided to try to bring KARL back to Europe. ...
Leaving home with mixed up feelings and some little stumbling blocks on my way to Panama. That's what you will discover when you watch episode #3 of UNTIE THE ...
The second episode of UNTIE THE LINES is about all the preparation that I had to do before I left to Panama to go on my big sailing trip. Find out more about ...
17 out of the 20 Vendée Globe sailors shipped a Guy Cotten TPS survival suit for the last single-handed round the world race. Toby Hodges was intrigued to find ...
April 2010: Drake single hands Westsail 42 'Paragon' 1500 nautical miles from Dutch Saint Martin to Beaufort, NC in 13 days and catches a big tuna!
7 day single handed sail from New York City to Bermuda aboard sailboat 'Paragon' (Westsail 42.) Encountered a 52 foot steel sailboat in distress with two ...
7 day single handed sail from New York City to Bermuda aboard sailboat 'Paragon' (Westsail 42.) Encountered a 52 foot steel sailboat in distress with two ...