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Beach time or ENGINE repair? Full time cruising never gets boring – UNTIE THE LINES S2E05
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...
UNTIE THE LINES | Season 2 – preview
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...
Life is Like Sailing – Jacklines
A quick video on how I easily set up my jacklines for solo sailing.
Life is Like Sailing – 2014 November Cruise – Part 2
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 located on Saltspring Island. Although the forecast was for strong Easterly winds, it was more of ...
Dreams DO come true! After countless trials and tribulations I finally sail to an island paradise
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 with my engine...But arriving in the San Blas Islands was dreamlike and I cannot wait to explore thi...
Solo Sailing: Scared to leave port after experiencing a 50 knots squall – UNTIE THE LINES #43
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 are in Green Turtle Cay Marina and I am searching for some guts to leave the marina (there has been...
A Break From Boat Work: Filling Up The Batteries At Fort Lorenzo – UNTIE THE LINES #39
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 projects have been ticked off he to do list. The tanks are filled up and food is stocked and it ...
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day on the water in Georgian Bay
A sailing tender for my “big” sailboat – UNTIE THE LINES #36
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 preparations to go for a trial run. I mounted my brand new self tailing Andersen Winches and the second main...
It doesn’t fit! My sailboat’s keels are too wide for the haul out! – UNTIE THE LINES #21
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 of the water to check the bottom, renew antifouling and change to the new depthsounder, which ha...
My big SAILING DREAMS that probably never will come true. – UNTIE THE LINES #18
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. Watch this video to find out which route I have chosen to do so. Of course, all of this can and wi...
First doubts when leaving the comfort of landbased life behind – UNTIE THE LINES S1E03
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 LINES. Find out more about my life with KARL on www.facebook.com/whitespotpirates. If you enjoy ...
I am doing this! From now on I will live on a SAILBAOT – UNTIE THE LINES S1E02
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 my life with KARL on www.facebook.com/whitespotpirates. If you enjoy watching my documentary and ...
Single Handed Sailing: Saint Martin to North Carolina (Westsail 42 Sailboat Paragon)
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!