For our blue water trip, we installed a Windpilot on our OVNI 435 in order to minimize energy consumption and to not depend on the electric autopilot only. Considerations for installing the Windpilot Pacific At the beginning we didn’t know what to do with the swim...
How much does circumnavigation cost? We asked ourselves the same question in the beginning. Now we see ourselves contacted with this question by other people who also plan such a voyage. There is little up-to-date information about the cost of a circumnavigating,...
For a circumnavigation with small kids the barefoot route, or also called Trade wind route, is a good choice. You sail around the world in the pleasant trade winds. There is no tedious beating upwind for hours. But why is it called a barefoot route? After a few months...
Blue water sailors on the barefoot route will eventually pass the 40nm of the Panama Canal. This gigantic structure was built over 100 years ago controlled by the American. Since a few years the extension for larger freighters is open. In addition to the military...
On our Atlantic crossing we caught 5 fish, 3 Mahi Mahi, 1 Tuna and 1 Wahoo. Other fish have unfortunately bitten off the lure. The biggest fish was a Mahi Mahi who weighed over 15 kg, about as heavy as our kids. It was not easy to bring the fish into the boat and keep...
