No smoking on the ship Being naked is acceptable for everyone except while in harbours or when safety equipment must be worn. Meals are arranged around sailing – not sailing around meals. Drinks taken from the fridge must be replenished when empty. The penalty for failing to comply is doing …
As stated before I like using renewable energy as much as possible. Today, the sky is overcast and very hazy, yesterday the sun created orange reflections on the water at 4 p.m. (because the air is filled with ashes from the forest fires) and ashes rained down until the night. …
The kicker of my beam is constantly chafing on the front of my bimini top when the beam is centered and the main sheet is closed. Not good… since sailing without bimini means too much UV radiation in a meditarranean summer, chafing is inevitable when sailing close hauled. Meaning the …
I do like anchorages and I do not like having to find marinas or ports in order to stock up on something. That said, preparing hot meals with gas is not ideal. While I have not even found where to buy new Camping-Gaz in Greece once I need it, I …
On April 20th, 2021 we arrived in Pescara by car. The plan: service the winches, clean the ship under water then sail to Tremiti Islands and Croatia. As we know, even the most carefully laid out plans rarely survive their confrontation with reality – and this plan was not very …
Last week, my Jabsco Par-Max plus model 82600-0292 failed. This is a pretty powerful pump: 2.8 bar, 22.7 l/min, costing more than 270 € these days. I was told that it was put into the boat in 2017 which means it is 4 years old – years of light usage …
The Fortuna Princess has received her crown – a steel device carrier, the Assea Boat sunbar rollbar, with 3 Solbian SP 118Q solar panels – a theoretical total of 354W. Alessandro from l’Altroporto (in the marina di Pescara) did a very nice job. The panels feed their energy into the …
I remember the day – March 1st 2021… browsing the internet, dreaming about the voyages to come in a few weeks I learned that Greece has banned all private boats (“pleasure craft”) from entering the country. This is apparently independent of the crews on board, their state of health, vaccination …
March 2020 was not a good month for traveling across Europe, looking at ships and purchasing them… European governments had reacted to the Covid-19 pandemic. Too late, still shy to use the term “pandemic” – but bold enough to lock down public life and to close borders. The virus had …
So the search for a comfortable, safe, affordable yacht had to continue. Next, Dominik came up with some more boats, among them an Amel Santorin and a Sunbeam 44. Both in Italy, both in the Adriatic Sea. One near Trieste, the other in Pescara. Dominik liked the Sunbeam a lot …
