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 …
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 …
Having decided that moving down the path of buying my own boat was my route forward on my river of life, I contacted the Bootsprofis – Dominik and Hendrik – to learn about their methodology and their Ts & Cs. We met at the end of November 2019, signed a …
It started on a summer day in 2019. Basking in the sun near a local lake I surfed the web reading about what it takes to own a yacht and sail the seven seas. During that research I watched a number of videos by two guys who now call themselves …
