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 …
