Once In A Lifetime Summer ’14

Our 3 weeks trip to the South Funen Archipelago with our Seascape

14. February 2015

Summer Memories

I just came across some video clips from our summer trip I didn’t know I had. Good timing to forget about the 50 shades of northern German grey for a while. I cut them into a 3:55 minutes video. Enjoy!
24. July 2014

Summertime

What a summer … air temperature 28°C. Sunny all day, for days now. It’s been said that Germans tent to complain. I must think really hard to find anything to complain about right now. Well, it’s too hot to stay in the sun for more than an hour. But then […]
23. July 2014

Who’s got the right of way?

Situation: a power-driven vessel (the big ferry) and a sailing vessel (our Seascape 27) are in a crossing situation outside a narrow channel or waterway. The ferry is on our starboard side. So: who’s got the right of way?
20. July 2014

Lyø.

The wind is blowing from east with 5-6 Bft. We are leaving our anchorage in Ærøskøbing bay to escape the roller coaster our Seascape is part of. The GPS shows up to 2,5 knots of SOG while swinging back and forth from one side of the anchor to the other. […]
19. July 2014

Using a spring for departure with twin-rudders?!

We berthed alongside the pier yesterday. Piece of cake with the the wind blowing us directly onto it. The wind direction has not changed, intensity around 10 – 14 knots. Take-off should be easy. We will be using a spring leaving stern first. Our time to pay the dues; It’s […]
18. July 2014

Ærøskøbing Beach

Later today we were going out for a stroll towards some small and colorful huts we’ve spotted when entering Ærøskøbing. We found a place so beautiful it deserves to be added to the list of “Places to See Before You Die”.