21st January 2026
From Sal we sailed to mindelo, I had never been here before but encouraged by friends who are anchored there with their 50m restored sailing ship […]
11th January 2026
We had some problems with our fridge unit, which meant our stay in Las Palmas was prolonged a bit. Not the worst place to stay a […]
29th December 2025
As usual, I want to do too much, and the days are too short. Which means blogs get stranded at the end of my list. There […]
19th December 2025
We continued beating into headwinds and big waves, finally reaching A Coruna with a few days to spare. On the 10th of December, we welcomed the […]
1st December 2025
After endless hours of maintenance, repairs and somehow trying to fit all of the tools, spares and other things we have accumulated over the years of […]
5th August 2025
We hang out for a few days in the south of Norway around Egersund. Our last anchorage is in a beautiful bay next to a lighthouse […]
19th July 2025
From Alden we set sail to Bergen, a full day sail and one to remember! We had a beautiful beam reach wind. light seas and blue […]
6th July 2025
Our crossing to Norway was lovely, a gentle breeze from beam reach pushing us across some left over cross waves as the Faroe islands slowly dissapear […]
23rd June 2025
Sunday is our weekly big cleaning day, so far all our longer crossings seem to align perfectly. Arriving on either Saturday night or early Sunday morning. […]
16th June 2025
As I was looking at the weather and deciding which way we should go from Lerwick to the Faroe Islands one of the crew members came […]
9th June 2025
After two weeks of a beautiful high sitting right above us, it was due time for a low to come through. I had been watching it […]
3rd June 2025
After our beautiful hike to the top of Ben Nevis it was time to leave the Caledonian Canal and put Guppy in salt water again. From […]
26th May 2025
We sailed through the Scottish Highlands and the Caledonian Canal gave us so many wonderful experiences along the way. The kids are rocking the mini-cats and […]
26th May 2025
We have been steadily cruising through the Caledonian Canal, getting higher up into the highlands. Swimming in Loch Ness, of course keeping a sharp eye out […]
11th May 2025
Our alarm goes off at 5.45am. It’s high tide at 6.30am and I want to have full advantage of the outgoing current. As I prepare the […]
6th May 2025
After a long, dark winter of extreme boat refit, we are finally underway again! The new young Guppy crew arrived on the 1st of May. The […]
24th February 2025
I can’t wait to do this amazing trip again, absolutely loved this route last year, taking us right trough Scotland on the Caledonian Canal, sailing past […]
1st January 2025
2024, what a wonderful, hectic, and productive year you have been!We’ve started the year with our saloon gutted and are ending it with the bow section […]
29th November 2024
We can’t believe we have been running these programs for 4 years already! I was browsing through some footage and thought it would be nice to […]
15th August 2024
We had a lovely sail to Vlieland from Helgoland with good winds from behind and more aurora borealis and lots of shooting stars due to the […]
15th August 2024
We had a lovely sail to Helgoland from Texel. Not one of the fastest trips but we enjoyed calm seas and great weather. The kids did […]
10th August 2024
After a little ”break” in which we mostly did a lot of cleaning and some fixing, we are out on the water again. Starting our journey […]
30th July 2024
We had a fast and lovely crossing from Norway to Vlieland, the first day was upwind but the waves didn’t build to much and Guppy plowed […]
20th July 2024
We slowly made our way further south, we had a film crew onboard for two days in Stavanger and spend two lovely days in skagervagen ( […]
15th July 2024
After our lovely and relaxing day on Alden, we made a long run of 60nm to Bergen. The sky was once again overcast and grey but […]
8th July 2024
We made our way out of the fjords and back to the coast, mostly under engine as the wind is either right from behind or on […]
1st July 2024
From our snug anchorage in Honningdalsvagen we continued our journey to Geiranger through the fjords, slowly the mountains rose bigger and steeper, Guppy being completely dwarfed […]
28th June 2024
From Eidi we continue sailing to Fuglafjordur, another day sail which turned out a lot smoother than the last one. The steep and rugged cliffs pass […]
21st June 2024
We enjoyed two lovely days in Torshavn, on our hike we had seen a swimming pool, including a slide and even better a sauna. It was […]
15th June 2024
After Grutness Voe we continued to Lerwick, stopping overnight in another bay along the coast. It was windy, rainy and cold so we didn’t go ashore, […]
5th June 2024
Sailing from Stornoway to Orkney and the Fair Isle. We arrived in Stornoway the may 29th and us teens spent the day exploring the town. Later […]
30th May 2024
Sorry for the long blog, I should write more often, but we are all so busy! So much has already happened again! Time is flying by. […]
23rd May 2024
Written by Ingrid (15yo) On Monday, May 20th, we began our big adventure to the top of Ben Nevis. Ben Nevis is the highest peak in all […]
18th May 2024
We have been peacefully continuing our way on the Caledonian Canal, in fact, we have past the highest point and started our descent today. With 17 […]
16th May 2024
Just wauw we are on our second day through the Caledonian Canal and absolute loving it. We have done 4 locks so far and the teens […]
12th May 2024
We had a lovely crossing from the Netherlands to Inverness, a journey of 450nm which took us a little less than 4 days. The first day […]
10th May 2024
Last night, while on route to Inverness, the sky put on a fantastic show for us! We gently glided along a smooth sea as The northern […]
8th May 2024
We are officially underway again! So far we have had light winds and calm seas, perfect conditions to get everyone used to the manoeuvres, sails and […]
3rd May 2024
After 6 months of day and night work with lots of maintenance and upgrades done to Guppy, we just can’t wait to get out on the […]
16th August 2023
We finished the last day of our summer sailing camp with some dancing, 💃 mid IJsselmeer swim 🏊♀️ and of course handing over the well earned […]
15th August 2023
Time flies when you’re having fun 🤩 we are already going into our last night of the summer sailing camp 2023. After a beautiful trip back […]
14th August 2023
Vlieland to Helgoland. 120nm overnight sail. We had a really lovely sail. Lots of shooting stars and a friendly sea ( which is unusual for the […]
12th August 2023
Another early start as we want to catch the right tide, going over the north sea to Vlieland today. There is not much wind and it’s […]
12th August 2023
We sailed from Den Oever to Texel, the tide is running out early today so we get up at 6am and leave the dock at 7am. […]
8th August 2023
14th July 2023
Come visit us at the westfriese waterweken – Medemblik. 14, 15 & 16th of July. @ Oosterhaven medemblik. Lots of fun activities for the kids, and […]
17th June 2023
6 months have flown by so fast, it’s hard to believe that the Atlantic Roundtrip 2022/2023 has already come to and end! We had a lovely […]
8th June 2023
Woohoo Dutch coast in sight – and that means we are close, as the Dutch coast is so low you basically have to be on top […]
6th June 2023
On and on we go without much change of the weather, since we are in the channel getting to the right places at the right time […]
4th June 2023
We’ve crossed the bay of biscay and have now entered the English Channel. We were unlucky and had current against us as we rounded ( or […]
2nd June 2023
We are on our way again, crossing the bay of biscay. A piece of water that is notorious for crappy weather. It’s certainly not bad weather […]
28th May 2023
Some pics of our last trip – Azores – Baiona. We had everything from no wind to 35kn on the nose. A good voyage for the […]
26th May 2023
On thursday the wind dropped considerably, luckily so did the waves and we actually had a lovely day sailing (still the wrong way but we’re not […]
24th May 2023
I would like to say sailing upwind is fun, but it isn’t really – well I don’t think so. There are these descriptions of sailing which […]
22nd May 2023
We had a lovely Sunday, which started with a beautiful golden sunrise. The sun rose like a big ball of fire above the horizon. The few […]
20th May 2023
The beautiful thing about sailing is that you can use the wind to go anywhere in the world, that of course is also the downside. You […]
18th May 2023
We had a great time exploring the Azores. Hiking around the caldera, eating at a vegan restaurant that only uses homegrown food and of course going […]
11th May 2023
Well, the rain is gone, but so is the wind. Of course it’s well known that there is often a high around the Azores, but not […]
9th May 2023
Luckily we didn’t flap and roll around for too long, the waves started to smooth out pretty soon, but with the waves, the wind left as […]
7th May 2023
Yesterday we sailed along very nicely, the wind got less and the waves smaller, by now the waves have been getting a lot smaller but not […]
5th May 2023
On Thursday the wind and waves started to pick up, as we expected they would. For the next day a low pressure system would move over […]
3rd May 2023
So far the weather has been amazing, great winds and mostly blue skies. Yesterday there was a lot of low cloud all the way around us, […]
1st May 2023
After a couple of beautiful and fun days in Bermuda it’s time for our crossing to the Azores. We had waited for a little front to […]
25th April 2023
Our last day to Bermuda the wind dropped to 0, we enjoyed a mirror like sea that was only broken by a slight swell. A bird […]
24th April 2023
Most of the Saturday was very cloudy and rainy, but towards the night it started to clear up a bit and we only had light and […]
22nd April 2023
We enjoyed another one and a half days of beautiful sailing, playing games and reading outside, bright stars at night and quiet sunny days. We even […]
20th April 2023
So far we have been sailing along beautifully – the wind has been perfect and the sea calm, a perfect start to our 860nm crossing to […]
23rd March 2023
A spot on trip 4 of the Atlantic Roundtrip 21/22 has become available.Have you always dreamed of sailing into the sunset on your way to exploring […]
7th March 2023
A look at the weather forecast is telling us it’s time to leave Martinique and start heading to St.Martin. A very unusual weather pattern is forming […]
17th February 2023
Guppy and her young crew have arrived in the blue Caribbean waters after a lovely trip from Suriname. A bit choppy on the first day and […]
12th February 2023
We waited for the tide to turn and help us flush down the river and out to sea – a good 30nm from Marina Resort Waterland. […]
11th February 2023
After an amazing stay in Suriname, it’s already time to point Guppy’s nose out to sea again. Thank you so much Marina Resort Waterland for your […]
6th February 2023
Another successful Atlantic crossing has brought us into the jungles of Suriname, where pink river dolphins greeted us and howler monkeys howl at night. The crossing […]
3rd February 2023
The past two days, we have been sailing in and out of squalls. After our first big rain shower, the rain didn’t stop. It rained for […]
1st February 2023
The squalls have finally closed in on us, giving us some good rain, mostly towards the end of the day after dinner. It also causes the […]
30th January 2023
It feels like the trade winds have found us again, blowing away some of the heat, although the air is still humid. More importantly, the wind is […]
28th January 2023
The wind is still minimal, but we have re-hoisted the sails and are moving forward again under wind power :). Most of yesterday we floated around […]
27th January 2023
The wind has left us alone, the sea has in places turned into a mirror. The sun, standing in a blue, cloudless, .unmoving sky, casts its […]
24th January 2023
The days seem to go by faster and faster now that everyone has gotten into a good sailing rhythm and are able to enjoy life at […]
22nd January 2023
The waves have decided to calm themselves down a bit, which has made life onboard a lot more comfortable, as we are now mostly just gently […]
20th January 2023
The start of our Atlantic Crossing has been a little bit rolly, but we have made good progress, and it’s sunny and pleasant. In the past 24 […]
16th January 2023
Sao Nicolau is a beautifully diverse and very different island from Sal. It has a mountainous landscape, big valleys, and cliffs. Tarrafal, the place where we anchored, […]
15th January 2023
I always love visiting the Cape Verde, the first stop outside of Europe with a distictively different culture and way of life. We arrived on the […]
7th January 2023
Yesterday, we were surprised by a large group (at least 30) of crazy jumping dolphins! They came over to Guppy and performed some beautiful tricks and […]
5th January 2023
780nm to the Cape Verde. The weather is looking great for a change and we are all very grateful after all the strange weather patterns we […]
23rd December 2022
After our first bumpy and rainy day at sea the weather got considerably better. we have been enjoying clear blue skies, lots of sunshine and colorful […]
21st December 2022
The weather this year is interesting, instead of the normal steady northerlies along the Portugese coast it seems to be steady southerlies. Which is where we […]
16th December 2022
Trip one of the Atlantic Roundtrip 22/23 has started 🙂 we had a lovely sail from Setubal to Cultara which is a very cute fisherman’s town […]
8th December 2022
Havørn under full sail, sailing alongside Guppy. Havørn is a modern replica of a Norwegian Fishcutter and was build entirely from scratch by my dad. 20 […]
28th November 2022
After months of hard work, changing a bowsprit, replacing our old teak deck and thousands of other little things it’s time for Guppy and us to […]
10th October 2022
Yay! Finished putting tread-master on our lower deck. We are now getting into final preparations before heading south again to pick up a new group of […]
16th September 2022
12th August 2022
Meet and greet with Guppy and her crew at the #westfriesewaterweken Medemblik.12th – 14th of August Guppy will be moored in the Oosterhaven.
11th August 2022
From Terschelling we set sail to Vlieland, a short sail and lovely sail of 2 hours. The harbour is very full but the harbour master still […]
4th August 2022
The rain is ticking on deck – I always love the sound of rain on deck and sitting comfortably below. It’s steamy inside and busy with […]
2nd June 2022
New Adventures are awaiting This summer we will do another 10 day Europe Trip for kids between 8 & 12 years old – Packed full of […]
23rd May 2022
After 6 months of sailing and more then 10,000nm Guppy gets a little rest. All of our students made their way back home over the past […]
10th May 2022
Wow what a beautiful arrival and ceremony we had and amazing memories made again on this years voyage. Thank you for everyone who made this possible, […]
8th May 2022
The last week of our second Atlantic Roundtrip already! We have arrived in the Netherlands and are making our way to Medemblik through Amsterdam over the […]
8th May 2022
Just went into my cabin after a long day sailing and found this – being a mommy is the biggest gift I’ve been given and I […]