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I stretch myself in the cockpit having been chased out by the sun-heated air inside the cabin. I still have no wind and the small engine […]

Well finally the wind has completely left me.. so I started the small engine and for the first time since we left Darwin, Guppy’s nose is […]

After a good night sleep I set sail at dawn and watched Darwin slowly vanish in my wake until there was nothing but water left to […]

To start with I want to thank each and everyone of you who wished me a happy birthday on the telephone, or by SMS and e-mails […]

After eating so many cakes and donuts yesterday I had to spend today resting my bellie and just recovering. It is not everyday that I have […]

After having solved all the known maintenance problems, I went looking for the still undiscovered ones and found that one of the backstays was a little […]

Gradually the cruisers are departing from Fannie Bay. Henk and Sogno d’Oro have set sail two days ago for Cocos Keeling Islands or Christmas Island. Myself […]

I have been very busy for the past days …and it looks like it will be like this for some time.I have problems with the rudder […]

The days just fly by and I haven’t had time to be bored, not even for one second. There is plenty of work to do on […]

There were pretty strong winds blowing as the regatta took place and right from the start I already had trouble keeping the boat upright. Even though […]

Now that I am well rested, I could go over all I wanted to do yesterday and it went a whole lot better. In no time […]

I haven’t had a chance to go to sleep yet and I feel like a whole lifetime of experiences has passed me by since I arrived […]

Unfortunately, I did not not sleep much last night… The wind had increased to almost 30 knots So I had to take down the mizzen sail […]

Bam, splash, congratulations..!I know you can turn my life onboard upside down, but could you calm down a little? WHAM!… No go! The waves have grown […]

Sitting in the cockpit near the entrance to the cabin I was monitoring the fishing ship that had been sailing for half a day 2 nautical […]

Even after a good sleep last night I still feel tired but surely better. There is still heavy ship traffic around and six monsters have already […]

Guppy and I rushed through Torres Strait at 7,5 knots! There were reefs everywhere but I could hardly see anything because it was getting dark. But […]

I am really surrounded by reefs, most of which I can’t see… Guppy is now sailing very close to the wind and there are buckets of […]

The wind is back and Guppy is galloping over the sea at a good 7 knots. There are only 50 nautical miles to go to the […]

After a very quiet night daylight did not show up for work this morning… That is because of pitch-black clouds hanging over Guppy. The mega-squall I […]

Today the waves are higher and they are still coming from two different directions! Guppy is like a rocking horse gone wild and I, well I’m […]

Waves are still coming across from the side but Guppy just merrily cuts straight through them at 7 knots [13 kilometres or 8 land miles an […]

Strong winds still blowing at an angle from side astern and I am still not sure if I should pole the Genoa out on the windward […]

Finally after five days of bobbing, the wind is back! Yesterday evening the threatening squalls that I could see all day on the western horizon, suddenly […]

Bobbing and flapping… 2 knots, 2,5 knots and back to 2 knots speed… There is still no wind but the sky has turned a bit cloudier […]

Wind is getting a little better. Last night I had to run the engine for a few hours but during the day we ran under sail […]

Still only little or no wind… Today I ran a lot to wrestle with the sails, put the pole on the Genoa rolling it in and […]

There is very little wind. I am trying to sail a bit further with every puff there is but the speed does not get over 3,5 […]

At opening time this morning I was already standing in front of the Customs Office door and after running from one place to another I was […]

On our last leg Guppy became slower due to marine growth on her hull below the waterline so I dived into the water to give Gup’s […]

During my time here in Vanuatu I have met many local people including a nice family who has been living here for many years. They asked […]

The wind was whistling in the rigging when I awoke and it was cold – just 22° C [71,6° F]. Here at anchorage the yachts are […]

Today started with a bright sunshine. I give a call to the customs office on vhf early in the morning and since I had catched lots […]

After my night at sea sailing through squalls and thunderstorms I thought that I would have a very good sleep the following night when I took […]

Unlike yesterday, I did not sleep much last night. We were hit by heavy squalls with some thunderstorms that made for a mega-spectacular show. At one […]

I enjoyed a very good sleep last night, the radar alarm did not go off once, not even the device that detects ships at more than […]

Once again the wind has weakened and is blowing directly from behind. As a result Guppy is heavily rolling back and forth and everything that was […]

After a somewhat longer than expected stop in Fiji, Guppy and I are back at sea. Back home I studied the weather charts and they showed […]

I am back from my adventure aboard the three mast schooner ‘Alvei’, and it was super! Sadly there was just a little wind so we could […]

My life is really full of surprises .. As of tomorrow and for a few days I won’t have much opportunity to send in a new […]

Icom America has sent me a brand new SSB radio directly to Fiji. It came in yesterday afternoon, and with some help from Henk of the […]

Fiji Market The market still looks exactly the same as when I was there 14 years ago.   Mum and me on the Fiji Market. Me […]

Since my arrival in Fiji I have done lots and I have met many new people. As I was inflating my dingy people form a closer […]

Guppy and I have come through unscathed from the reefs, and around midnight we dropped anchor off the city of Suva, Fiji – then I enjoyed […]

Yesterday Guppy and I sailed between the first islands, atolls and reefs. I was really surprised to see a mountain rising out of the water where […]

After calm winds for the past several hours there is now a good sidewind blowing so ‘Gup’ and I are heading for the atolls at 6,5 […]

Guppy and I are en Route again. At first the wind seemed to cooperate but later in the day it weakened and now it is blowing […]

There was no wind at all last night and mosquitoes came en masse to visit. So at 3 AM I was awake and I just couldn’t […]

Thank you very much for all the e-mails and advices about my SSB radio. I was given a small handheld transmitter by another sailor, so if […]

With Henk we tried to reanimate my ICOM 700 Pro SSB radio. He has exactly the same, and as a test we installed it in place […]

I kept busy all day mostly doing small things aboard, like cleaning the boat again, inflating the dinghy and with one mega-task…Lately my SSB radio was […]

There is a pretty wind blowing again, but at this time I don’t really want it. Guppy is now going too fast! I have 35 nautical […]

After many hours on a close course that felt like being on a rocking horse the winds slowly faded. Guppy made good progress and from going […]

The wind keeps merrilly fooling around… Last night it shifted to the North, which was great. So this meant that I just had to unrig the […]

Gup and I have decided not to stop in Niue but to go directly to Tonga. Via SSB radio all the sailors who have been to […]

I had planned my route to sail close to Palmerston Atoll [Southern Cook Islands], so that maybe I could see it … But sadly it was […]

Yeah – wind blowing since yesterday. But it kept playing games on Guppy so I was busy all day adjusting the sails and correcting course. At […]

Finally some winds… And they are here for awhile. Early this morning there was some light wind but by the time I had all the sails […]

I feel much better today, so things are going in the right direction. But I can’t say it is the same with the wind although I […]

My sore throat feels better, but I can’t remember ever suffering from such a strong cold! Also I did not know that it was possible to […]

The wind is still weak and blowing straight from behind but all in all, I am on the right course and the sails are not flapping […]

I am on my way to Niue Island. The wind and waves looked pretty inviting at the start but as it usually is, I was kind […]

Everything is back in its place, the MiniCat, the dinghy, my bike is onboard and I cleared things inside Guppy’s cabin so that not everything will […]

This morning I refilled the diesel tank that of course was almost empty from running the engine during my last windless crossing. Since I had to […]

Actually I had planned to set sail again when I was told by the people here that there will be a big traditional dancing festival on […]

As often happens my plans for the day ended up to nothing. I posponed my second bicycle tour around the island because early this morning American […]

After a windless crossing of 30 hours I arrived in Bora Bora. As it often is with atoll islands, I first had to sail around the […]

Although there was not much wind, I had the travel-jitters again so I decided to head for the Leeward Islands. Too bad this means I have […]

Actually today I wanted to explore the island but early this morning it was already sweltering hot that I did not feel like going. From Guppy […]

Even though Guppy is very satisfied with her anchorage in the crystal clear and calm waters of Tahiti, I am planning to sail the 20 nautical […]

After two days spent running around I moved to a slower pace, and now I have to do all of the everyday things that need to […]

We’ve had an awesome day!! Because the stranded sailor we went to the waterfall with yesterday is away for two weeks, we could borrow his car. […]

Up to now I have met many new people again, and one of them is a stranded sailor who has to work to earn some money […]

After an exciting passage between two reefs with many lights and buoys I was neatly moored, exactly at midnight. When I woke up in the morning, […]

Going outside without getting wet has become really impossible now! Obviously, Guppy enjoys practicing to be a submarine once more… but not for long since Tahiti […]

While I was running along by the remaining atolls, the wind slowly began to pick up to a speed of about 30 knots [55 kilometres or […]

Another hot and windless day, and I kept looking to the point on the horizon where land should be … my first atoll. And I still […]