Position: 55°42’10.4″N 12°43’51.0″E Occasionally this blog gets practical. Not often. But once in a while we are solicited for advice by other sailors. Aleta created a stir wherever she went in the Baltic, as much for her lovely lines as …
Position: 57°56’09.5″N 11°42’09.7″E For the first time we launched our drone from Aleta while she was under way*. One of the features of our DJI Mini 2 is its ability to locate itself using GPS. That way it can return …
Position: 56°02’58.1″N 12°41’08.5″E This week we raised the Q flag. The Q flag is the international maritime flag that represents the letter Q (Quebec in NATO-speak) and whose meaning has flipped in the past 200 years. The simple yellow jack, …
Position: 57°39’03.9″N 10°24’33.1″E Denmark’s Jutland peninsula is, along its western shores, essentially one big sand dune. And it’s on the move. Steady winds off the North Sea push the perfect white sands eastwards. Ever eastwards. Some of the bigger dunes …
Position: 54°24’37.0″N 10°13’33.1″E The small seaside resort of Laboe hugs the coast about 11 kilometres northeast of Kiel. This is a family place full of day trippers from the city. Surrounded by fields of wheat, the long line of white …
Position: 54°17’42.6″N 9°41’24.6″E Transiting the Kiel Canal is oddly relaxing. Despite huge cargo ships bearing down on you in both directions compared with Holland things couldn’t be calmer. No one can travel faster than six knots and container and tanker …
Position: 53°52’26.1″N 8°42’29.6″E After crossing the Ijsselmeer, the towns of Lemmer, Stavoren, and Haarlingen are your three options for continuing on the Staand Mastroute (SMR) across Friesland. Our ultimate goal was the route’s farthest starting/end point, Delfzijl. To get there, …
Position: 52°22’40.3″N 4°38’18.1″E If only this was the beginning of a recently discovered manuscript by Ralph Ellison we would all be enriched! Sadly, it is not. It is our thoroughly engaging tale of getting halfway to (the OG) Haarlem. Leaving …
Position: 52°00’41.5″N 4°42’38.8″E For the past eight years or so, I’ve been meeting weekly with three other chaps to solve all of the world’s problems. Our online chats last about an hour and long predated Covid copycat meetups. We have …
