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SV Wadda, Margaret + Moe from North Dakota US

Posted on January 26, 2011 by peter

Current Location: Las Brisas, Panama City Greetings to all our readers and visitors. We travelled to Gamboa then boarded a canopied panga (long thin dinghy with large outboard), were soon under the old Gamboa bridge and out in the Panama … Continue reading →

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Sponsoring – competing priorities

Posted on January 25, 2011 by peter

The pearl of marketing re-examined in the context of windvane steering systems. I made my confession on 28 December 2008 on the German YachtForum board: Laura Dekker was not a familiar name at the time, just a girl who came … Continue reading →

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SV Bika, Nina+Henrik Nor Hansen NOR

Posted on January 23, 2011 by peter

Norwegian couple, sailing Bika, a Contessa 26, around the world. We left Norway in 2005, and are currently sailing down the Mexican coast. Nihilism and Photography. Most places aren’t really that interesting. I’m stating this as a fact: it’s mainstream … Continue reading →

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SV Yovo, Bruno Daguzan FRA

Posted on January 22, 2011 by peter

Jeanneau Sun Legende 41 autour du monde. Started at her homeport in France 2007 passed Gibraltar towards the Canaries later the year to go West in the same winter. Visiting the Antilles, Curacao, Trinidad, Venezuele, La Tortuga and Les Roques … Continue reading →

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SV Nada, Stine + Andreas SWE

Posted on January 22, 2011 by peter

Laurin 31 ketch rigged built in 1968 needed some careful upgrade and restauration before the start for her Atlantic circle some time in summer 2010. The boat is being performed by a Windpilot Atlantic auxiliary rudder system of 1973. The … Continue reading →

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SV Felicia, Tomas Larsson SWE

Posted on January 22, 2011 by peter

Laurin 32 started from her homeport in Stockholm in summer 2010 and excaped to the South. Passed Guernsey late october to pass the Bay of Biscay late season. Arrived in the Canaries mid of november to head West in december. … Continue reading →

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SV Ballerina, Gesa+Onno Hurdelbrink GER

Posted on January 22, 2011 by peter

Baltic 51 mit Windpilot Pacific, die über die Notpinne steuert. Sehr geehrter Herr Förthmann, sind gut auf den kapverden angekommen. Nach unserem start sollte nun auch der windpilot zum einsatz kommen. Nach wenigen vergeblichen Versuchen klappte es und wir waren … Continue reading →

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Fishing boat in rough sea at Icelands coast

Posted on January 22, 2011 by peter
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SV Swan of Tuonela, Judy+Anthony Gifford CAN

Posted on January 19, 2011 by peter

Bruce Roberts 45 started from her homeport in Ontario, Canada sometime in 2007, slowly sailed down the Eastcoast of the United States, entering warmer waters quite a time later, went snorkelling in the Bahamas and entered the Carribbean waters afterwards. … Continue reading →

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SV Forty Two, Mercedes+Carsten Borchardt GER

Posted on January 15, 2011 by peter

Mercedes and Carsten first met in 2000 at the Baltic Germany during sailing . It just took some months to realize that they were destined to walk together. Soon afterwards they decided to have a plan, the idea of a … Continue reading →

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