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SV Vaguebond – Ivan Steenhuyse BE
HALF WAY DONE Hi Peter, after sailing more than 15000 miles in 16 months, we’ve arrived in New Zealand. Our Windpilot did almost every mile of steering during our trip and she is one of the best purchases we made … Continue reading
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SV Waskaran – Patrick Lataillade FR
Hi Peter, Thank you for your nice offer! I can see that you have not changed and still offer the same incredible service ( Though I am a bit ashamed to ask you for a piece of rope! ) I … Continue reading
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SV SantaPaz – Lucas Tauil de Freitag Brazil
WORLDCRUISING IN PICTURES and WITH KIDS continue here
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SV Tamata – Matt Lansdown US
Before we installed our self-steering wind vane, the flashiest things on the boat were our brightly colored-coded reefing lines. Now we not only have a contemporary German kinetic sculpture attached to our transom but also a third form of steering … Continue reading
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SV Passage – Bud Bliemeister US
CIRCUMNAVIGATION NEARLY COMPLETED Peter, I need to order some parts for my trusty old Windpilot Pacific. We left Hawaii ten years ago on our Peterson 44 and have only one leg remaining (Tahiti to Hawaii) to complete our circumnavigation. The … Continue reading
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SV Tamata – Matt Lansdown US
NEW YORK to PANAMA Hi Peter, now we have put around 1700nm on the vane, we left from rhode island in early november and are now in Bocas del toro, panama. we have solidly tested the windpilot in a wide … Continue reading
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SV Athos – Marie+Raoul Boisrame FRA
Hi Peter, We thank you for your help throught the “Gros Dave” the Pacific windpilot. Our travel Le Grau du Roi to Martigues, by road it’s near 50 km!!! For Athos it was 1660 days & 13000 Nm!! Grau du … Continue reading
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SV Admetus – Belinda+David Sturm AT
THREE YEARS DONE – HALF WAY ROUND Small boat on a long journey, Belinda, David and their SADLER 32 entered the Pacific at the beginning of the year 2014, visiting Polynesia, Tuamotus and other archipelago, tried kite surfing in Maupiti … Continue reading
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SV Suditude – Jean Claude Fleuret CH
PASSAGE TRINIDAD TO CHILE Hello Peter, Beautiful your pilot; we are now in Valdivia, all the time performed by your invention! Perfection even in weak wind and strong ! More finesse than the Windsurf, more beautiful, a lot of positiv … Continue reading
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SV NatHape – Nathalie + Hans Peter CH
If websites go travelling Travelling the world, does not necessarily require to leaving the home. Sometimes it is enough to open an appropriate website to travel thousands of kilometers. This should be a website for this purpose. We want our … Continue reading
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SV Anne – Nette+Stefan Wendl GER
FAMILY + 3 KIDS + THE ATLANTIC ROUND Thats the plan and we will see what the reality will be. With a little bit of support from various sides, they will start on 3rd of july from the City Port … Continue reading
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SV Monsterpiu – Jayme Souza + Adriana Diniz Br
GUESTS at HAMBURG CITY MARINA Jayme and Adriana from Brasil came to Germany to receive a brandnew HANSE 385 from the HANSE YARD in Greifswald. Delivery took some unexpected time so they decided to stay around Greifswald for nearly 2 … Continue reading
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SV Living the Dream, Joe Mangold GER
Albin Vega zu Besuch auf Tahiti Hallo Peter Foerthmann, Auch als kompletter Segelneuling bin ich prima mit Schiff und Windpilot zurechtgekommen. Trotz Haiangriff und Ramming durch 40ft Trimarans bin ich super von Deutschland nach Tahiti gekommen. Gruss aus Papeete Joe … Continue reading
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SV Hope – Joshua van Eijndhoven NED
RIVAL 34 on her Circumnavigation HI Peter, I ‘m 28 years and sailing around the world . We left the Netherlands in 2011, having visited Brazil and are currently in Carribbean waters. I am writing a weekly blog for the … Continue reading
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SV Harmony – Nick Jaffe Au
San Francisco – Sydney – 84 days Hi Peter, Happy New Year to you. My crossing of the Pacific was very successful – as usual the Windpilot was the most reliable piece of equipment on the boat, and steered us … Continue reading
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SV Drifter – Coby+Arnold Lelijveld NL
WEDDING IN A COLOURFUL WORLD Coby und Arnold Lelijveld spent three full days in a colourful world. Together with eight sailing friends they have been invited to participate to a traditional wedding ceremony in SUVASAVU FIJI CONTINUE>
SV Kira, Claus Boehlje+Tim Wichmann DE
Touchdown auf Waiheke New Zealand, 5.Februar 2013 Gestern war THE DAY (Zitat Njenga). Da naemlich Passagerock gestern und heute geschlossen war bzw. ist, enstand schon vor laengerer Zeit der Plan, den gestrigen Tag zu einem Tag am Strand zu nutzen…mit … Continue reading
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SV Pelerin, Colin Speedie UK
Transatlantic Voyage—What Worked and What Didn’t There’s nothing like a good long voyage to sort out a boat, for better or for worse. That much I learned running a working charter boat for so many years. Every season we’d cover … Continue reading
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