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DEVICES AND BACKUPS – THE SHORT VERSION Hands-free
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Golden Globe Race – Windvane Report #2
DON´S PYRRHIC VICTORY – OR SHOULD WE CALL IT A “LEARNING OPPORTUNITY”? DON´S PYRRHUSSIEG – ODER EINE LEHRSTUNDE? Don’s Pyrrhic Victory
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SV Bayanat – Abhilash Tomy IND
REFLECTIONS AND THE INDIAN SOUL Abhilash Tomy
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SV Puffin – Ian Herbert-Jones UK
HYDROVANE – JSD DROGUE – DON’S RUSSIAN ROULETTE? HYDROVANE – JSD DROGUE – DON´S RUSSISCHES ROULETTE? The Loss of the Puffin
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SV Jonathan – Caro + Mark van de Weg NED
PUFFIN’S ANGEL IN PATAGONIA Ian Herbert-Jones
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Golden Globe Race – Susanne Huber-Curphey
REFLECTIONS, QUESTIONS AND ANALYSIS Susanne Huber-Curphey
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Peterese
18 BOOKS IN 24 MONTHS! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? Peterese
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SV Olleanna – Jeremy Bagshaw ZA
20.000 SM OF SAILING – CAPE TOWN – LES SABLES – HOBART Jeremy Bagshaw
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SV Tiama – Dustin Reynolds US
SINGLEHAND ROUND THE WORLD – ONE ARM AND ONE LEG ONLY A tragic yet inspiring story. On 18 October 2008, Dustin lost an arm and a leg in a traffic accident caused by a drunk driver in Hawaii. He didn’t … Continue reading
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SV Pingo – Mike Smith Au
THE LOOSE ENDS OF A CHRISTMAS TALE On 25 December 2021, I posted a Christmas tale about Michael Date on my blog following his decision to withdraw from the entry list for the GGR 2022. A year or so later, I would … Continue reading
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SV Suntory Mermaid III – Kenichi Horie JP
WINNER OF BLUE WATER MEDAL – CRUISING CLUB OF AMERICA Kenichi Horie, Japan’s best known ocean sailor, has been named winner of the 2022 Blue Water Medal by the Cruising Club of America (CCA) for a lifetime of ocean-crossing achievement. … Continue reading
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Aries – Peter Mathiessen Brazil – UPDATE
BACK TO THE FUTURE Peter Mathiessen´s comment of today 09.01.2023: Peter Matthiessen no longer owns Aries, so it isn’t immediately obvious why the Bad Weather Problem (and its stubborn refusal to manifest itself in the real world – see, for … Continue reading
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SV Chamade – Sylvie Cphen + Marc Decrey CH
VERDI – LA TRAVIATA – OVNI 365 – ET LA GRAND MER Magnifique évocation de notre attitude aujourd’hui en cette veillée de Noël. Cela fait 21 jours que nous sommes en pleine mer et il en faudra encore de nombreux … Continue reading
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SV Dutch – Sebastiaan Ambtman NED
LONGDISTANCE CRUISING ON BREEHORN 37 – NOW BOREAL 44 Dear Peter, It has been a few years since we were in contact. We used our Windpilot on our Breehorn 37 ‘Pjotter’ (www.pjotterpassages.com) a great deal. We have now bought a … Continue reading
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SV Dutch – Sebastiaan Ambtman NED
BOREAL 44 – TRANSATLANTIC WITH FAMILY YT CHANNEL
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SV Morwenna – James + Debbie Collings-Wells UK
VANCOUVER 34 ON HER WAY TO SCOTLAND Hi Peter, I hope all is well with you. The Windpilot that you sold me last winter has been amazing. I sailed from the south coast of England to Scotland and back over … Continue reading
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SV Blue Water – Mikael Olund SWE
ALLEGRO 33 SAILING TO SURINAM Hello Peter! Thank you for a great produkt. I have now used it for approx 12 000 miles. But now I have a problem to make it funktion properly. It seems like the inner pushrod … Continue reading
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SV Express Crusader – Douwe Gorter NED
FAMOUS EXPRESS CRUSADER USED SAILOMAT, ARIES AND WINDPILOT Hi Peter, Hope this email finds you well! I wanted to give you a short update on the performance of the very old Windpilot that I bought and installed on Ponta Delgada, … Continue reading
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SV Asevao – David Jolivet FRA
GARCIA PASSOA 46 – ARRIVED IN HORTA Hi Peter, between the problems with the COVID and the manufacturing of the custom-made support part for the Windpilot and the Watt&Sea, it took me a long time before I install the Windpilot… … Continue reading
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SV Elane – Eivind Amsrud NOR
ATLANTIC CIRCLE ON JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 43 DS Dear Peter, After 2 years of cruising and crossing the Atlantic both ways, we are now back in our home country, Norway. Just wanted to let you know that we have been … Continue reading
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