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Living the Dream in Costa Smeralda (Send Water)
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Living the Dream in Costa Smeralda (Send Water)

So here I am, anchored off one of the most drop-dead gorgeous stretches of coastline in Europe, watching my life slowly turn into a survival documentary. Yesterday the fresh water ran out. Today's onboard menu options are butter and pasta, because apparently I provisioned this boat like a 1950s Italian bachelor with zero self-awareness. To make things spicier, I need to pick up a friend in Olbia o ...

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Sicily to Sardinia
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Sicily to Sardinia

The passage from Sicily to Sardinia started out excellent, the first 14 hours were sunny, perfect winds from south at 15-10kts, wave below 1.5m. The last 12 hours were a nightmare though, ended south of the anticipated storm but with my outdated weather forecast I couldn't be sure about the further weather development. Found myself surrounded by thunderstorms with extreme lightning between m ...

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Ciao Ionion Sea, benvenuto Tyrrhenian Sea
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Ciao Ionion Sea, benvenuto Tyrrhenian Sea

Before heading out of Catania I was able to replace the 6 week old radar and GPS-plotter which were both not in order. Luckily the replacement devices arrived by mail the day before I flew out of Cologne to Catania so I was able to take them along on my flight. Once out of Catania I had a great voyage out of Catania to Taormina yesterday and spent the night in Taormina bay (once again, had a nice ...

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Season 2026 - here we go! Destination Cote d'Azur...
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Season 2026 - here we go! Destination Cote d'Azur...

April-25 I finally got reunited with Selene, and I just visited here once during wintertime in January bringing tons of new equipment on board (by car - that was a 2000 statue mile ride). Late last season the 20-year-old GPS-plotter reached the end of its life cycle, and I decided to replace it with a fancy new version which - as usual on a boat - ...

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What an experience - passed the Channel of Corinth
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What an experience - passed the Channel of Corinth

After quite a day of sailing from Korfos with strong winds on our passage to the islands of Agios Thomas where we had a very nice and calm lunch break and further passage passing one of Greeces biggest oil terminals with 20+ super large oil tankers waiting at anchor we"ve reached the entry to the Channel of Corinth. The channel is usually closed on Tuesdays except: TODAY! So instead of staying th ...

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Weathering the Meltemi storm on Ikaria, Greece
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Weathering the Meltemi storm on Ikaria, Greece

It's been four days by now since I've arrived in the small Agios Kirykos Marina on Ikaria island, Greece. Since then the the typical regional strong northern wind system called Meltemi is forcing me to stay in the marina. Winds above 25kts, with gusts way above the 30's, high waves, rain and low temperatures don't quite convince me to make the 50nm long leg to Mykonos with the perspective of anc ...

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51'st birthday in Marathonkampou, Samos, Greece
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51'st birthday in Marathonkampou, Samos, Greece

After a short trip west from Pythagorio I've arrived at Marathokampou on the western side of Samos. At duck pond like seas withou any wind at all I motored my way down the 17nm into Marathokampous Marina. Marathokampou Marina is a very tiny marina managed by a German guy and in perfect shape. It has two very clean showers, shore power and the pitoresque village has a few nice tavernas and even a ...

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Out to sea again - eventually!
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Out to sea again - eventually!

What an eventful twenty days lie behind me! Came back to Kusadasi, Turkey on April-4 to my yacht first time after the big refit and she looks marvellous. The teak deck makes such a huge difference, the wood in the salon and the floors look beautiful again. Took her out on a trip to Pythagorio on the island of Samos, Greece where I picked up some equippment I had shipped there (customs in ...

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Works on board are finally DONE!
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Works on board are finally DONE!

Works above and below deck are DONE!! Yepee! The following activities have been completed since Sep 2024 until mid end beginning of Feb March April, 2025: new teak deck (see pictures below) - full replacement - DONE!paint job on main boom and spinnacker boom as well as lower part of the mast - DONE!alignment of enginge & drive shaft - DONE!wood works in salon, sand and repaint all w ...

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Last day in Kusadasi, Turkey
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Last day in Kusadasi, Turkey

My maiden voyage finally nears its end - tomorrow I'll be flying back to Zurich. During the last few days I had crowds of mechanics, painters, carpenters etc. visiting Selene - many of them provided quotes for work to fix/improve things that require attention. Some of the works I've already ordered to be done, some I can't afford and some more orders are to come. To document the "before" and "aft ...

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