Stockholm Archipelago
Sailing trip: 7 days in the Stockholm Archipelago | June 2014 | Yacht: Arcona 340
Sailing C55
Charter report: C55 | Area: Brombachsee, Germany | Ramsberg, Oktober 2014 | Author: Horst Kessler | Charter company: Sailing School Fürst
Sailing Fox 22
Charter report: 1 day on the Maas-lakes close to Roermond | September 2014 | Yacht: Fox 22 | Charter company: Watersportschool Frissen
Danish South Sea
Charter report: 5 days Danish South Sea | September 2012 | Yacht: Dufour 34 „Jekyll“ | Charter company: 1. Klasse Yachten Flensburg
Sailing Varianta 18
Charter report: 3 days sailing Varianta 18 | Sea area: Markermeer | Monnickendam, April 2012 | Charter company: Waterland Yachtcharter
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Learn to sail | Book & Ebook
My online beginners’ sailing course has also been published as ebook and paperback. It is designed to prepare you for a practical sailing course or as an accompaniment to it. But it is also excellent for people who are returning to sailing and want to…
Learn to Sail online
Learn to Sail online
Hello everybody! Welcome to my free beginners’ online sailing course. This lesson is designed to prepare you for a practical sailing course…
Learn to Sail Stop-Motion
Leaving the dock
Jenny and Tom show how to leave the dock in this video. Jenny, as helmsman, takes her seat on the side she…
Nautical Knots
Figure-Eight Knot
In this post I show how to tie the figure-eight knot with words, images and on video. The figure-eight knot prevents that…
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Sailing Knots: 10 Nautical Knots you need to know
Sailing knots are a fundamental part of a sailing course and of the skipper exam, because on a boat there is always a line that has to be tied somewhere. Or lines have to be tied to each other. For every situation there is a…
LEGO® TECHNIC Racing Yacht | Review
Do you know that feeling? You walk around on a boat show, your eyes start to sparkle when you see the new and fancy models of the shipyards. You start to dream about owning one of them but then, after a look at the price…
Sailing Vessel Prism | Interview
Hello everybody. In this blogpost I have the honor to interview Shannon and Jon from Sailing Vessel Prism. They sailed from the Pacific Northwest in the USA down to Mexico and share their sailing adventures on very professional videos on their Youtube Channel. You will…
HaveWindWillTravel.com | Interview
Finally I continue my cruiser and liveaboard interview series by asking Annie Dike from HaveWindWillTravel.com about her life on her sailboat and about her future plans. She was a lawyer with a full time job, lost most of her stuff by getting divorced and then…
Fun ‘N’ Stuff with the Foxwell family | Interview
The Foxwell’s are an English cruising family of three + their dog Winnie! One day they want to sail to warmer regions but until then they sail as much as they can on and around the south east corner of the UK. They share…
Life is Like Sailing | Interview
– A Simple Life as a Liveaboard Hello everybody! Now it is time for another episode of my cruiser and liveaboard interviews. Today I have the honor to talk to Alfy, who lives on his sailboat “Moonshine” in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You will find links…
Two aboard Tuuli | Interview
Hello everybody! Finally it is time for another cruiser and liveaboard interview. It is really not easy to get one, because sailors are underway all the time. And in the harbor or at the anchorage they often don’t have internet access and if, they have…
Cruising Lealea | Interview
Hello everybody! Many of the people who learn to sail have the dream to live aboard a sailboat one day or even to sail the world. But how can this dream become reality? One way is to ask people who already did it and learn…
Musto® BR1 Inshore Jacket | Product Review
Sailing requires water but the water is not only under the boat. Often spray finds its way into the cockpit or rain comes from above. Therefore sailors need really good gear if they want to have fun by practicing their sport. That’s why I was…