Caledonian Canal , Loch Ness and Nessie!

Se sailed through another lock, through a swing bridge and then there was Inverness marina and thank god.  Both vinni and I were tired as hell.  Vinni hoisted me up the mast so I could make some repairs and then we collapsed into bed and both of us slept the sleep of the dead for…

The North Sea to Scotland

Early rolled around and we had breakfast, got dressed, finished making ready for sea and Vinni took the boat out into a fabulous morning of sunshine and guess what? Winds from the east (perfect, perfect, perfect) at about 12-15 knots (perfect, perfect, perfect). Off we went towards the west and shortly there was only open…

Limfjorden

We had a perfect sail towards Aalborg – beautiful weather, but little wind Yes the fellow still had the wind vane and yes he still wanted to sell it. It was a different model that ours and would need some modification, so I gave him a deposit and the next morning I walked down to…

The Big Day!!

We have 80 guests showing up for hotdogs and beer and we have rented a hotdog car. The dog car shows up and proceeds to get ready.  We got the idea of renting a dog car from a neighbor last year who did it and it was quite a success. But they had electrical problems,…

Casting off!

Our local TV station has beenvery intersted in our little adventure and has done a number of pieces about it.  Here you’ll find four of them   So if you’re having trouble sleeping – open a bottle of wine and start reading & watching – guaranteed you’ll be snoring within seconds  🙂   I’ll be…

Preparing the boat

Hi all Your local sailing story pusher is back and writing furiously to get the website up to date. Where to begin? Let’s go back a bit and remind you that Vinni stopped working February 4 and we went to Spain for a golfing holiday (seems like a million years ago).  When we got back,…

TV footage

Our local television station did a number of interviews with us and they have been kind enough to text them with english subtitles.   so here you go:    

Visiting Hobbits and counting down

The countdown has begun. Our sailing date is set for May 29 at exactly noon. Funny this is a Sunday and we have to be out of our house (we have sold it) on midnight May 31 so gee – isn’t that a coincidence? Vinni had her last day at work on February 4 and…

Getting the boat ready

It’s been a while since I updated this website.  Why? Mainly because we haven’t been sailing since it has been winter here in Denmark.  We derigged Capri at the beginning of November and she has been lying at the dock looking a little forlorn ever since. The other reason is that I’ve been busy installing…

Sunday Picnic Sailing

Hello again dear readers. The sailing season hasn’t quite finished yet and I am blessed with a wife who adores sailing, So despite the threat of rain, we decided to go sailing this past weekend.  Now we are no fools, so the weather reports said fair friday evening and early saturday morning, with lots of…