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Royal Papua Yacht Club, Port Moresby – Papua Neu Guinea (en)

Erstes Bild von uns in Port Moresby — First picture after our arrival in Moresby

After our first and adventurous 3-week sailing trip from Honiara to Port Moresby, we could sponge a proper mooring (as opposed to anchoring what we usually do, because it’s for freeeee!), could photoshop a required insurance confirmation and finally relaxed decently. Thanks to Phil and Jesse we could use the jetty of the Cruise family and were able to fix our torn sails. They really needed it… We also had a live-interview in a local radio station. Exciting!

P.S. We even have a genuine insurance now, that is unphotoshopped! … weiterlesen

Der Alltag des Seemannes (en)

Skat nach Bali — Ben, Marcel and Hannes play skat 6 hours a day for 2 weeks on the way from Darwin to Bali

You wanna read this? Learn how to speak German! Aaaahhh, just kidding! We’ll translate the article shortly. Promise!

Point Cruz Yacht Club, Honiara – Salomonische Inseln (en)

Point Cruz Yacht Club, Honiara - Solomon Islands

That’s where everything began! That’s where we first saw and fell in love with our sailing boat “Marianne”. We spent 3 wonderful weeks anchoring at Point Cruz Yacht Club in Honiara. We quickly signed the bill of sale, before Paul, the old owner, could change his mind…

Anntheresa at Unit 6

Marianne and her two young sailor men are on the open water again. As a last goodbye they want you to watch the brand new video “Anntheresa at Unit 6”. Just a couple of impressions of this beautiful Papua New Guinea. Anntheresa is a talented church singer from Port Moresby. We really enjoyed recording her and listening to her beautiful voice.

The fixed main and jib sail will hopefully bring them to Darwin in 3 weeks time. You can be part of their journey on sailingconductors.com and track the daily updated route through the Torres Strait on the map.
Kisses from the crew of the ‘Sailing Conductors’

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One night with George’s Family

That’s where our mission began. Where we finally got our sailing boat “Marianne”. Two weeks in Honiara and one day with George’s Family. The kids sing harmonies as if they’ve never done anything else in their life. A truly overwhelming evening, thank you very much Matt for introducing us to your family!

Schmetterling vs. Passatbesegelung (en)

Yvonne und Ben vor den Schmetterlingsflügeln — Yvonne and Ben in front of the butterfly wings

Due to the same wind and course for days and weeks we are currently checking alternative sail positions with our new spinnaker pole. The first opportunity is called “wing on wing”.

Unfortunately, the main sail takes the wind of the genoa which is a bit further in the front. The boat swivels sidways and the foresail falls in.

Kühle Eimerdusche im Schatten der Passatbesegelung — Refreshing bucket shower in the shadow of the tradewind sails

A second option was more promising! Two genoas attached to the forestay at the same time. So the main sail (which will not be hoisted) does not cover the wind for the genoa. This seems to be the best choice for the selfsteering and looks awesome 😉

08.08.2011 - GPS S 06°18.748, E 112°36.770

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Author: Hannes