South Pacific Familyadventure 2008 - Midsummer in Netherlands

Midsummer in Netherlands

South Pacific Familyadventure 2008

Claes Brodin

Fri 22 Jun 2012 18:23

As we are used to in Sweden, midsummer was spent in very unstable weather.
Sitting in a pub with torrential rain outside,watching football between
Germany and Greece(a symbolic match)was a bit different from Swedish
midsummertraditions.

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2024

Jul 2024

Jun 2024

Sun 30 Jun 19:47
- Old town Ibiza
Sat 29 Jun 14:45
- An ugly duck
Fri 28 Jun 19:26
- Bajo Ahorcados demands full attention
- A tempting wreckdive but to complicated
Thu 27 Jun 20:27
- A week of broken fans(cont)
Wed 26 Jun 16:04
- A week of broken fans
Tue 25 Jun 20:10
- Crowded bays full of beachlife
Mon 24 Jun 21:04
- Cala Sahona
Sun 23 Jun 20:25
- From north to south Baleares
Sat 22 Jun 19:57
- Visiting Port Fornell
Fri 21 Jun 19:30
- Cala Fornell and lobster frenzy
Wed 19 Jun 19:22
- Mahon-the best protected harbour in the Mediterranean
Mon 17 Jun 20:46
- Crossing the Balearic Sea
Sat 15 Jun 20:04
- Porto Pino
Mon 10 Jun 12:51
- Bad surprise from Volvo saildrive
Sat 8 Jun 15:22
- Divided between Lofoten and Sardinia

May 2024

Mon 27 May 19:34
- What a year and what a woman
Sat 18 May 19:00
- West coast of Sardinia
Thu 16 May 18:48
- Societies resistant to the 24/7 society
Tue 14 May 16:01
- Video from diving Gianoulla Rhodes October 2023
Mon 13 May 17:15
- A day in the engine room
Sun 12 May 14:13
- Isola San Pietro and Carloforte
Fri 10 May 13:49
- Some lazy days and "just a little snack"
Wed 8 May 16:35
- Sardinia at it´s best
Sun 5 May 16:33
- Poetto beach

Apr 2024

Tue 30 Apr 16:11
- Cagliari
Mon 22 Apr 23:53
- Variable passage (cont)
- Variable passage (cont)
Sun 21 Apr 18:21
- Variable passage
- Tight window
Sat 20 Apr 18:37
- Almost a week in San Vito
Tue 16 Apr 19:02
- Neighbours in cruisers society
Mon 15 Apr 17:31
- Escaping to Capo San Vito
Sat 13 Apr 16:11
- Diving Ustica
Fri 12 Apr 20:47
- Ustica
Sun 7 Apr 12:03
- Calima
Thu 4 Apr 19:27
- Albert Camus must be turning in his grave
Mon 1 Apr 06:06
- Full throttle away from individuality and freedom

Feb 2024

Fri 23 Feb 23:23
- Heading north for some weeks of duties
Wed 21 Feb 17:58
- The valley of temples and a ancient metaphor on hubris
Fri 16 Feb 18:01
- Some days in Cala Grande, Favignana
Wed 14 Feb 18:45
- Erice
Tue 13 Feb 17:16
- VMV Mooring Trapani
Sun 11 Feb 16:15
- Hammamet was easier and more welcoming
Fri 9 Feb 07:45
- Crossing the Strait of Sicily
Thu 8 Feb 18:46
- Filling diesel Yasmine Marina Hammamet
Wed 7 Feb 17:46
- Workday
Tue 6 Feb 19:06
- The fall of Carthago-a history of domestic greed
Mon 5 Feb 20:58
- Sidi Bou Said
Sat 3 Feb 23:32
- First passage and to another continent
Fri 2 Feb 20:05
- MIYY (Manoel Island Yacht Yard)

Jan 2024

Sun 28 Jan 18:32
- End of refit
Fri 26 Jan 20:29
- Incorrect installation
Thu 25 Jan 16:56
- Relaunch and seatrial
Wed 24 Jan 20:38
- Ready for her own element
- Continue "to do list"(cont)
Tue 23 Jan 15:18
- Continue "to do list" (cont)
- Continue "to do list"
Mon 22 Jan 20:33
- And shaftseals
Sun 21 Jan 21:25
- Cutlass bearings on a Diesel Duck 462 (cont.)
- Cutlass bearings on a Diesel Duck 462
Sat 20 Jan 19:50
- Haul out Manoel Island Yacht Yard (MIYY)
Wed 10 Jan 18:43
- Future without soul

2023

Dec 2023

Sun 31 Dec 15:16
- Mediterranean now and then-a metaphor for the future ?
Sat 30 Dec 20:15
- Mediterranean now and then-a metaphor for western development ?
Fri 29 Dec 21:04
- Mediterranean now and then
Thu 28 Dec 20:03
- What a year !

Nov 2023

Mon 20 Nov 08:13
- Radical change of environment
Sat 11 Nov 20:17
Fri 10 Nov 16:28
- PAN-PAN relay
Thu 9 Nov 23:07
- Feared sounds (cont)
- Feared sounds
Wed 8 Nov 08:18
- Preparing for passage
Tue 7 Nov 19:38
- Winter where ?
Sun 5 Nov 15:08
- No Crete without Knossos
Fri 3 Nov 08:48
- Time to head west
Thu 2 Nov 18:21
- Loggerheads
Wed 1 Nov 07:32
- Not just a Blue Cave

Oct 2023

Tue 31 Oct 22:18
- Magic dinnerplace
Mon 30 Oct 18:10
- Kastelorizo (cont)
Sun 29 Oct 04:02
- Kastelorizo
Fri 27 Oct 18:23
- Wow-finally !
Thu 26 Oct 15:01
- Lindos(cont)
Wed 25 Oct 15:09
- Lindos
Sun 22 Oct 16:45
- Diving Giannoula K
Sat 21 Oct 18:30
- Plymmitri Bay and wreckdiving
Mon 16 Oct 17:45
- Red Sea cancellation
Sat 14 Oct 14:14
- Preparing for the Red Sea
Thu 5 Oct 18:27
- A famous sunset
Wed 4 Oct 19:59
- Next Island of Fame
Tue 3 Oct 21:38
- Different bays-different clubs
Sun 1 Oct 20:06
- Island of fame

Sep 2023

Wed 27 Sep 17:40
- Delos
Tue 26 Sep 17:31
- Rinea and Delos
Fri 22 Sep 16:43
- Amorgos
Sat 16 Sep 16:10
- Back in the Aegean
Mon 4 Sep 15:17
- Vanity is expensive

Aug 2023

Wed 9 Aug 20:32
- Some love and care (cont.)
Sun 6 Aug 20:23
- Some love and care
Wed 2 Aug 20:10
- Rendezvous with Greek medical care

Jul 2023

Mon 31 Jul 14:43
- Livadhi Bay
Sat 29 Jul 14:18
- Anchormess
Fri 28 Jul 13:45
- An ugly development
Thu 27 Jul 15:48
- Skhinounda
Tue 25 Jul 21:22
- Kounoupoi
Sun 23 Jul 16:51
- Astepalea (or however you spell it )
Sat 22 Jul 20:00
- Heatwave and Meltemi
Fri 21 Jul 12:48
- The chora of Patmos- divine and Unesco World Heritage
Thu 20 Jul 20:56
- Heading north for Pathmos
Wed 19 Jul 14:17
- Unlikely chain of events-Murphy ?
Tue 18 Jul 09:29
- Hellenic Coastguard Warning-avoid contact
Mon 17 Jul 15:28
- From anodes to coastguard custody-unlikely chain of events(cont.)
Sun 16 Jul 17:57
- From anodes to coastguard custody-unlikely chain of events(cont.)
Sat 15 Jul 17:22
- From anodes to coastguard custody-unlikely chain of events(cont.)
Fri 14 Jul 22:13
- From anodes to coastguard custody-unlikely chain of events
Wed 12 Jul 18:01
- Wreckdiving captured by the experience industry
Sun 9 Jul 16:20
- The battle of Leros
Sat 8 Jul 21:16
- If in Leros-don`t miss this view
Thu 6 Jul 17:00
- Waiting out Meltemi in Panteli
Tue 4 Jul 16:05
- Wedding in Stockholm, passing over the midnight sun, and then back to the heat

Jun 2023

Wed 14 Jun 16:47
- Experience Industry again
Tue 13 Jun 22:19
- Cruisingground with few marinas
Sun 11 Jun 06:25
- A reminder to mariners
Thu 8 Jun 20:22
- Back in Naoussa
Tue 6 Jun 16:59
- Hellenistic Milos
Mon 5 Jun 19:55
- The chora of Milos and Utopia
Thu 1 Jun 19:05
- Crossing the Aegean dropping anchor in Kleftico beach

May 2023

Tue 30 May 20:36
- Diesel,propane and honeymoon
Sat 27 May 17:40
- We married !
Tue 2 May 19:46
- Kalamata

Apr 2023

Sun 30 Apr 18:11
- Passage of the Ionian Sea
Fri 28 Apr 15:41
- Taormina
Wed 26 Apr 21:33
- Sicily
Tue 25 Apr 13:31
- Islands to revert to
Mon 24 Apr 12:58
- Milazzese Bay
Sun 23 Apr 08:16
- Aeolian Islands
Fri 21 Apr 19:27
- Marina Coppola in Amalfi
Thu 20 Apr 20:12
- A beautiful shell but a content without soul
Wed 19 Apr 20:46
- The Amalficoast-Positano
Tue 18 Apr 18:23
- Heading for the Amalficoast passing Capri to starboard
Sun 16 Apr 21:15
Fri 14 Apr 21:14
- Selection towards megayachts
Thu 13 Apr 17:49
- Heading South
Mon 10 Apr 19:07
- From snow to flowers

Mar 2023

Sat 25 Mar 17:42
- Gaeta
Wed 22 Mar 19:35
- Procida
Tue 21 Mar 18:03
- Porto Vecchio
Mon 20 Mar 17:39
- Ventotene
Sun 19 Mar 18:27
- Ponza
Fri 17 Mar 17:27
- Repair day after
Thu 16 Mar 07:01
- Sunrise and confrontation of all problems
Wed 15 Mar 02:52
- Worse than expected
Tue 14 Mar 19:21
- The dilemma of advise
Mon 13 Mar 18:33
- Passage of the Tyrrhenian Sea
Sat 11 Mar 19:32
- Main electrical system back in working order
Fri 10 Mar 09:37
- New OPzV cells installed
Mon 6 Mar 15:22
- Muir
Sun 5 Mar 10:18
- Not only work
Thu 2 Mar 15:29
- Mercedes does this better
Wed 1 Mar 17:17
- Hibernation is dangerous

Feb 2023

Tue 28 Feb 14:52
- ...and all other things part of a springrefit
Sat 25 Feb 15:26
- Important service while on the hard
Fri 24 Feb 16:09
- Relaunch
Wed 22 Feb 17:01
- Haul Out and antifoul
Mon 20 Feb 15:50
- Sleipner bowthruster problem
Tue 14 Feb 12:33
- 24 volt charging error
Mon 13 Feb 10:21
- OPzV 2 volt gel cell batterysystem
Sun 12 Feb 18:49
- It´s not just to replace
Sat 11 Feb 18:18
- Classic outside work
Fri 10 Feb 18:05
- Return to Santa Maria de Navarrese

Jan 2023

Fri 27 Jan 17:37
- Remnant from Arctic Norway

2022

Dec 2022

Sun 4 Dec 23:09
- Radical change of environment
Thu 1 Dec 08:42
- Hibernation

Nov 2022

Sat 26 Nov 09:29
- Olbia and driving Sardinia
Wed 23 Nov 15:33
- Storm approaching and Porto Cervo
Mon 21 Nov 19:42
- Film from diving Sardinia
Sun 20 Nov 20:24
- Diving Punta Coticcio
Sat 19 Nov 12:47
- Caprera and diving
Wed 16 Nov 14:26
- A special day
Tue 15 Nov 14:14
- La Maddalena,Caprera and Garibaldi
Mon 14 Nov 06:05
- Unusual marine hazards
Sun 13 Nov 16:13
- A smooth passage expected
Sat 12 Nov 23:03
- A day in the bay
Fri 11 Nov 23:46
- Departing Palma dropping anchor in Soller

Oct 2022

Fri 28 Oct 18:08
- Palma
Thu 27 Oct 19:38
- VHF and the Mediterranean
- Cape Horn of Spain again
Wed 26 Oct 18:18
- What a smooth passage
Tue 25 Oct 17:08
- Into the Mediterranean
Mon 24 Oct 15:40
- Return to Gibraltar and fuelissues

Sep 2022

Thu 29 Sep 19:44
- Rest in Alcaidesa
Wed 28 Sep 15:47
- The meaning of life
Tue 27 Sep 19:57
- A serious challenge to selfdiscipline
Mon 26 Sep 23:21
- Passage between continents
Sat 24 Sep 15:43
- Back in Lagos
Fri 23 Sep 20:01
- Symbiotic crew
Thu 22 Sep 09:29
- Thunder and lightning
Wed 21 Sep 21:34
- Predict future (cont.)
- Predict future (cont.)
Tue 20 Sep 13:58
- Mysterious and exxcentric
Mon 19 Sep 17:33
- Sintra
Sun 18 Sep 22:03
- On the continental shelf
Sat 17 Sep 15:39
- Brought up by the sea
Fri 16 Sep 14:59
- ...and paravanes and anchors
Thu 15 Sep 18:31
- An even greater threat ?

Aug 2022

Sun 28 Aug 17:12
- Coolant on a long journey
Wed 10 Aug 23:54
- Fog and a swarm of fishingboats
Mon 8 Aug 15:49
- Revenge or playing ?

Jul 2022

Fri 15 Jul 04:31
- Finisterre,Camarinas, and back to Ares
Tue 12 Jul 14:06
- Muros
Mon 11 Jul 19:03
- Fog
Sun 10 Jul 01:39
- Club Nautico
Fri 8 Jul 14:01
- Solitude and beachlife
Tue 5 Jul 19:42
- Combarro
Sat 2 Jul 17:59
- Cruising in the real world and/or cyberspace
Fri 1 Jul 20:32
- Cies

Jun 2022

Thu 30 Jun 21:15
- Nephew
Wed 29 Jun 07:02
- Rias Baixas
Tue 28 Jun 12:05
- Seafood fanatics
Mon 27 Jun 21:45
- Ria Ares
Sat 25 Jun 22:01
- San Juan
- To the roots of Mercedes
- Galicia !
Wed 22 Jun 19:32
- Pen Duick
Tue 21 Jun 19:06
- Rings
Mon 20 Jun 10:03
- A bucket of pasta Bolognese
Sun 19 Jun 15:39
- Seafood and beaches
Sat 18 Jun 15:27
- Service,repairs,and checklists (cont)
- Service,repairs,and checklists (cont)
- Service,repairs,and checklists
Fri 17 Jun 12:49
- Camaret and prepairing the jump
Thu 16 Jun 12:27
- Passing Brittany
Wed 15 Jun 16:10
- Sark
Tue 14 Jun 11:39
- Fuel in Guernsey
Mon 13 Jun 11:22
- Guernsey
Sat 11 Jun 11:51
- Days in the engineroom
Wed 8 Jun 17:12
- St Peter Port
Tue 7 Jun 13:36
- Stalling in strong tidal streams
Mon 6 Jun 12:43
- Strong tides and dogs in the U.K
Sun 5 Jun 11:45
- Oscar and Cardine

May 2022

Sat 28 May 18:55
- No fan of big cities
Sun 15 May 17:13
- Going Back
Fri 13 May 17:37
- Some things are eternal
Wed 11 May 14:22
- Pittoresque surprise
Tue 10 May 09:07
- Vieux Basin
- Landfall Honfleur
Mon 9 May 23:52
- From exciting wilderness to human parkingplace
Sun 8 May 10:37
- Normandie ?
Sat 7 May 13:52
- Europort
Fri 6 May 11:22
- Next France
Thu 5 May 22:07
- Amsterdam
Tue 3 May 20:45
- Sixhaven and appification
Sun 1 May 13:34
- Yachtsmans Bible

Apr 2022

Fri 29 Apr 14:12
- Ijsselmeer
Thu 28 Apr 14:09
- Wadenzee
Wed 27 Apr 18:05
- Another industry developing-Vlieland Marina
Mon 25 Apr 09:29
- Back in salty seas
Sat 23 Apr 17:14
- Kiel
Wed 20 Apr 06:45
- A descent window
Tue 19 Apr 18:44
- VHF again
Fri 15 Apr 18:39
- Switching from cold to warm
Wed 13 Apr 07:09
- Tied up and mess onboard
Tue 12 Apr 23:56
- In darkness again
Sat 9 Apr 13:03
- Departure
Fri 8 Apr 17:07
- Back to the heat

Mar 2022

Sun 20 Mar 13:50
- Another global slap in the face
Fri 18 Mar 11:00
- ..and canvas
Wed 16 Mar 16:47
- Weather blessing
Fri 11 Mar 16:40
- Expensive part of refit
Thu 10 Mar 16:18
- Unlikely spares
Wed 9 Mar 16:03
- Jack lines for a dog and Spain in the spreader
Mon 7 Mar 17:41
- Spring refit with more mechanics
Sat 5 Mar 17:16
- Pumps again
Fri 4 Mar 16:56
- Increasing problems to be fossile
Thu 3 Mar 16:55
- Starting a new season

Feb 2022

Wed 16 Feb 08:37
- Film from skiing the Lyngenalps

2021

Dec 2021

Mon 6 Dec 17:34
- Flying to an Arctic cold spell
Sat 4 Dec 22:46
- Stockholm in winter
- Reward
Fri 3 Dec 13:02
- ...and search for spareparts
- ...and repair again
Wed 1 Dec 07:46
- Wasahamnen (Wasaharbour)

Nov 2021

Tue 30 Nov 14:48
- Stockholm finally
Sun 28 Nov 14:33
- Saltsjobaden
Thu 25 Nov 14:20
- Towards Stockholm to childhood territories
Wed 24 Nov 14:28
- ...and repair (Eberspaecher again ! )
Mon 22 Nov 13:50
- ...and repair
Sun 21 Nov 21:25
- Mecka for sailors on the eastcoast
Thu 18 Nov 16:39
- Work in wilderness
Wed 17 Nov 16:18
- With the eyes of someone else
Tue 16 Nov 15:48
- Back in Stockholm archipelago
Fri 12 Nov 14:21
- Traps created by Gotlandsbolaget
Thu 11 Nov 04:02
- Overnight passage to Gotland
Sun 7 Nov 08:53
- St Anna archipelago
Fri 5 Nov 23:27
- Cruisingguides-a thing of the past ?
Thu 4 Nov 00:11
- Reaching the archipelago
Tue 2 Nov 17:34
- Swedish summercity

Oct 2021

Sun 31 Oct 09:27
- ...and depart finally
Sat 30 Oct 20:10
Fri 29 Oct 19:44
- Prepare and repair
Wed 27 Oct 19:13
- Tomorrow....
Sat 23 Oct 11:45
- Birthday

Sep 2021

Mon 20 Sep 17:57
- Yachting media
Sat 4 Sep 17:43
- Brantevik
Wed 1 Sep 01:32
- Landfall in Brantevik

Aug 2021

Tue 31 Aug 13:56
- Passage of south Sweden
Mon 30 Aug 04:30
- Paravanehorror
Sun 29 Aug 14:19
- Heading for the Baltic Sea
Thu 26 Aug 13:39
- Skagen again
Mon 23 Aug 20:24
- North Sea again
Sat 21 Aug 13:11
- Extraterrestrials ?
Fri 20 Aug 23:59
- In transit on the Vestland
Wed 11 Aug 10:45
- ...and diving
Tue 10 Aug 11:33
- Finding Frankenwald
Mon 9 Aug 20:53
- Heading for Yttre Sula
Sat 7 Aug 20:33
- Bergen

Jul 2021

Tue 20 Jul 20:11
- Godöysund and cruising friends
- Galician Galley
Fri 16 Jul 19:25
- Bianca
Thu 15 Jul 16:07
- It´s not all about pleasure
Tue 13 Jul 16:40
- Back to Norway
Sat 10 Jul 18:51
- Skagen Reef
- Skagen Painters
Fri 9 Jul 19:24
- Back in Skagen
Wed 7 Jul 19:02
- Adapt and improvise-again

Jun 2021

Sun 20 Jun 14:40
- Now also in Scandinavia
Fri 18 Jun 14:31
- Seafood
Thu 17 Jun 14:03
- Koster
Sun 6 Jun 12:25
- Since last time
Sat 5 Jun 00:15
- Väderöarna ("Weatherislands")
Thu 3 Jun 17:45
- Smögen

May 2021

Mon 31 May 15:15
- Marstrand
Sat 29 May 17:59
- Mercedes Villar
Fri 14 May 07:17
- Haulout,survey and repair of a well built boat
Thu 13 May 21:17
- Showing it´s best side
Wed 12 May 20:27
- Coincidences to catastrophy (cont.)
Tue 11 May 06:01
- Coincidences to catastrophy
Sun 9 May 23:41
- Infamous Statt
Sat 8 May 22:30
- Anchor drop in Brakstad
Fri 7 May 17:48
- Catch 22

Apr 2021

Fri 16 Apr 13:47
- Eberspächer again
Thu 15 Apr 16:33
- Randoskiing Lofoten
Wed 7 Apr 21:17
- Snowdrift and radar
Mon 5 Apr 20:11
- Great combination
Sun 4 Apr 19:59
- Skrei
Fri 2 Apr 21:05
- The Vestfjord in different circumstances

Mar 2021

Fri 26 Mar 21:11
- Norwegian rescue and trauma organisation
Thu 25 Mar 20:17
- Yet another human tragedy in the Vestfjord
Wed 24 Mar 10:41
- Which antifoul ?
Mon 22 Mar 15:57
- Haulout nr 4
Tue 16 Mar 18:49
- Interveiw on the topic of "voyaging under power"
Tue 9 Mar 18:30

Feb 2021

Sun 21 Feb 11:34
- The good thing
Fri 19 Feb 09:39
- After one year and ongoing...

2020

Dec 2020

Thu 17 Dec 11:21
- Winners from state of emergency
Wed 16 Dec 11:07
- Three months of rest
Thu 10 Dec 11:59
- ....and hibernation again
Sun 6 Dec 11:52
- Where is the show ?
Sat 5 Dec 11:20
- Is it safe ?
Fri 4 Dec 17:15
- A day with the whales
Thu 3 Dec 00:38
- The center of it all
Wed 2 Dec 23:55
- Preferrably by night
- Diesel Duck in winterconditions
Tue 1 Dec 17:43
- Cruising Diesel Duck in darkness
- Another try for high latitudes

Nov 2020

Fri 6 Nov 13:57
- Testing Para-Tech sea anchor system (link to video on YouTube)
Sun 1 Nov 16:30
- Right decision

Oct 2020

Sat 31 Oct 22:44
- Whaletour-a flop ?
Sat 3 Oct 08:47
- So long for a while
Thu 1 Oct 22:51
- ....and then a hurricane

Sep 2020

Tue 29 Sep 22:29
- First storm for the season
Thu 17 Sep 21:38
- A long way to the dinnertable(cont)
- A long way to the dinnertable
Sat 5 Sep 19:54
- "Gå på Tur "
Fri 4 Sep 21:55
- Back into darkness

Aug 2020

Sat 15 Aug 16:15
- One of few nations
Mon 10 Aug 13:29
- ..and then another pump again(trawlerfans)
Wed 5 Aug 13:21
- Precious seafood
Sat 1 Aug 13:04
- New Crew

Jul 2020

Fri 24 Jul 16:49
- The season of pumps
Wed 15 Jul 16:32
- Sandbeaches
Sun 12 Jul 16:26
- Cruising July

Jun 2020

Sun 14 Jun 19:59
- Favourite anchorage
Fri 12 Jun 16:17
- Vestfjord
Wed 3 Jun 19:34
- Off duty going to Bodö

May 2020

Sun 17 May 14:41
- Ethernal navigational aids
Thu 14 May 09:31
- A short rest- Indre Årnes
Wed 13 May 23:34
- A singlehanders nightmare
- Farewell Lyngen
Sun 10 May 16:29
Sat 9 May 00:22
- Sorheim Brygge
Fri 8 May 22:12
- Lyngenalps
- Fourth time
Mon 4 May 23:10
- Last time in Tromsö-another world
- Capital of the Arctic
Sun 3 May 17:35
Fri 1 May 18:19
- Rando skiing the Norwegian way

Apr 2020

Thu 30 Apr 17:59
- Test of equipment
Wed 29 Apr 20:36
- Hamn i Senja
Tue 28 Apr 20:42
- Exposed route to Senja
- Payback
Mon 27 Apr 18:11
- Surprise in Lonkanfiord
Sun 26 Apr 17:51
- Passing through the infamous Raftsundet
Sun 5 Apr 08:57
- Last job and ready
Fri 3 Apr 07:30
- What a waste

Mar 2020

Thu 26 Mar 20:10
- First tour and a slight feeling of guilt
Mon 23 Mar 21:52
- Therapy during quarantine
Sun 22 Mar 19:31
- Not since WW-II

Feb 2020

Sun 23 Feb 18:25
- Hang in there !
Sat 8 Feb 18:07
- Survive another month
Sat 1 Feb 15:07
- Diesel Duck 462 after 5 years and 10.000Nm-Pros and Cons (trawlerfans)

Jan 2020

Fri 31 Jan 19:24
- After 5 years and 10.000Nm-sails and paravanes(trawlerfans)
Thu 30 Jan 15:05
- After 5years and 10.000Nm-navigationelectronics(trawlerfans)
- After 5 years and 10.000Nm-Steelboat(trawlerfans)
Wed 29 Jan 14:41
- After 5years and 10.000Nm-fuel system(trawlerfans)
- After 5 years and 10.000Nm-liveaboard
Tue 28 Jan 17:06
- Repairs (cont.)
- Diesel Duck 462 after 5 years and 10.000Nm-major repairs(trawlerfans)
Mon 27 Jan 11:19
- More major investments and maintainance(cont.)
- Diesel Duck 462 after 5 years and 10.000Nm-Major investments and maintainance(cont.)
Sun 26 Jan 13:08
- Diesel Duck 462 after 5 years and 10.000Nm (trawlerfans)
Sun 5 Jan 11:51
- New Decade

2019

Dec 2019

Tue 10 Dec 18:59
- Good Luck
Sun 1 Dec 09:25
- A swarm of work (trawlerfans)

Nov 2019

Fri 29 Nov 19:32
- Winterquarters Ballstad
Tue 26 Nov 19:48
- Joining the killerwhales in Skjervöy-film on YouTube
Mon 25 Nov 07:35
- Final Reward
Sat 23 Nov 07:28
- Adapt,improvise and routines
Fri 22 Nov 19:12
Thu 21 Nov 15:29
Wed 20 Nov 07:29
- Landfall on Skjervöy
Tue 19 Nov 07:30
- Dark driving
- Under way
Mon 18 Nov 13:26
- A winterride to latitude 70 north
Sun 17 Nov 12:07
- Struggling with and test of heaters in an arctic cold spell (trawlerfans)
Sun 10 Nov 19:18
- A visit from Murphy
Sat 2 Nov 16:29
- Last tour and Northern Light

Oct 2019

Sat 19 Oct 21:05
- Back in surveillance
Tue 15 Oct 17:58
Sat 12 Oct 17:36
- Eberspächer Airtronic D5
Thu 10 Oct 17:13
- Signs of global warming ?
Tue 8 Oct 17:00
- Work base Dora Mac
Sat 5 Oct 16:18
- From the road
Fri 4 Oct 16:28
- Expensive infrastructure
Thu 3 Oct 18:39
- A third way to travel

Sep 2019

Sat 28 Sep 17:22
- Equipment to avoid
Wed 18 Sep 18:23
- An ever ongoing process
Sat 14 Sep 18:43
- Luxury transportation
Sun 8 Sep 17:01
- Trollfiord and back to work
Thu 5 Sep 16:28
- Nighttrip through Raftsundet
Mon 2 Sep 15:43
- Arctic soccer and return to Henningsvaer

Aug 2019

Thu 29 Aug 10:53
- Nusfjord
Wed 28 Aug 17:37
- Brave New World ?
Mon 26 Aug 18:39
- Source of wet bilge traced? (trawlerfans)
Sun 25 Aug 19:25
- In the middle
Wed 21 Aug 16:44
- Future luxury ?
- Walking Norway
Mon 19 Aug 13:10
Sun 18 Aug 12:40
- Unpredictable
Thu 15 Aug 12:26
- Henningsvaer
Tue 13 Aug 16:32
- Family gathering in Bodö
Fri 9 Aug 17:51
- Great equipment
- Bodö Guestharbour
Sat 3 Aug 19:29
- Unusual problem (trawlerfans)
Fri 2 Aug 19:50
- Global search for a Diesel Duck

Jul 2019

Mon 29 Jul 10:36
- Bodö
Sun 28 Jul 10:21
- Deathwish ?
Sat 27 Jul 20:33
- Svartisen
- Rödöya
Fri 26 Jul 20:21
- To the bottom
Thu 25 Jul 20:10
- Divine anchorage ?
Wed 24 Jul 19:46
- Entering Melfiord
Tue 23 Jul 19:22
- Back onboard after three years
Mon 22 Jul 19:38
- Coming to the Arctic world
Sun 21 Jul 19:03
- The Seven Sisters
Sat 20 Jul 16:53
Fri 19 Jul 15:54
- Beaches and clear water
Wed 17 Jul 15:43
- Back on track bound for Vega

Jun 2019

Thu 27 Jun 20:21
- Kristiansund
Wed 26 Jun 20:06
- The Atlantic Wall and Norway
Tue 25 Jun 21:58
- German Brutality
- Ålesund to Bud and Norway in WW-II
Thu 20 Jun 18:14
- Auxiliary surveillance system giving problems(trawler fans)
Mon 17 Jun 17:19
- Ålesund
- Another scenic tour along the Vestland and passing Statt
Sat 15 Jun 16:29
- Hardbakke
Fri 14 Jun 16:38
- Film from diving M/S Frankenwald
Thu 13 Jun 08:42
- Top wreck dive
Wed 12 Jun 19:16
- Yttre Sula-diving M/S Frankenwald
Tue 4 Jun 22:06
- Gateway to the fiordlands of Norway

May 2019

Thu 30 May 18:59
- Film on YouTube from Dora Mac heading for Arctic Norway-Leaving the Baltic Sea
Tue 28 May 21:04
- Leaving the Baltic Sea
Sat 25 May 16:10
- Time to leave
Wed 22 May 22:16
- Yachts-Service Kärdla
Mon 20 May 21:51
- Crossing the Baltic Sea and Gazprom
Sun 19 May 14:11
- Inline fuses again(trawler fans)
Sat 18 May 10:42
- Ready !
Sun 12 May 12:02
- At last
Wed 1 May 20:14
- To remember why I do this

Apr 2019

Wed 10 Apr 10:37
- This years service and upgrading-filters and impellers
Tue 9 Apr 18:17
- This years service and upgrading-Spraypainting the hull (trawlerfans)
Mon 8 Apr 17:45
- This years service and upgrading -Eberspächerinstallation (cont.)
- This years service and upgrading-Eberspächerinstallation (trawlerfans)
Sun 7 Apr 16:45
- This years service and upgrading-corroded throughhull (cont.)
- This years service and upgrading-corroded throughhull (trawlerfans)
Sat 6 Apr 16:24
- This years service and upgrading-fuel tank leaks (trawlerfans)

Mar 2019

Sat 16 Mar 11:09
- Decades Passing (cont.)
- Decades Passing

Feb 2019

Sat 16 Feb 14:07
- A gribfile even worse
Sun 3 Feb 16:55
- Hydronic or Airtronic system ?? (boring stuff for trawler fans )
Fri 1 Feb 16:01
- A wintertrip to Dora Mac

Jan 2019

Sat 12 Jan 19:03
- Work in progress
Wed 2 Jan 13:43
- Projects 2019

2018

Dec 2018

Sun 16 Dec 14:43
- The gribfile you don´t want

Nov 2018

Sun 25 Nov 13:53
- Luxury Hardstand
Fri 16 Nov 21:52
- Hibernation and winterworks
Thu 15 Nov 07:58
- AIS and Håkan Lans (cont. M/V Humber turning)
- AIS and Håkan Lans
Wed 14 Nov 00:25
- Some help to handle fog
Tue 13 Nov 15:08
- Departing the Swedish coastline in fog
- November Crossing of the Baltic Sea

Oct 2018

Sun 28 Oct 13:20
- Collegues on Ålö (Eel Island)
Thu 18 Oct 12:54
- Film from Diving Ingrid Horn
Mon 15 Oct 09:51
- Heading for Ingrid Horn
Sat 13 Oct 17:55
- Drinkplatform
Fri 12 Oct 15:10
- Wasa by the sea
Thu 11 Oct 14:57
- Wealthy Country
- Party in Stockholm

Sep 2018

Wed 12 Sep 18:03
- Service (cont)
Sun 9 Sep 15:31
- Service (cont)
Fri 7 Sep 16:40
- Service (cont)
Wed 5 Sep 17:24
- This years big service (boring stuff for duckowners)

Aug 2018

Thu 23 Aug 18:42
- Måsknuv-Just a rock but with hidden classified secrets
Mon 20 Aug 17:37
- Third time but hopefully not the last...
Tue 14 Aug 15:27
- Heading back to Sweden day 2 at sea
Mon 13 Aug 08:48
- Small world
Fri 10 Aug 18:33
- Reval
Wed 8 Aug 21:05
- Heading for Reval day 2 at sea
Tue 7 Aug 10:58
- Last time Gibraltar 59:36.695N 24:39.565E
Mon 6 Aug 09:50
- Prejudiced 60:05.929N 28:13.092E
Sun 5 Aug 20:01
Sat 4 Aug 09:09
- One of the 20th century totalitarian utopias
Fri 3 Aug 11:07
- Central St Petersburgh
Thu 2 Aug 17:01
- The bight of St Petersburgh-stay focused
- Vladimir Ivankiv 59:59.397N 29:47.123E
Wed 1 Aug 22:45
- Heading for Russia day 2 at sea 60:07.441N 26:29.899E

Jul 2018

Fri 27 Jul 10:57
- Nyländska Jaktklubben-NJK 60:09.621N 24:57.791E
Thu 26 Jul 19:32
- Crossing the Baltic Sea day 2 at sea
Wed 25 Jul 22:52
- The moon again-the yachtsmans eternal friend at night
- Crossing the Baltic Sea day 1 at sea
Thu 5 Jul 14:12
- A Swedish summer dream

Jun 2018

Sun 10 Jun 18:44
- Film from diving Sappemeer from a Diesel Duck 462
Thu 7 Jun 07:42
- Now and Then

May 2018

Fri 25 May 08:39
- Divecompressor on a Diesel Duck 462
Thu 17 May 20:47

Apr 2018

Sun 22 Apr 08:14
- Replacement of the fishermen
Fri 20 Apr 10:52
- This years replacement trend (Duckowners)
Thu 19 Apr 15:43
- Inevitable wear and tear on a steelboat
Tue 17 Apr 09:03
- Haul Out for the year
Wed 11 Apr 10:23
- Diesel Duck 462 breaking ice and the first tour of the year

Mar 2018

Wed 28 Mar 07:51
- Pictures from Cyberspace
Mon 12 Mar 19:38
- Unknown concept in Scandinavia
Mon 5 Mar 09:54
- Ten Years

Jan 2018

Sat 20 Jan 12:01
- At rest in the land of King Bore

2017

Nov 2017

Sun 26 Nov 10:46
- Heading south and the end for now
Sat 25 Nov 08:38
- Stockholm Archipelago
Fri 24 Nov 19:33
- Sandhamns Värdshus and MeToo
- Sandhamn
Wed 22 Nov 14:28
- Test in winterconditions
Sat 11 Nov 22:40
- A brilliant French business idea

Oct 2017

Sun 15 Oct 19:41
- When homewaters become exotic
Sun 1 Oct 16:03
- The end of the beginning
- Good to see you again

Sep 2017

Fri 29 Sep 16:05
- A good dinner and a whole nights rest
- Hanöbukten "The Swedish Biscay" 56:05.50N 16:11.2 0E
Sat 16 Sep 18:56
- Welcome to Sweden 55:33.00N 14:21.00E
Fri 15 Sep 15:32
- Sweden !
Thu 14 Sep 14:38
- Das Boot
Wed 13 Sep 07:52
- Hans Ahlström and waiting out the storm
Fri 1 Sep 19:27
- Relief and sadness

Aug 2017

Wed 30 Aug 18:51
- Good behaviour(Boring stuff for duckowners)
Sun 27 Aug 19:22
- In the Baltic Sea 54:23.00N 10:34.00E
- Leaving the North Sea and the Atlantic 53:40.00N 09:11.00E
Sat 26 Aug 04:35
- The North Sea a parking place?
Fri 25 Aug 03:00
- Vlieland to Brunnsbuttel
Thu 24 Aug 15:34
- Only one left
Wed 23 Aug 17:28
- Friesland
Tue 22 Aug 13:31
- Incident while on passage of Rotterdam
- Heading for Vlieland day 2 at sea 53:18.00N 05:04.00E
Mon 21 Aug 04:26
- Heading for Vlieland day 1 at sea
Sun 20 Aug 21:18
- Dover Strait
Sat 19 Aug 10:26
- Great view from the pentry......
Fri 18 Aug 16:13
- Waiting for weather to settle
Thu 17 Aug 15:31
- Boulogne sur Mer
Mon 14 Aug 19:40
- Passage of English Channel day 2 at sea
Sun 13 Aug 22:08
- Passage of the English Channel day 1 at sea
Fri 11 Aug 22:29
- Sweden a conformist nation(cont.)-August Landmesser
Thu 10 Aug 14:18
- Sweden a conformist nation-contribution in the liberation of Europe
Wed 9 Aug 14:39
- Just another beach?
Tue 8 Aug 15:47
- St Malo and a reminder of France in national emergency
Mon 7 Aug 13:53
- Ile de Batz
Sun 6 Aug 18:03
- Prosperous Marine Life
- Channel du Four
Sat 5 Aug 22:14
- Unusual nowadays
- Five days in Camaret sur Mer
Thu 3 Aug 21:07
- Film on YouTube from crossing the Bay of Biscay
Wed 2 Aug 18:08
- Bay of Biscay day 3 at sea 48:16.831N 04:35.300W

Jul 2017

Mon 31 Jul 18:20
- Bay of Biscay day 2 at sea
Sun 30 Jul 18:14
- Bay of Biscay day 1 at sea
- Ready for the The Bay of Biscay
Mon 3 Jul 18:00
- Reminded of a worldrenowned maritime disaster from an operation theatre in Norway

Jun 2017

Wed 21 Jun 16:49
- Marina Real La Coruna 43:20.50N 08:25.00W
Mon 19 Jun 05:10
- Radarfocus for 30 hours
- Under Way without seeing 42:50.30N 09:22.91W
Sat 17 Jun 16:59
- A challenge for Oporto youngsters
- Oporto

May 2017

Mon 22 May 19:45
- Oporto/Leixoes
Sun 21 May 10:26
- A danger to mariners?
Sat 20 May 20:11
- Classic "Nortada Conditions" and a rest in Peniche
Thu 18 May 14:14
- Film on Youtube with launched paravanes
Wed 17 May 22:16
- Copenhagen Bar
Mon 15 May 17:41
- Every day dining
- Palace de Pena 38:41.00N 09:25.00W
Sun 14 May 19:11
- Cascais 36:51.00N 09:08.00W

Apr 2017

Wed 26 Apr 15:10
- Supervising intern doctors on the top
Sun 23 Apr 20:15
- Europe from south to north
Mon 17 Apr 20:00
- In a world of leaks 2 (duckowners)
Sun 16 Apr 19:19
- Racor Wannabee ( duckowners)
Sat 15 Apr 19:02
- Grey water sump issues ( boring stuff only for duckowners)
Fri 14 Apr 13:13
- Algarve
Thu 13 Apr 17:05
- A great passage
Wed 12 Apr 15:49
- Alcaidesa Marina
Tue 11 Apr 16:38
Mon 10 Apr 20:18
- Once densely fortified and one of the "most fought-over places" in the world

Mar 2017

Mon 27 Mar 14:44
- Good Bye Mediterranean
Sun 26 Mar 00:31
- Yet another reminder of a world in turmoil 36:09.00N 06:37.00W
Sat 25 Mar 19:39
- Much Better
Thu 23 Mar 20:02
- Fy Faan ! ( and Cabo de Gata warning) 36:49.84N 2:27.87W
Tue 21 Mar 18:51
- Yacht Port Cartagena
Mon 20 Mar 18:31
- Spanish Customs and Correos
Sun 19 Mar 22:09
- Bad words from the engineroom
Thu 2 Mar 09:30
- Gratitude in Cyberspace

Feb 2017

Sun 26 Feb 17:36
- From all over
Sat 25 Feb 17:40
- The worlds biggest,ugliest and most expensive
Fri 24 Feb 18:06
- Another clue to faulty fuel polishing
Wed 22 Feb 21:04
- New exhaustelbow welded and installed
Sun 19 Feb 21:31
- New Fuel Polish Setup
Sat 18 Feb 22:11
- Small but important clam
Fri 17 Feb 14:48
- Out again
Thu 16 Feb 15:43
- Once more

Jan 2017

Tue 31 Jan 21:29
- Back in her natural environment
Sun 29 Jan 23:08
- Sigmar Dieselheater
Thu 19 Jan 16:53
- Winter there and winter here
Mon 16 Jan 16:37
- Haul Out Cartagena

2016

Nov 2016

Wed 9 Nov 22:04
- Enjoying some service in Cartagena

Oct 2016

Fri 28 Oct 16:58
- Omega Seamaster Warning Reminder
Mon 17 Oct 16:56
- Diesel Duck 462 so far
Sun 16 Oct 21:26
- Yet another end
Sat 15 Oct 19:03
- Film on YouTube from passage to Cartagena
Thu 13 Oct 20:12
- Booring Picture number two-Cartagena
- Booring Picture number one-Costa Blanca
Wed 12 Oct 02:41
- AIS warning
- Radar Guard Zone
Tue 11 Oct 00:22
- Sleep Deprivator
Mon 10 Oct 23:55
Thu 6 Oct 16:24
- Heading for Palma for a rendezvous with SY/ SeaBreeze
Wed 5 Oct 17:20
- Soller Village
Tue 4 Oct 17:14
- Soller
Mon 3 Oct 15:41
- Down to the westcoast of Mallorca
Sun 2 Oct 15:55
- Fredrik Wallman
Sat 1 Oct 15:43
- Back again and Ciutadella

Sep 2016

Sat 10 Sep 15:03
- Some remarks from Porto Petro
Tue 6 Sep 14:33
- Gulf Coast Fuel Filter Warning
Mon 5 Sep 14:21
- Fuel Contamination Problem
Sun 4 Sep 15:13
- Predict Wind again
Sat 3 Sep 14:12
- Landfall in PortoPetro, Mallorca
Fri 2 Sep 18:55
- Between Sardinia and Balearic Islands
Thu 1 Sep 09:37
- Italian Livingroom

Aug 2016

Wed 31 Aug 09:23
- In a world of leaks
Tue 30 Aug 14:01
- Alongside in Marina Sifredi
Mon 29 Aug 09:47
- Que Locos
Sun 28 Aug 22:10
- Farewell Trapani
Mon 22 Aug 09:27
- You never know what´s going to happen with your day
Sun 21 Aug 08:57
- Cala Rosso (the Bay of Blood)
Sat 20 Aug 08:37
- Trapani and the Egadic Islands
Fri 19 Aug 22:19
- Heading for Sicily
Thu 18 Aug 17:06
- Grand Harbour
Wed 17 Aug 15:47
- Long time in Malta
Tue 16 Aug 11:37
- The knights of St John
Mon 15 Aug 22:47
- Marrsaxlokk
Sun 14 Aug 21:38
- RMYC Final Remarks
Wed 10 Aug 16:37
- A receipt as long as a human

Jun 2016

Sat 4 Jun 11:46
- Remarks from Mediterranean passage part 1
Fri 3 Jun 21:46
- The only European Diesel Duck owners?
Wed 1 Jun 19:43
- RMYC

May 2016

Tue 31 May 20:16
- Positive impact from the EU
- Marsamxett
Mon 30 May 16:22
- Predictwind and Iridium Go! so far
- The first major passage
Sun 29 May 21:45
- A tired guest
- Something you never get tired of
Sat 28 May 03:14
- Report from passage to Malta
Thu 26 May 17:30
- Passing Cape Maleas , heading for Malta
Wed 25 May 19:00
- Farewell Greece
- Winner of views
Tue 24 May 16:40
- On top of Milos
Mon 23 May 16:32
- Patrik Gille-Johnson
Sun 22 May 19:25
- Managing gales in Milos
Fri 20 May 15:26
- Anti-Paros Channel
Thu 19 May 09:45
- Tell Törnblad
Wed 18 May 16:58
- Markus Selin
Sat 14 May 18:25
- Naxos Port
Fri 13 May 13:06
- Apollonas as a reward
Wed 11 May 14:17
- All these tavernas
Tue 10 May 14:03
- Hanging by the cliff
Mon 9 May 13:57
- Foligandros ! !
- Perhaps it´s not dead after all
Sun 8 May 14:42
- The Chora on Ios
Sat 7 May 13:44
- Ios
Fri 6 May 16:08
- Lis Mörner
Tue 3 May 14:02
- A country without culture
Mon 2 May 19:54
- Altruism or ego
Sun 1 May 19:34
- Ricardo Sippl and Angelos

Apr 2016

Fri 29 Apr 17:32
- Exhaustpipe leak (cont)
- Exhaustpipe leak
Thu 28 Apr 17:40
- Ready for the gale
- One of all nightmares for a mariner
Wed 27 Apr 19:43
- Northern Bay of Paros-Náousa
Sun 24 Apr 17:31
- Heading for Paros
Sat 23 Apr 18:56
- Skinhousa
- Middle of the Aegean Sea
Fri 22 Apr 15:16
- Inland on Amorgos
- Volonteering for anchorwatch
Thu 21 Apr 10:42
- Katapola waiting for the gale
Tue 19 Apr 22:34
- Under way through the Aegean Sea
- Castle of Khalki
Mon 18 Apr 17:15
- Khalki
Sun 17 Apr 15:22
- No departure without DEKPA
Sat 16 Apr 15:11
Fri 15 Apr 14:27
- Rhodes New Marina
Thu 14 Apr 18:01
- Heading for Greece
Wed 13 Apr 15:37
- Filling up procedure on a Diesel Duck
- Loads of fuel
Tue 12 Apr 13:50
- Björn Fornander
Mon 11 Apr 18:52
Sat 9 Apr 20:25
- Iridium Go/Predictwind(cont)
- Iridium Go/Predictwind
Thu 7 Apr 14:44
- From Hammerfest to Finike

Feb 2016

Fri 26 Feb 07:34
- Back to Finike
Thu 25 Feb 07:31
- Pancakes
Wed 24 Feb 23:31
- Nightsky over Ucagiz
Tue 23 Feb 07:23
- Union Jack is back
Mon 22 Feb 07:15
- Under way between Finike and Kekova
Sat 20 Feb 06:57
- Kristina and Jonas von Segebaden/Irnell
Thu 18 Feb 20:18
- Relaunch
Wed 17 Feb 16:47
- Antifoul of Diesel Duck
Tue 16 Feb 16:39
- Teakdeck recaulcing
Mon 15 Feb 19:55
- Short stop in Sweden
Sun 7 Feb 12:02
- Work in progress

Jan 2016

Sat 16 Jan 11:28
- Good Bye Dora Mac?
- Ready on the hard
Fri 15 Jan 11:10
Tue 12 Jan 14:29
- Service,repairs,and learning
Mon 11 Jan 14:13
- Randal is back
Thu 7 Jan 14:07
- From the pilothouse
Wed 6 Jan 15:04
- Close to generations of ancient times
- Back in Myra
Fri 1 Jan 18:15

2015

Dec 2015

Thu 31 Dec 19:38
Wed 30 Dec 17:55

Nov 2015

Wed 11 Nov 16:51
- Iridium Go?
Tue 10 Nov 16:40
- Iridium Go-antenna localisation?
Sun 8 Nov 15:38
- Workstation
Fri 6 Nov 15:33
- Comfortable Liveaboard

Sep 2015

Fri 25 Sep 14:45
- I do miss it.....
Sun 20 Sep 10:13
- From forty to zero
Wed 16 Sep 10:53
- Storage
Tue 8 Sep 13:17
- On motorcycle through a country in grief
Sun 6 Sep 13:04
- Church of Saint Nicolais
- The origin of Santa Claus (and Claes name)
Sat 5 Sep 11:46
Fri 4 Sep 18:13
- Fifteen boats spread over the globe and two meets in the same marina
Thu 3 Sep 16:34
- Kale Köy

Aug 2015

Mon 31 Aug 16:43
- Kekova
- Anchored in Kas
Sat 29 Aug 19:39
- Kas by night
Fri 28 Aug 12:32
- New crew
Thu 27 Aug 15:19
- Cruisers are cursed
Wed 26 Aug 17:07
- Kas
- Researchers are never free
Tue 25 Aug 15:50
- Dive platform
- Diving in Turkey
- Gulets
Mon 24 Aug 15:46
- Karacören
Sun 23 Aug 14:31
- Stability at sea
Sat 22 Aug 12:13
- With the big guys
Fri 21 Aug 14:36
- How do you survive the heat?
Thu 20 Aug 12:11
- Where´s the voice coming from?
Wed 19 Aug 10:02
- Sailing
Tue 18 Aug 14:53
- Rewarding View
- Lysian Ruins
Mon 17 Aug 15:47
- Terhane Creek
Sun 16 Aug 07:42
- Fresh Bread
Sat 15 Aug 17:37
- Work for the crew
Fri 14 Aug 10:29
- Kucuk Kuyruk
- On watch
- The gulf of Fethiye Körfezi
- Sunrise over the Lysian Coastline
Thu 13 Aug 19:13
- Leaving Datca peninsula
Wed 12 Aug 11:55
- Dora Mac and whole family
Tue 11 Aug 16:33
- Opposite the Mosque
Mon 10 Aug 16:30
- Concentration on flybridge
- Bozburun
- Not going to Greece
- Heading for Bozburun
Sun 9 Aug 11:18
- Turkish food
Sat 8 Aug 19:06
- Anchored in Bozuk Buku
Fri 7 Aug 14:25
- Turning from minarets to tecno
Thu 6 Aug 09:56
- Marmaris

Apr 2015

Thu 23 Apr 12:08
- Former owners of Dora Mac
Wed 15 Apr 12:00
- Marine Survey and Sea Trial
Tue 14 Apr 15:23
- M/V Dora Mac

Mar 2015

Tue 17 Mar 11:06
- Nordhavn 40 and 43
Mon 16 Mar 10:59
- Nordhavn 46
Sun 15 Mar 16:03
- Oceangoing motortrawlers

2014

Sep 2014

Thu 25 Sep 14:42
- Tarita is sold

Aug 2014

Fri 29 Aug 07:02
- Last Sail with tarita
Fri 8 Aug 09:54
- Singlehanding back to mainland
Wed 6 Aug 09:50
- Summersail on the Baltic Sea
Mon 4 Aug 09:47
- Schoolship leaving
Sun 3 Aug 06:57
- Singlehanding to and anchoring Gotska Sandön

Jul 2014

Sat 19 Jul 19:36
- Sailing Tarita 2014

2013

Jul 2013

Thu 25 Jul 09:44
- Unusual anchor holding
Wed 24 Jul 09:40
- Heading back from Gotland
Fri 19 Jul 19:29
- Sailing Tarita 2013

2012

Sep 2012

Tue 25 Sep 13:36
- Final Remarks
Fri 21 Sep 08:38
- Perkins 4108 - Thank you Mr P !!
- Sunware 48W solarpanel
Thu 20 Sep 23:02
Wed 19 Sep 16:56
Tue 18 Sep 15:42
Mon 17 Sep 15:50
Sun 16 Sep 07:49
Sat 15 Sep 23:29
Sun 2 Sep 11:35
- 16646 Nm

Aug 2012

Tue 28 Aug 14:18
- Tarita Welcome-Crew Participants
Sun 26 Aug 18:37
- Tarita Welcome
Mon 20 Aug 10:32
Sun 19 Aug 10:01
- Archipelagosailing
Fri 17 Aug 09:55
- Sternanchor at Harstena
Thu 16 Aug 09:51
- Navigating Swedish Archipelago
- Häradsskär
Wed 15 Aug 09:41
- Blåkulla
Tue 14 Aug 10:55
- Mats & Mayte
Mon 13 Aug 10:09
- Borgholm
- Night in Kalmarsund
Sun 12 Aug 09:59
- Utklippan
- Passing Southern Baltic
Thu 9 Aug 09:46
- Back in the Baltic Sea
Tue 7 Aug 10:37
- Alex
- Swedish Summer
Mon 6 Aug 10:52
Sun 5 Aug 17:12
- Helsingborg
Sat 4 Aug 17:06
- Kullen
- Mess on Kattegatt and a nice sunset
Fri 3 Aug 16:53
- Leaving Gothenburgh,passing Vinga
Thu 2 Aug 16:49
- Crew arrived and ready for take off

Jul 2012

Sat 7 Jul 17:28
- Back in Sweden !
Fri 6 Jul 22:26
- Shiprolled
- Overcrowded
Thu 5 Jul 12:21
- Approaching Skagen at midnight
Wed 4 Jul 12:16
- Calm Seas
Tue 3 Jul 12:14
- Crossing the German Bight
Mon 2 Jul 04:38
- On the North Sea again day, 1 at sea
Sun 1 Jul 12:03

Jun 2012

Sat 30 Jun 12:21
- Mema
- Dutch Domination
Fri 29 Jun 12:02
- The marinaplague
Thu 28 Jun 11:51
- Wadenzee
Wed 27 Jun 11:46
- Vlieland Village
- Vlieland -Dutch Summerparadise
Tue 26 Jun 20:08
- Vlieland
Sun 24 Jun 20:00
- Waiting for the gale to settle
- Harlingen-Dutch harbour chaos
Fri 22 Jun 18:23
- Midsummer in Netherlands
Thu 21 Jun 13:07
- Enkhuizen
Tue 19 Jun 15:50
- Passing Markenmeer
Sun 17 Jun 12:34
- The Nordzeekanal
Sat 16 Jun 01:32
- Night passage through Amsterdam
Fri 15 Jun 12:29
- Compromising Privacy
- Dutch Canalsystem
Thu 14 Jun 12:16
- Locks
- Bridges
Wed 13 Jun 12:06
Tue 12 Jun 11:57
- Good Bye Michiel de Ruijterhaven and Rinus

May 2012

Sun 20 May 19:36
- Doing Nothing
Fri 18 May 17:10
- Return to Flushing
Mon 14 May 16:08
- Sevenstar Yacht Transport

Apr 2012

Fri 27 Apr 20:41
Thu 26 Apr 20:11
- Coming in from the sea
Wed 25 Apr 18:02
- Waiting for Marsgracht/Tarita
Sun 22 Apr 20:15
- Marsgracht/Gibraltar
Sat 7 Apr 12:10
- Marsgracht under progress

Mar 2012

Thu 15 Mar 21:15
- Going Home
- M/V Marsgracht
Mon 12 Mar 17:26
- E.T.A Flushing/Netherlands

Feb 2012

Tue 28 Feb 13:49
- Europe instead of Caribbean

Jan 2012

Wed 25 Jan 02:47
- Farewell to the South Pacific
Tue 24 Jan 08:55
- Seacocks closed and flag down
Sat 21 Jan 22:30
- NZ weather for mariners
Fri 20 Jan 10:39
- Commercial Forces
Mon 16 Jan 12:34
Sun 15 Jan 19:18
Sat 14 Jan 11:07
Wed 11 Jan 01:02
- All alone in Auckland
Sat 7 Jan 07:16
Wed 4 Jan 10:42
- Kawau 36:15.177S 174:49.526E
Mon 2 Jan 10:07
Sun 1 Jan 09:01

2011

Dec 2011

Sat 31 Dec 01:33
Fri 30 Dec 03:22
- UraPukaPuka 35:13.000S,174:14.000E
Mon 26 Dec 01:45
- Today´s youth
Sun 25 Dec 23:50
Sat 24 Dec 02:00
- First capital of NZ
- Cape Brett
Fri 23 Dec 23:46
Thu 22 Dec 23:59
- after one year in Whangarei
- Dave
Wed 21 Dec 23:54
- Work in Whangarei marina
Tue 20 Dec 23:52
- Masting
Mon 19 Dec 09:14
- Aspects on refit of yacht in New Zealand
Fri 16 Dec 08:33
- Refit in Whangarei/NZ-experiences
Thu 15 Dec 08:04
- Two weeks in Drizzle
Fri 2 Dec 07:55
- Puh!

Nov 2011

Tue 29 Nov 10:15
- Coming back down under

May 2011

Sat 28 May 15:57

Feb 2011

Sat 12 Feb 15:39
- Under "love and care"

Jan 2011

Tue 18 Jan 22:00
Sun 16 Jan 15:50
- Sunset without palmtrees
Fri 14 Jan 23:21
- Rusell waterfront
- Arcadia Lodge
Thu 13 Jan 23:13
- NZ coast line
Wed 12 Jan 23:09
- Together
Tue 11 Jan 22:51
- Sverker on S/Y Nanoq
Mon 10 Jan 22:46
- Tarita in Whangarei Marina
Sun 9 Jan 21:05
- Good to see you

2010

Nov 2010

Mon 15 Nov 20:34
- New Zealand 35:49.750S 174:32.008E
Thu 11 Nov 23:32
- Under way 29:33.206S 166:08.405E
Mon 8 Nov 16:29
- Tarita underway 22:49.402S 166:08.135E

Sep 2010

Thu 30 Sep 06:00
- The end for now
Wed 29 Sep 00:18
- Western ego
Thu 23 Sep 00:31
- Port Moselle-Noumea 22:16.642S 166:26.414E
Wed 22 Sep 08:10
- Danger
Mon 20 Sep 08:04
- Kanak/Lifou
- Secluded Bay/Lifou
- Djokin/Lifou
Sun 19 Sep 06:11
- New Caledonia! 20:55.131S !67:16.725E
Sat 18 Sep 23:43
- Lack of concern for safetyissues
- Anatom/Vanuatu
- Courtesy Flags
- Anatom!20:32.182S 168:35.011E
Fri 17 Sep 07:12
- A short rest
- Tuna
Thu 16 Sep 11:35
- Day 3 at sea 19:45.256S 171:39.089E
Wed 15 Sep 06:59
- Goosewing
Tue 14 Sep 13:09
- Under Way 18:09.618S 176:01.415E
Sun 12 Sep 09:18
- Google map from Taritas route around Fiji
Fri 10 Sep 22:21
- Denarau
- Sergeant Major
Wed 8 Sep 20:55
- Gale over Nanuya Lai Lai
- Locked in to "Blue Lagoon"
Mon 6 Sep 10:28
- Manta Ray
Sun 5 Sep 09:36
- Nanuya LaiLai 16:56.669S 177:22.018E
Sat 4 Sep 08:37
- Morningcoffee
Fri 3 Sep 20:50
- Everyday life-breakfast
- Propellershaft
- Everyday life-service/repair
Thu 2 Sep 20:52
- Childrens friend
- Bernardo
Wed 1 Sep 10:40
- Old Crew
- Womble
- New Crew-John Boman
- New Crew-Mårten Winge

Aug 2010

Sat 28 Aug 10:09
- Naviti 17:10.327S 177:11.236E
Fri 27 Aug 10:19
- Empty and silent
Thu 26 Aug 10:01
- Luvuka Island
- Birthday for Samuel
- Bullshit
Wed 25 Aug 09:24
- Different breakfast
Tue 24 Aug 13:27
- Todays Catch
Mon 23 Aug 13:25
- Cast Away
Sun 22 Aug 13:20
- Fiji Fishermen
Sat 21 Aug 13:17
- Fiji Beach
Fri 20 Aug 13:12
- Below
Thu 19 Aug 09:51
- Mammals of Fiji
Wed 18 Aug 22:48
- Passages through the reefs
- End of dream
- Fiji reefs
- Negotating Fiji Reefs
Tue 17 Aug 13:22
- Nina diving Navadra
- Ninas UW-gallery-anemone fish
- Ninas UW-gallery:fan coral, lobsters, living coral, snorkelling navadra reef
Sun 15 Aug 03:39
- Fijian vs western life styles
Sat 14 Aug 02:54
- Tarita north bay of Waya before the gale
- Fijian children
- Fijian village
- Felix drinking kava
- Sevu sevu at Waya
Fri 13 Aug 12:46
- Waya 17:16.585S 177:06.222E
Tue 10 Aug 01:55
- Onboard after 2 years.
Mon 9 Aug 22:59
- sunset over Navadra
- Navadra
Thu 5 Aug 11:35
- Diving in Mana
- Mana
Mon 2 Aug 05:30
- Into the deep blue
Sun 1 Aug 02:26
- Muscet Cove

Jul 2010

Sat 31 Jul 05:26
- Sunset over the Yasawas
- Recently arrived dreaming of new adventures?
Fri 30 Jul 04:23
- Family arrived and Tarita ready
Mon 26 Jul 07:50
- Time to move again

2009

Oct 2009

Sun 25 Oct 05:25
- Final Remarks
Wed 21 Oct 23:24
Sat 17 Oct 11:46
- No one is running
- Where are we running?
Thu 15 Oct 09:05
- This years crew
Wed 14 Oct 07:52
- Vuda Point-beginning of the end 17:40.883S 177:23.196E
Mon 12 Oct 05:04
- Sunware solarpanel warning
- Lopolight warning
Sat 10 Oct 09:35
- Communication on a bluewater yacht
- Surfing Wilkes pass
Thu 8 Oct 08:27
Wed 7 Oct 08:12
Tue 6 Oct 22:40
Mon 5 Oct 04:58
- Musket Cove 17:46.298S 177:11.602E
Sun 4 Oct 23:01
Sat 3 Oct 23:38
Fri 2 Oct 12:41
Thu 1 Oct 07:28
- Tsunami

Sep 2009

Wed 30 Sep 08:15
- Heading for Beqa 18:21.100S 178:11.800E
Sat 26 Sep 04:24
- S/Y Comedie
- Anchorage SavuSavu
Fri 25 Sep 09:31
- SavuSavu 16:46.707S 179:19.841E
Wed 23 Sep 09:23
- Great Passage and "a nice cup of tea"
Tue 22 Sep 08:55
- Fiji !! 16:47.872S 179:18.289W
Mon 21 Sep 05:52
- Heading for Fiji day 2 at sea 17:24.150S 176:59.531W
Wed 16 Sep 04:34
- The archipelago of Vavau 18:41.335S 174:07.877W
Sun 13 Sep 09:11
- Waha
Sat 12 Sep 09:00
- Sunset over Hunga/Tonga
Fri 11 Sep 09:18
- Crew-Colin Doig
Thu 10 Sep 00:54
Mon 7 Sep 09:20
- Last Bottle
Sun 6 Sep 00:40
- "Get out there"
Sat 5 Sep 00:37
- Quality sailing shoes
Fri 4 Sep 21:28
- Vavau
- Kingdom of Tonga!! 18:39.613S 173:59.384W
Wed 2 Sep 21:31
- La Cuisine Francaise
- Heading for Tonga day 10 at sea 18:47.683S 170:35.088W
Tue 1 Sep 00:27
- Heading for Tonga

Aug 2009

Mon 31 Aug 21:34
Sun 30 Aug 09:24
- Full clinic
- Awkward anchorage?
Sat 29 Aug 21:29
Fri 28 Aug 00:11
- Palmerston
Thu 27 Aug 09:31
- Heading for Palmerston/Tonga day 4 at sea 17:53.130S 159:38.716W
Tue 25 Aug 06:06
- Heading for Palmerston/Tonga day 2 at sea 17:22.059S 155:13.405W
Sun 23 Aug 00:07
- Light winds
Sat 22 Aug 12:06
- Heading for Tonga 16:39.131S 152:31.373W
Fri 21 Aug 21:05
- Heading for the Cooks
- Sunset Bora Bora yacht club
Thu 20 Aug 23:02
- Some days in Bora bora
- Back in Bora Bora
Thu 13 Aug 23:56
- Crew-Thierry Spenle
Wed 12 Aug 23:53
- Crew-Martin Jalnäs
- Chantier Naval des Iles/le Vent
Tue 11 Aug 23:51
- Ready for the ocean
Mon 10 Aug 23:45
- Tarita after one year
- Hard work in a sauna
Thu 6 Aug 23:57
- Back on track again

2008

Aug 2008

Mon 18 Aug 22:40
- Blue Water Cruising Gear
Sun 17 Aug 08:01
- Will we ever see you again?
- Thoughts in a shipyard
Mon 11 Aug 09:15
- Concluding Remarks(Claes)
Sat 9 Aug 05:29
- Returning back to Taha/Raiatea 16:40.300S 151:32.600W
Tue 5 Aug 22:42
- Bora Bora's impressions
Sun 3 Aug 23:07
Sat 2 Aug 08:41
- Muri-Muri

Jul 2008

Tue 29 Jul 23:28
- Bloody Mary's
- Barbecue at the Yacht Club
Mon 28 Jul 23:21
Sat 26 Jul 22:26
- Bora-Bora-Overhyped/Overdeveloped, or "The pearl of the Pacific" 16:29S 151:45W
Fri 25 Jul 21:55
- Short stay on Raiatea 16:44.550S 151:24.850W
Thu 24 Jul 07:28
Sun 20 Jul 03:20
- Gale and heavy rain in Paradise /Huahine 16:48.700S 150:59.491W
Tue 15 Jul 06:27
Mon 14 Jul 05:22
- Moorea A pearl in paradise 17:23.450S 149:52.000W
Sat 12 Jul 06:04
Thu 10 Jul 00:43
- 12 days in Tahiti,service/repairs/tourism

Jun 2008

Sat 28 Jun 03:54
- HELL AND HEAVEN: Tuamotus to Papeete 17:35.180S 149:36.990W
Fri 27 Jun 05:12
Thu 26 Jun 09:07
Wed 25 Jun 03:12
- Tikehau 14:51.800S 148:07.500W
Fri 20 Jun 17:53
- Wow!
Thu 19 Jun 04:34
- Gabriel at dive center Rangiroa
Wed 18 Jun 23:29
Tue 10 Jun 09:41
Mon 9 Jun 00:32
- One of these days
Wed 4 Jun 09:38
- Tuamotos 14:32.219S 146:21.432W
Sun 1 Jun 10:37
- Evil circles in Paradise 12:58.528S 144:51.258W

May 2008

Fri 30 May 14:27
- Heading for Tuamotos 10:48.436S 141:39.785W
Fri 23 May 21:43
Sat 17 May 02:47
- Entering Tahioe Bay
- Arriving to Nuku Hiva
Tue 6 May 22:54
- We managed!
- Ua Huka Marquesas at sunrise!! 8:56.091S 139:50.987W
Mon 5 May 07:00
- Heading for Marquesas day 21 at sea 8:43.140S 136:06.884W
Fri 2 May 06:20
- Heading for Marquesas day 18 at sea 8:47.062S 128:53.458W

Apr 2008

Mon 28 Apr 15:12
- Ninas Birthday 1000 NM left to go
- Heading for Marquesas day 14 at sea 8:09.462S 120:09:492W
Sun 27 Apr 22:37
- Fw: No signs of life 7:58.052S 117:36.033W
Sat 26 Apr 07:57
- Heading for Marquesas day 11 at sea 7:52.667S 114:44.645W
Fri 25 Apr 02:34
- Calm day at sea
Thu 24 Apr 07:09
- Close to Perfection 7:00.570S 110:55.019W
Wed 23 Apr 02:14
- Gabriel doing school job
Tue 22 Apr 11:54
- Heading for Marquesas day 8 at sea 6:27.230S 106:36.363W
Sat 19 Apr 06:46
- Heading for Marquesas day 5 at sea 6:11.088S 98:47.398W
Wed 16 Apr 03:14
- Heading for Marquesas day 2 3:09.439S 92:42.558W
Tue 8 Apr 15:04
- I´m sorry 0:53.800S 89:36.737W
Fri 4 Apr 02:32
Wed 2 Apr 18:27
- Galapagos marine life/Kickers Rock

Mar 2008

Mon 31 Mar 14:50
Sun 30 Mar 17:59
- Purto Moreno -San Cristobal
- Returning to Galapagos
Mon 17 Mar 21:39
Thu 13 Mar 21:06
- Flat Seas
Tue 11 Mar 21:11
- Leaving Panama
Sun 9 Mar 12:08
- Watertaxi
Sat 8 Mar 21:06
Fri 7 Mar 21:08
- Gatun Locks Panama canal
Thu 6 Mar 16:00
- My Father
Wed 5 Mar 00:09
Tue 4 Mar 23:59

Feb 2008

Thu 28 Feb 15:53
Wed 27 Feb 23:45
- Under way at the Caribbean sea
Tue 26 Feb 15:31
- Passage of the Caribbean sea
Thu 14 Feb 18:41
- Sarifundys
Sun 10 Feb 18:25
- Anchored outside Kimikalki
Thu 7 Feb 22:46
- Berthed in Curacao Yacht Club
Sat 2 Feb 18:38
Fri 1 Feb 14:40
- Pictures from Willemstad

Jan 2008

Thu 31 Jan 16:26
- Arriving in Willemstad
Thu 24 Jan 20:13
- Position and report from M/S Amstelgracht
Mon 14 Jan 20:15
- Onboard Amstelgracht,somewhere on North Atlantic
Sat 12 Jan 20:13
- Onboard Amstelgracht,here a picture of sistership,M/S Spiegelgracht
Thu 10 Jan 21:27
- Onboard Amstelgracht,position only
Wed 9 Jan 20:10
- Onboard Amstelgracht close to Bilbao
Mon 7 Jan 20:08
- Onboard Amstelgracht
Sat 5 Jan 20:07
Fri 4 Jan 12:42
- Preparing for loading Linkeroever Marina

2007

Sep 2007

Sun 23 Sep 09:20
- Amsterdam to Antwerpen cont.
Thu 20 Sep 19:26
- Amsterdam to Antwerpen
Sun 16 Sep 08:59
- Kiel to Amsterdam
Fri 14 Sep 18:38
- Trosa to Kiel

Aug 2007

Thu 16 Aug 12:33
- Picture of Tarita in Sound of Mull July 2005
Wed 15 Aug 09:56
Tue 14 Aug 21:15
- The whole family onboard Tarita,North Sea July 2005(picture)
- The family:Felix,Carolina,and Gabriel.Here on the North Sea July 2005(picture).
Fri 10 Aug 08:54
- Equipment onboard Tarita(picture)
Wed 8 Aug 20:12
- Our yacht Tarita.Here close to Invergary Castle Scotland July 2005(picture)
Mon 6 Aug 12:58
- The plan

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