Six months living, sailing, and travelling in Sydney. The crossing to New Caledonia; hiking and snorkelling in the Lagoon. A lot has happened! For the first time, I wrote...
Time to set sails
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The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
My arrival in Sydney has now been over two months ago. - That's unbelievable! Time is just flying by! All beginnings are hard: Two days before my arrival in Sydney, I...
The long way to Australia
The trip from Fiji to Australia was to be my first serious single-handed crossing. I wanted to know what being alone would do to me. How will it be it, 18 days just me and...
Samoa and the matter with the clearance
We reached Samoa after a challenging crossing. Since leaving Beveridge Reef, we had been sailing north on a beam reach. The wind varied somewhere between 20 and 27 knots....
Zigzagging across the Pacific
On the 11th of July, almost two months ago, Maelle spent her first night on the boat. The day before, she and a friend already unloaded most of her things on WASA. Five...
Attacked by a shark!
We reached Fakarava South Pass in the morning. The crossing was no problem and the entrance between the reef banks was not too much of a challenge either: We had a good...
Palm trees, white beaches, turquoise water
From the first moment on Makemo was stunning! Fine silhouettes of coconut palms on the horizon were the first signs of our imminent arrival in paradise. Gradually the...
From high volcanic mountains to low bright atolls
We stayed in the main anchorage of Hiva Oa for five days. The place not far from the village of Atuona was convenient for us to clear the boat and to get fresh vegetables...