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Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 24-06-2022, 22:38
Replies: 47
Views: 10,888
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: USCG Search for missing couple in Atlantic

The waves were not that high, neither were they breaking. The wind was not more than 40 kn. That wave that hit us did not fit in the weather we were in. It was an exceptional wave coming out of...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 23-06-2022, 11:29
Replies: 77
Views: 12,260
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: USCG rescue dismasted Beneteau Oceanis 39 from Alex

Hello - I’m Skipper Ingo, the skipper of the lost boat.
Thanks for all your input and analysis of this accident and for your good wishes.

But I noticed that a lot of you did not read my blog...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 22-06-2022, 10:37
Replies: 47
Views: 10,888
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: USCG Search for missing couple in Atlantic

I lost my boat (Faule Haut) close to the same area on the 6th of June 2023. A rogue wave came out of the blue and crashed everything on top of the boat. We capsized and made a full 360° roll. We...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 20-05-2021, 11:02
Replies: 172
Views: 30,187
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: When is it too late to start living the dream?

I finished my singlehand circumnavigation (11/2017 till 07/2020) last year, which I started in 2017 when I was 66 years old.
If you are healthy, you can have many many years of fun on the boat....
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 06-07-2020, 07:18
Replies: 172
Views: 30,187
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: When is it too late to start living the dream?

It’s never to late - but - start as soon as possible.
I turned 69 this month, and I returned from my circumnavigation (3/4 of it singlehand; total time 2 years and 7 months) just 3 days ago. I got...
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 17-08-2019, 23:41
Replies: 57
Views: 14,632
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: age and living aboard and cruising on a sailboat

I became a liveaboard two years ago.
Right now I’m on a circumnavigation singelhand. I pick up some crew once in a while to help me financially. I‘m from Germany, 68 years old. Currently I‘m at...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 09-03-2019, 11:58
Replies: 50
Views: 11,926
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Minimum chain length for the pacific

I’m currently on a circumnavigation, having sailed halve of it now.
I got 100 m chain and I had to use all 100 m several times. You will get to places with heavy winds and where you have to anchor...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-03-2017, 08:53
Replies: 0
Views: 767
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Adjusting boat paper when changing length of boat?

Hi y'all.
ten more days and I will drive along the French and Spanish Mediterranean coast to look for my boat, a Liveaboard Boat. I have over hundred boats stored in my iPad I will look at. I know...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-03-2017, 08:50
Replies: 54
Views: 105,319
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Purchasing a yacht with 3 other friends

That's it.
I have been in a joint ownership for 7 years. Worked well for 4 years and then it ruined our friendship.
I would never ever do it again. Sooner or late you disagree to much over...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 11-03-2017, 12:09
Replies: 72
Views: 38,531
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Newbie in the Med concerned about crowds and prices

I think I may say that I know the Balearics (Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca) quiet well.
For instance, I sailed around Ibiza fifteen times already. I haven't spent a single day in a marina (outrage...
Forum: Training, Licensing & Certification 18-01-2017, 08:27
Replies: 8
Views: 2,901
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Training recommendation, Gran Canaria?

Club Yachting – Sailing, Motor Cruising & Power boats all year round in the warm & sunny Canary Islands (https://www.clubyachting.com/)
Canaries Seaschool
Marina del Sur
Las Galletas, 38685...
Forum: Navigation 27-12-2016, 10:42
Replies: 62
Views: 9,682
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: ? from a newb, Coastal cruising...

That's it.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 12-12-2016, 01:23
Replies: 236
Views: 28,489
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: World's Largest Sailing Yacht A

I envy you. I would swim over to get as close to it as I could to have a pee.

Skipper-Ingo
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 09-12-2016, 03:55
Replies: 236
Views: 28,489
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Thumbs down Re: World's Largest Sailing Yacht A

30yearslater, you have red my mind!

@SteadyHand: Posting it here is OK, and justified, but I agree, it's ugly as hell.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 29-11-2016, 14:13
Replies: 68
Views: 10,612
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Sailing through the night on chartered boat? is it allowed.

Before I had my own boat I chartered five times in France and Spain, in the Med. I never was told not to sail at night, neither did I ever hear about that.
To me it sounds strange that in the USA...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 27-11-2016, 12:20
Replies: 14
Views: 4,471
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Bow Seat - how many would install this option?

Highly recommended. I love it, and almost all of my guests loved it. Some had a blast on that seat.
It's a "must have".
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 13-11-2016, 00:22
Replies: 258
Views: 44,460
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Is a furling main safe when singlehanding?

Thanx, Cotemar.
Was it in the boom or in the mast?
Greetings
Skipper Ingo
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 12-11-2016, 16:50
Replies: 258
Views: 44,460
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Is a furling main safe when singlehanding?

Hallo to everybody,
I had a boat in a joint ownership for 8 years. We split and sold our boat.
I will retire in about 4 months and will buy a boat for myself which will have its home port in Spain,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-09-2016, 22:42
Replies: 9
Views: 2,971
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Cost to add A/C and Radar to 2011 B40?

I will install this pretty soon:

Furuno DRS4W

In Germany it cost about 1,400,- €
It shows your picture on your iPhone or iPad.
Wireless, - via WLAN

FURUNO 1st Watch Wireless Radar...
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 13-08-2016, 15:38
Replies: 8
Views: 4,908
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Canary sail school experience

In case he is still there, try to get into Richard's group. That guy is absolutely great if you want to learn a lot. He is from the Netherlands and work there as a teacher.
Regards
Ingo
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 13-08-2016, 15:31
Replies: 8
Views: 4,908
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Canary sail school experience

Go to Club Yachting | Sailing, Motor Cruising & Power boats all year round in the warm & sunny Canary Islands (https://www.clubyachting.com)
I went there Jan. 2015
Took a heavy weather training...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 11-08-2016, 12:11
Replies: 33
Views: 4,982
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Moving aboard - What to do with my stuff?

"My wife has convinced me to move aboard, so we..."

Man, - are you blessed. Where did you find that wife? :smile:
Does she have a twin sister?::smitten:
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 06-08-2016, 12:00
Replies: 79
Views: 17,511
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Italy, France, Spain med coast. Why bother?

That's a port/harbor. What do You expect?
Go to: Ibiza
Cala Salada, 2 nm north of Sant Antoni de Portmany, the beach in the north of that bay: Platja de Cala Salada
or:
Southern Ibiza: Enseñada...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 04-08-2016, 04:10
Replies: 79
Views: 17,511
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Italy, France, Spain med coast. Why bother?

Kenomac,
- you overlooked that I wrote ..."sweet":smitten: t..."

SV Bacchus, I think you are a connaisseur,
- don't listen to Ken. I don't know what he is talking about.
I have never seen what...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 30-07-2016, 05:57
Replies: 79
Views: 17,511
Posted By Skipper-Ingo
Re: Italy, France, Spain med coast. Why bother?

Hi Prarie Chicken and everybody.
Yes, - there are lots of nice anchorages along the French and Spanish Mediterranean coast. And they are not far apart. A few will be crowded during July and August...
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