Hi all Yes our “baby” is born. Our first book – Capri-Sailing Distant Seas is now available. Yahooooo!!!!! We can’t believe it. If any of you are interested it can be purchased either on Amazon.co.uk. Or you can order it directly from the publisher. The Iink is here: http://forlagetmellemgaard.com/shop/97-books-in-english/2827-capri—sailing-distant-seas/ Our second book From the Southern…
First a little about our vacation in Hawaii with our family. It is the middle of February and we’ve just gotten back for a fabulous vacation on Hawaii with Carsten’s daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. We played active grandparents and took Viggo (12 years old) and Frida (10 years old) to Pearl Harbor for the day. …
or Has the last fool yet to be born? There is a saying in Denmark – “The last fool has not yet been born”, meaning there will always be someone who will try something, like blue water cruising. Vinni and I have been sailing around through diverse areas of the world for the past 8…
In the last blog I wrote (Vinni), posted in December 2023, I proclaimed that Capri would be transported on a freighter from La Paz (Baja, Mexico) to Florida (USA). From there we would sail her the rest of the way home. Of course, when Vinni and Carsten make plans, you can be sure that something…
In our past blogs, we have written a bit about boat maintenance/repairs. Here we are again. After almost six months on the hard, we found our batteries were dying. We purchased these batteries on Tahiti four years ago. Other cruisers tell us they get four to five years life from their batteries. We are not…
On our way back to Capri, we stopped in Yucatan in southern Mexico. Here, deep in the jungles, one finds a great concentration of the ancient Mayan city ruins. I will describe our visits to three of the cities, but first a bit about the Mayan civilization itself. At its height, the Mayan empire stretched…
Capri is currently in San Carlos on the Pacific side of Mexico. On October 13, we were once again united with our wonderful Capri. She is still on the hard, waiting to be bottom painted and polished, while the crew luxuriates in an Airbnb nearby. While we were gone, Capri survived Chubasco winds and a…
The Tarahumara live in Copper Canyon in Mexico. Copper Canyon is a complex of six major canyons that have their confluence south of Chihuahua. In terms of area, the canyons are bigger than Denmark and about the same size as West Virginia, USA. There are few roads into the canyons; those that are there are…
We didn’t sail further south than Manzanillo since it is more than 800 nm from Manzanillo to San Carlos where we will haul Capri and put her on the hard from June 15 to October 20 (the hurricane season). Our boat insurance (Pantaenius) doesn’t cover damage by hurricanes or named storms if the boat is…
When we were in Mazatlan, we were tied up next to a Swedish boat. Maude and Tore told us that as we proceeded southward to make sure we made good time for staying in Bahia de la Navidad. We have been looking forward to that. We weighed anchor in Tenacatita Bay and sailed around the…
Chamela Our Pilot book told us that if we wanted to visit a truly authentic Mexican beach town – then Chamela Bay was the place to go. It was not lying. We weren’t very many boats at anchor and there were a number of beach restaurants. Little Capri has training wheels now – so she…
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