Autor-Archive:Spatz

Leg 3 ended with the mandatory deep clean. If you cannot imagine what deep clean could mean take it like this. Imagine you want to sell your house. You turn it into the best possible condition, like making an impression that it is almost new and that is what we did and always try to„New attempt to explore Greenland“ weiterlesen

It is time to carry on with my blog about leg 3 of the SKIRR adventure. And as you recall the nerves of crew and professional tightened a lot over the last days as the weather just did not want to turn into our favor. But now we are on our way heading West. Sails„Finally Sailing in the Arctic“ weiterlesen

Morning has broken and the current watch is bringing us back to almost where we were before. One night of sailing. Have in minds, nights are currently very short here. We came back to known waters at sunrise. The last watch did a great job sailing us here. And as per decision we are going„Adventure Doldrum“ weiterlesen

Our sightseeing tour around the peninsula (see previous blog entry) was quite nice although it was covered in rain. But we are still in Grundafjördour waiting. The weather, a nightmare. Skipper is tearing his hair out what to do with a crew that is not doing what is supposed to do – go sailing, explore,„SKIRRy unrest and bubbling impatience“ weiterlesen

It is Sunday, 28th of July. It is rainy in Reykjavik and when looking at the forecast for wind, seas state and general weather conditions there is a lot to worry about. But I will come back to that later. It is time to think about joining on board and it is time to make„SKIRR Adventure: Sailing with legends and into the uncertainty“ weiterlesen

The fleet of Clipper round the World race is now 10 days and 11 hours into racing in the mighty Pacific. They worked their way up from the North tip of Lucon (Philippines) along the coats of Taiwan following the coast of Japan having sailed now 2000 nm of the 6100nm journey. 1/3rd of the„WTC Team is out there!“ weiterlesen

It is almost time to say Good Bye as the crews of the Clipper Round the World Race 2019/20 after two years of sailing abstinent will head out to the Epic Leg crossing the Pacific. But let us go step by step. In the last two weeks the skipper Dan and his first mate or„Countdown for the Epic Leg“ weiterlesen

It is time to open up my blog about my personal dream and adventure which I started several years ago with the goal to sail across the Pacific on board of a race yacht. I was almost there with Clipper Round the World race on board of WTC Logistic, called „Black Betty“ when in March„Back in Business“ weiterlesen

It has been a very long that you have not heard anything from me, not anything about sailing, the adventure of Clipper or the future ambitions. Everything was covered by this big burden of Corona and also by the fact to come back into business. It is an effort to restart when you did not„Long time no talk“ weiterlesen