Two wormholes between fantasy and reality: one led from Maru to Blues, which is now home. The other appeared as Spirit of Gaia, anchored nearby—legend made real, then drifting back into dreams.
Author Archives: Boran
Summary: Sailing from Sweden to Bretagne
Dear Friends, thank you for your patience. Today it is almost exactly one year since I had left Simrishamn, Sweden, on board of Maru. Coincidentally, it took me also exactly one year to purchase Maru, learn how to sail, sail Maru to Sweden, convert her for ‘sustainability’ and then sail her to Bretagne. During theContinue reading “Summary: Sailing from Sweden to Bretagne”
Friendship despite Pandemy
we agree on much more than we thought we do
Götheborg of Sweden – Synchronicity
Stranger than fiction: Last week, on my way from Patrick’s family to Naghmeh, I passed this huge classic sailing ship. Its AIS signal helped me to find out: … she is the Götheborg of Sweden (see homepage). Why is that special? Because a few days earlier I tried to meet Bengt, an old sailor, inContinue reading “Götheborg of Sweden – Synchronicity”
Touringtest by the Sea
Touring Test continues. In this phase I live on board of Maru, since Monday. During the last months I prepared this rather small boat with some essential upgrades for single-handed long-distance sailing: auto-helm, AIS receiver, solar panels and wind turbine. Some of that is actually working. One of my goals is to run Maru asContinue reading “Touringtest by the Sea”
Night Sail training trip
This evening I went for a brief training tour. It was raining. Sailing by rain with a drysuit is better than staying in the harbour and getting wet for no good reason. Just before taking off I met my ultranice boat neighbor Jack. A young guy sailing this huge classic wooden boat, parked on theContinue reading “Night Sail training trip”
Hast Du keine Angst // Aren’t you afraid?
-english version upon request, please try machine translations for now- Das werde ich manchmal gefragt. Kurze Antwort: Frei von Angst bin ich nicht. Aber einschränken lasse mich auch nicht gerne von meinen Ängsten. Angst ist wie ein wildes Tier das Du zähmen kannst und sogar an der Leine führen. Ein gesunder Umgang mit Angst bestehtContinue reading “Hast Du keine Angst // Aren’t you afraid?”
arrived at Sim City
To complete the Baltic Sailing tour, yesterday I sailed the 4th part and finally arrived well at Simrishamn. It was another day of downwind sailing. For a while the wind was pushing me fast enough so that I could catch waves and surf them briefly. Also it was the longest distance (44 nautical miles) ofContinue reading “arrived at Sim City”
Baltic Sailing Retrospective
Vielen Dank für eure Glückwünsche. Thank you for your kind comments here and on Telegram ❤️ For me the main goal of this trip is now achieved. I have travelled from Germany to Sweden. 116 nautical miles (215 km) in 3 sailing days, exactly as planned. The rest is details. Still I am a bit confusedContinue reading “Baltic Sailing Retrospective”
a day of rest + planning
Today was very little wind, so I chose to stay in Klintholm and use the day in different ways. Paying bills. Taking a nice, hot shower in the harbour. Checking weather. Researching on how to use the 42 m² “blister” (or gennaker) sail for tomorrow, which will be another day with little (but some) windContinue reading “a day of rest + planning”
Touring Test 