After 3 weeks alone here in Taina, Christian and my Mom were scheduled to arrive tomorrow morning. Now I’ve just got an email that their flight from Vienna was cancelled, they were rebooked for the following day… Here it’s grey and rainy after a 2 months of stable, sunny weather and a 3 m swell is forecast to arrive this evening. I’ve fallen victim to… Continue reading »
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2019
31
Aug
2019
18
Aug
Swell
Since Christian flew to Austria last week, it’s just us 3 girls here (counting Leeloo and of course Pitufa). Life in Taina has been productive and quiet so far, but last night a 3m southwesterly swell arrived around midnight and made an end to our calm lifestyle. The reef that protects the anchorage isn’t very wide and swell turns the lagoon into a chaotic witches’… Continue reading »
2019
08
Aug
Exchange of roles
Christian’s finger still looks a bit like Frankenstein’s monster, but it’s healing. The stitches will come out on Monday… Today we wanted to fill up with diesel, but as Christian can’t really use his right hand at the moment we couldn’t follow our usual routine with me at the wheel and Christian at the bow. Instead he was at the helm and I had to… Continue reading »
2019
03
Aug
Article “Are you an innocent bystander?” in All-at-Sea July 19 Issue
Originally titled “Behind the scenes”, this article discusses whether cruisers who travel slowly and stay long in places and so can glimpse behind the scenes, should remain observers or try to get involved. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Are you an innocent bystander?, All At Sea Caribbean, July 2019, p. 56–62. Free download from allatsea.net.
2019
01
Aug
Article on Anchoring Techniques in Austrian Yachtrevue
Christian Feldbauer, Birgit Hackl: Ankern–Vertrauen und Kotrolle, Yachtrevue, August 2019, p.62–66.