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Christian

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Name: Christian
Date registered: September 21, 2010

Latest posts

  1. Unterwasserfotos! — November 17, 2024
  2. Underwater pictures! — November 17, 2024
  3. Fotogalerie: Smurfy ist ein geborener Segler! — September 21, 2024
  4. Foto gallery: Smurfy’s a natural-born sailor! — September 21, 2024
  5. Smurfys erste Woche bei uns an Bord! — September 5, 2024

Most commented posts

  1. Change of plans — 10 comments
  2. Prevailing Ocean Winds — 6 comments
  3. Spenden für die Matuku Riffschutz-Zone! — 6 comments
  4. Anchor windlass overhaul — 5 comments
  5. Beitrag in den OÖNachrichten — 5 comments

Author's posts listings

2016
10
Dec

Photos of Tahanea

We have so many pictures of lovely Tahanea so we decided to split up the gallery in 3 parts. Two are already online, the third one on underwater life will follow soon.

2016
09
Dec

Bug-fixing days on Pitufa.at

The last days we were busy with internet tasks. After almost two months without internet acces (except for emails via SSB radio) the list of tasks is long. The i-net access here in Hao is slow but we certainly won’t complain as it is free!!! I used this opportunity to fix some bugs on our web page. There were some issues concerning mobile friendliness, now… Continue reading »

2016
09
Dec

PolyMagNet–SSB Radio Net in Polynesia

If you are cruising to, from, or around French Polynesia, you may be interested in checking in on the PolyMagNet. It’s an English-speaking SSB net where vessels underway can report their position and conditions, and boats at anchor pass on info about weather, anchoring, events, etc. in their area. It’s on air twice every day at 1800 UTC and 0400 UTC (8:00 AM and 6:00… Continue reading »

2016
05
Dec

Two new articles in All-at-Sea magazine

Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Communication at Sea, All At Sea Caribbean, December 2016, p. 42–44. Free download from allatsea.net. Birgit Hackl: Cruisers cook creatively, All At Sea Caribbean, November 2016, p. 52–54. Free download from allatsea.net.

2016
16
Oct

Article on Communication at Sea in new Ocean7 Magazine

Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Kommunikation auf Langfahrt, OCEAN7 06 (Nov./Dez.) 2016, p. 40–43.

2016
06
Oct

Pitufa.at is more mobile-friendly now!

Pitufa.at wasn’t very usable on tiny screens such as smart phones. But now, after introducing some screen-width-responsive changes in the style, you should be able to browse our blog wherever you are. Finally, Pitufa.at has gone mobile-friendly!

2016
27
Sep

Photos of our trip eastward, part 3

2016
25
Sep

Photos of our trip eastward, part 2

2016
24
Sep

Photos of our trip eastward, part 1

2016
16
Sep

Pitufa’s Wind Atlas and Windrose Browser

Check out our Atlas of Prevailing Ocean Winds! As a convenient alternative to pilot charts, our site provides an interactive wind atlas and windrose browser. Unlike classical pilot charts, this atlas is based on satellite data (uniformly-sampled, unbiased), insofar similar to Jimmy Cornell`s Ocean Atlas (but that one is on paper and pricey…). We visualize world-wide ocean wind data from the SeaWinds scatterometer onboard the… Continue reading »

2016
16
Sep

Pitufa back in French Polynesia

After a brief excursion west to Tonga, Niue, and the Cook Islands, Pitufa is back in French Polynesia.

2016
04
Sep

Article on the Pearls of the Gambier Islands in Ocean7 Magazine

Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Die schwarzen Perlen der Südsee, OCEAN7 05 (Sept./Okt.) 2016, p. 44–48. download PDF (in German only)

2016
24
Aug

Stopover in the Cook Islands

On our way east, the Cook Islands lie conveniently outspread to break up the long passage into small hops.

2016
21
Aug

Good start

We set out at noon again, going through the pass with 20 knots of wind against current was quite exciting–fortunately we had all hatches closed tightly and we hadn’t lost our sea legs thanks to the bouncy anchorages… We had a humpback whale jumping next to Pitufa right after the pass, caught a big yellowfin tuna half an hour later — looks like it’s going… Continue reading »

2016
17
Aug

Retracing our steps

We left Niue at noon today and are sailing in SSE-SE direction. Hopefully the wind will shift further N soon to allow us more easting.

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