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Christian

Author's details

Name: Christian
Date registered: September 21, 2010

Latest posts

  1. Eindrücke von den Inseln in der Bougainville Strait — April 8, 2025
  2. Some impressions from the islands in the Bougainville Strait — April 8, 2025
  3. Mehr Fotos von Papua Neuguinea — March 15, 2025
  4. Pics of another pretty island group in Papua New Guinea — March 15, 2025
  5. Pitufino auf der Boot Tulln! — March 6, 2025

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
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.

2016
23
Jul

Photos of Tongatapu

2016
13
Jul

End of radio silence

We are still bewildered that the new antenna tuner we ordered just last week arrived yesterday without any further delays, complications by customs or paperwork. We ordered the new CG-3000 (EUR 200) directly from CG Antenna (Mr. Wang was very helpful), it was shipped from Shanghai by TNT (EUR 100), and the local TNT agent delivered it directly to the dock in Nuku’alofa. Great service,… Continue reading »

2016
03
Jul

Pitufa in Tonga

We arrived in Tonga early in the season (at the beginning of July) and are planning to explore the 4 archipelagos (Tongatapu, Haapai, Vavau and the Niuas) thoroughly.

2016
03
Jul

Photos of Niue

2016
27
Jun

More photos: Beveridge Reef

2016
26
Jun

At last some photos again: Maupihaa

2016
24
Jun

Article about anchoring in Ocean7 magazine

Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Ankern — Kinderspiel oder Trauerspiel?, OCEAN7 04 (Juli/August) 2016.

2016
08
May

On our way to Raiatea

We don’t see much sun today, but have a fast downwind ride.

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