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Christian

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Name: Christian
Date registered: September 21, 2010

Latest posts

Smurfy Fotos! — January 7, 2025
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2016
24
Aug

Stopover in the Cook Islands

by Christian

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

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2016
21
Aug

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 »

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2016
17
Aug

Retracing our steps

by Christian

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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2016
23
Jul

Photos of Tongatapu

by Christian

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2016
13
Jul

End of radio silence

by Christian

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 »

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2016
03
Jul

Pitufa in Tonga

by Christian

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.

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2016
03
Jul

Photos of Niue

by Christian

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2016
27
Jun

More photos: Beveridge Reef

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2016
26
Jun

At last some photos again: Maupihaa

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2016
24
Jun

Article about anchoring in Ocean7 magazine

by Christian

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

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2016
08
May

On our way to Raiatea

by Christian

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

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2016
08
May

Pitufa’s atlas of prevailing ocean winds

by Christian

New Zealand’s Weather Guru, Bob McDavitt, has stumbled over Pitufa’s blog and mentioned our interactive atlas of monthly-averaged ocean winds in last Sunday’s weathergram. Check out Bob’s blog for a weekly analysis of weather patterns and advice for route planning in the South Pacific.

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2016
21
Apr