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Christian

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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

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2015
17
May

Photos of Raivavae

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2015
06
May

Quite some weather

by Christian

Raivavae is supposed to have the best anchorage in the Austral islands, but from the N and W only the outer reef gives protection. We had pretty nasty weather last night and today. Strong winds from N-NW (of course!) and several squalls with gusts up to 45 knots caused Pitufa to rock and roll in the anchorage. It was particularly bad around high water (now… Continue reading »

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2015
01
May

Article on Raiatea and Tahaa in Ocean7 Magazine

by Christian

Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Raiatea & Tahaa — Südsee leicht gemacht, OCEAN7 03 (Mai/Juni) 2015, p. 20–24.

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2015
01
May

Pitufa in the Austral Islands

by Christian

The Îles Australes are the southernmost and least visited islands of French Polynesia. We have started exploring Raivavae and we’ll see how many more stopovers on the way to Tahiti can fit into our schedule…

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2015
29
Apr

Landfall in Raivavae

by Christian

When we arrived at dawn, the island looked spectacular with clouds rolling over the vertical cliffs of the mountain, illuminated by fiery rays of fresh sunlight. As last night was rather strenuous with squalls, torrential rainfall, and confused, lumpy seas, we rested for a while after we’d dropped the anchor and only went for a quick stroll to the village of Rairua in the afternoon.… Continue reading »

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2015
27
Apr

Going bananas

by Christian

No, we’re not going mad on Pitufa, but the stack of bananas we’ve brought from the Gambier has turned from green to yellow overnight–yep, all of them. At least we won’t go hungry, despite the fact that the fishies still refuse to hop on board. We crossed the tropic of capricorn last night, so we’re no longer officially in the tropics (the Gambier lie just… Continue reading »

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2015
25
Apr

Banging and clanging along

by Christian

Last night the wind died down and Pitufa staggered through the confused waves with banging sails. We tried to optimise (tighter preventer, less sail area, etc.), but the nervewrecking cacophony went on. It’s not just the noise and the shaking that goes through the mast and rigging all throughout the boat, it’s also the knowledge of the damage done to the material that makes these… Continue reading »

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2015
22
Apr

Out on the ocean again!

by Christian

Yesterday morning we checked the grib again and realised that we wouldn’t be able to set out during the following week towards Rapa. As we’re running late already, we decided to go to Raivavae (also one of the Australs) instead. We changed the small yankee against the big genoa (buried underneath all the secured stuff in the forecabin) and set out in the afternoon. Now… Continue reading »

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2015
10
Apr

Article on Keeping Nightwatches in current (April) All-at-Sea

by Christian

Birgit Hackl: Night Watches, All At Sea Caribbean, April 2015, p. 34–37. Free download from allatsea.net.

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2015
03
Apr

New attractions on Taravai

by Christian

Autumn’s gifting us with gorgeous weather here this year. Last year it was already cool and windy in April, but at the moment we’re enjoying perfectly calm, sunny and hot days. Just looking over the pastel shades of the lagoon in the early morning when the mountains are reflected in the sea like in a mirror with the corals gleaming through the crystal clear water,… Continue reading »

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2015
26
Mar

Photos of Akamaru

by Christian

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2015
12
Mar

Pictures of the black pearls

by Christian

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2015
10
Mar

Article on our ‘Ten Cruising Boat Essentials’ in current (March 2015) All-at-Sea

by Christian

Birgit Hackl: Voyaging: Needful Things, All At Sea Caribbean, March 2015, p. 34–37. Free download from allatsea.net.

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2015
22
Feb

Our Tahanea article in Ocean7 magazine

by Christian

Our article about our time in the uninhabitated atoll Tahanea has been published in the current issue (March/April 2015) of the Austrian sailing magazine Ocean7. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Acht Wochen Robinson, OCEAN7 02 (März/April) 2015, p. 16–21. download PDF (in German only)

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2015
01
Feb

The life and death of islands

by Christian

Out here in the Pacific geology isn’t something theoretical that happened in ancient times, but even to the untrained eye an obviously ongoing event. Continental plates are moving, the sea bottom rises and from a depth of about 3000 m a new, actively vulcanic island rises (like Fernandina at the western end of the Galapagos archipelago). The ragged cliffs rise higher and higher, developing a… Continue reading »

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