ende

Christian

Author's details

Name: Christian
Date registered: September 21, 2010

Latest posts

  1. Smurfy Fotos! — January 7, 2025
  2. Smurfy pictures — January 7, 2025
  3. Fotos vom Marine Protected Area Nonovaul — January 3, 2025
  4. Photos of the Marine Protected Area Nonovaul — January 3, 2025
  5. Fotos von den Inseln vor Kavieng — January 1, 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

2014
06
Jun

Back in Tahiti

by Christian

… means back to work. Yesterday we spent the day working on someday elses boat for a change. A Swiss couple who stop cruising and have their boat shipped back to Europe asked us to help with the packing, taking rigg off, wrapping up the boat, etc. Now their boat is standing in the container terminal waiting for the ship and they’re already on the… Continue reading »

Leave comment

2014
25
May

Boatyard photos

by Christian

3 comments

2014
08
May

New Article in Ocean7 Magazine

by Christian

The first part of our article about the Gambier Islands has just been published in the May/June issue of the Austrian sailing magazine Ocean7. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Iles Gambier — Südseeparadies am Rande der Tropen. Teil 1, OCEAN7 03 (Mai/Juni) 2014, p. 24–27. download PDF (in German only)

Leave comment

2014
02
May

what a day…

by Christian

For a few days we’ve been fretting about a change in the weatherforecast. Instead of the predicted steady easterly trades we saw before setting out, the forecast suddenly showed a strong blow from the NW when we’d be approaching Tahiti. Strong winds on the nose when navigating close to shore in a boat without an engine worried us more than a bit. So we were… Continue reading »

1 comment

2014
30
Apr

Half the distance done

by Christian

After a quick start we got into funky weather yesterday. The sailing’s been quite varied, with wind shifts, squalls, rain and lots of work with the sails. We even had the chance to experience a calm period with still standing high waves–real fun being tossed around with flapping sails and without the temptation to just turn on the engine and motor for a few hours,… Continue reading »

Leave comment

2014
28
Apr

Bombs in Paradise

by Christian

We’ve been lucky with the weather so far and are making good progress. Also fishing was good: we caught a Yellowfin Tuna yesterday, i.e. tuna for breakfast, lunch, supper and for Leeloo of course. Today we passed Mururoa, the atoll where the French did nuclear tests until the 90s. The low lying atoll became visible when it was just a few miles S of us.… Continue reading »

Leave comment

2014
26
Apr

On the way to Tahiti

by Christian

The weather report changed completely yesterday, so instead of having some more quiet days in Onemea we decided to head out today. Our friends who had agreed to tow us out couldn’t come at such short notice, but the crew of an American catamaran who had just anchored next to us the evening before didn’t hesitate helping us and at 10 o’clock this morning they… Continue reading »

2 comments

2014
23
Apr

Waiting

by Christian

We’re still in the little bay Onemea, waiting for the packet from Tahiti to arrive. During the strong easterly wind last week it was quite busy here, as 4 other boats huddled in to seek shelter in our protected bay. There was quite some socialising going on with dinner invitations and even a small beach party, just what we needed to take our minds off… Continue reading »

Leave comment

2014
18
Apr

Change of plans…

by Christian

During the year we’ve spent here, we saw lots of boats coming in with damages after the passage, had friends waiting here for ages for spare parts, got news from leaving boats who had to limp to Tahiti with broken rudders/masts/etc. We always counted ourselves lucky as Pitufa seemed immune to such mishaps, but now we’ve had bad luck ourselves: on the way to our… Continue reading »

1 comment

2014
04
Apr

New photo album: Motu Kouaku

by Christian

2 comments

2014
01
Apr

Witch’s cauldron

by Christian

We are enjoying our remote anchorage at the Motu Kouaku even though a weak front passed over us yesterday. There was not much wind nor rain, but the wind direction clocked around, as predicted, a full turn during 24 hours. As our anchorage provides protection only from the South and East, we’ve got quite some chop from the North and then from the West. It… Continue reading »

Leave comment

2014
30
Mar

Motu Kouaku

by Christian

This mornig we picked up the really last of our things in the house and left Taravai to explore more of the remainig places we have not been to yet here in the Gambiers. One of those places is the Motu Kouaku on the barrier reef in the south-east of the archipelago. The last few days the wind was blowing hard so the swell is… Continue reading »

Leave comment

2014
23
Mar

Pitufos back on Pitufa

by Christian

After finishing all our planned boat projects (varnishing inside, painting the cockpit, etc.) we’ve moved back to the boat. Running water, a toilet in the bathroom, no bugs in the living room, no rats on the roof – boat life’s pure luxury We’ll miss our little house and the garden though, especially our goatie. We spoiled her quite a bit, feeding her carrots and bananas… Continue reading »

1 comment

2014
13
Feb

Pics of our little house

by Christian

1 comment

2014
13
Feb

New photo gallery: Anchored off the barrier reef

by Christian

Leave comment

Older posts «

» Newer posts