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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

2021
12
Feb

Pitufino–not just another Wi-Fi gateway!

Over the years we acquired a mix of old and new navigation instruments on Pitufa, which used to communicate via NMEA convertors that lack configuration options–never quite the solution we really wanted. Unsatisfied with the situation and unconvinced by existing products, I decided to build an NMEA converter and gateway myself. Later on I started implementing more and more ideas and now my Pitufino replaces… Continue reading »

2021
07
Jan

Article on Green Cruising in Austrian Yachtrevue

Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Bewusste Entscheidungen–Green Cruising, Yachtrevue, Jan. 2021, p.42–45.

2020
31
Dec

We wish you all a happier new year!

Most people will agree that 2020 sucked. Seriously. For us it wasn’t just generally the dreadful covid situation with ruined plans, uncertainties and worries about future developments, but the death of my mum. It also seemed that we were unlucky with basically everything we tried, things broke, orders got lost, orders arrived damaged–just annoying. As we sail into our tenth year aboard Pitufa we wish… Continue reading »

2020
27
Dec

Anything but square

Worldwide the rainforest is shrinking, at least on Pitufa the jungle’s taking over. We’ve had unsettled rainy and windy weather for the last week, ideal conditions to work inside–and for a jungle to grow. While Christian is working on his programming project I’m slowly sewing my way around the salon. It’s not an easy job as each piece has a different size and format, many… Continue reading »

2020
24
Dec

Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas this year is quite special as we are invited to a Polynesian wedding. Our friends here in Anatonu (N side of Raivavae) have done their best to organise this big event according to the pandemic rules. A very traditional wedding with earth ovens (umu), Tahitian dancing, etc. in combination with disinfectant, masks and distancing rules The highest tree this year in Pitufa’s sprayhood… Continue reading »

2020
24
Nov

New Photos!

2020
23
Nov

10 Fun Ways To Flood A Bilge…

Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: 10 Fun Ways To Flood A Bilge, All At Sea Caribbean, November 2020, p. 38–42. Download the whole magazine for free or read the online version of this article.

2020
09
Sep

Article on our Mooring Project for Rapa Iti in Yachtrevue Magazine

Christian Feldbauer, Birgit Hackl: Mit Rat und Tat–Eine Muring für Rapa Iti, Yachtrevue, August 2020, p.40–43.

2020
12
Aug

New Gallery Viewer!

Yeah, our blog has finally got a new photo-gallery viewer! It’s modern, intuitive, user-friendly, supports swiping, and works great on desktop as well as mobile devices (at least in my humble opinion). Please let me know if you encounter any bugs. Enjoy all our galleries with the new viewer–happy swiping!

2020
01
Aug

Article on shaft seals in All-at-Sea August issue

Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Dripless Shaft Seals, All At Sea Caribbean, August 2020, p. 40–44. Free download from allatsea.net.

2020
31
Jul

Post forwarding

Dlvr.it seems to work! As we blog bilingual, I added another service to share our German posts to another facebook page @Pitufa.at for our German-speaking friends. Another Test…

2020
31
Jul

Automatically posting to facebook?

I am testing a service to automatically share our blog posts on our facebook page. It’s called dlvr.it, and I’m not sure yet whether it works or not. We will know as soon as this post shows up at @sy.pitufa…

2020
14
Jul

Article on Dangers of Atolls in Blue Water Sailing Magazine

Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: The dangers of navigating and anchoring in atolls, Blue Water Sailing, Spring 2020, p. 24–29. Read the current issue online.

2020
12
Jul

In Touch with Nature–Article in All-at-Sea July Issue

Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Cruising–Living in Touch with Nature, All At Sea Caribbean, July 2020, p. 42–48. Download the whole magazine for free or read the online version of this article.

2020
23
Apr

Article on our eastward trip from Tonga to Tahiti

Christian Feldbauer, Birgit Hackl: The “right” wrong way, Cruising World, April 2020, p. 59–62.

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