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• Super-simple gluten-free bread a la Pitufa

  When I started searching for recipes for gluten-free bread the results were disheartening. Too complicated, too many ingredients I wouldn’t be able to find in the South Pacific. Some recipes for tapioca-bread included eggs and massive amounts of oil (not very healthy…) and others claimed that I wouldn’t be able to produce non-crumbly bread without adding xanthan gum. My first experiments with tapioca and rice… Continue reading »

• Article in the OÖ Nachrichten

  An Austrian newspaper published an article about ‘Sailing Yesterday and Today’ (the 500th anniversary of Magellan’s first circumnavigation) and we’re mentioned as modern bluewater sailors. Here’s the link.

• Article “Are you an innocent bystander?” in All-at-Sea July 19 Issue

  Originally titled “Behind the scenes”, this article discusses whether cruisers who travel slowly and stay long in places and so can glimpse behind the scenes, should remain observers or try to get involved. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Are you an innocent bystander?, All At Sea Caribbean, July 2019, p. 56–62. Free download from allatsea.net.

• Article on Anchoring Techniques in Austrian Yachtrevue

  Christian Feldbauer, Birgit Hackl: Ankern–Vertrauen und Kotrolle, Yachtrevue, August 2019, p.62–66.

• Pearl jewellery designs

  On rainy days I get out my workshop and create necklaces, bracelets, anklets, etc. with pearls from the Gambier Islands. Each design is unique, I work with cords made of leather, rubber and stainless steel. The so-called ‘black’ pearls are actually shining in all colours of the rainbow and I love playing with them

• Lagoon Tide Simulator

  I’ve just uploaded a website that contains an interactive lagoon tide simulator. It lets you play with different parameters like swell height or how open/closed the lagoon is and instantly draws a graph with the tides and shows when the current in a pass is in or outgoing. Experimenting with this simulator may help understanding lagoon passes better. Just follow this link.

• Article on Pacific Weather in Cruising World Magazine

  This article is on the weather in the tropical South Pacific and we explain the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ). Christian Feldbauer, Birgit Hackl: Pacific Highs… and Lows, Cruising World, June/July 2019. Now also available as free online version on the CRUISING WORLD web page!

• Article in ‘Yachtrevue’

  We have an article about navigation with the help of satellite pictures in the May edition of the Austrian ‘Yachtrevue’. Christian Feldbauer, Birgit Hackl: Schau genau, Yachtrevue, Mai 2019, p.40–41.

• Penrhyn article in Cruising World April 2019

  We have a few articles accepted for publication in the renowned Cruising World magazine, and the first one has now actually made it into the April issue. This one is about our stay in Penrhyn. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: A Cook Islands Highlight, Cruising World, April 2019.

• Cruising Info on Rapa Iti

  Our little cruising guide on Rapa Iti, the southernmost island in the Australs, is finally on-line!

• Cruising info on Tubuai

  We’ve put a short cruising guide for Tubuai in the Austral Islands onto our blog.

• Cruising Info on Tubuai

  Tubuai is a high island with two volcanic mountain chains and a lagoon around that can be easily entered through the wide, clearly marked pass in the NW. We spent two weeks there in November 2018. Yachties are expected to check in at the Gendarmerie even when arriving from another island in French Polynesia (just like everywhere in the Austral Islands). Anchoring and navigation Most… Continue reading »

• Rapa Iti–Info for Cruisers

  Rapa Iti (Oparo) Rapa Iti is the remotest island of French Polynesia. There is no airport, the cargo ship only comes once a month (sometimes it skips a visit…) and Raivavae, the nearest neighbouring island, lies 290 nm away. The anchorage inside the huge main bay of Rapa is well protected from waves, but gusts howl down from the mountains whenever there are winds from… Continue reading »

• Part 2 of our Anchoring Article in All-at-Sea January 19

  Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Anchoring Games: Part Two–Techniques for Special Conditions, All At Sea Caribbean, January 2019, p. 36–40. Free download from allatsea.net.

• New article in Ocean7

  Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Die kleinen Dinge des Bootslebens, OCEAN7 1 (Jan./Feb.) 2019, p. 48–50