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• Article on the Darién in All-At-Sea magazine

  Birgit Hackl: The Darién–In the wake of discoverers and pirates, All At Sea Caribbean, January 2014, p. 80–84. Free download from allatsea.net.

• Another Article in All-at-Sea Caribbean Magazine

  Birgit Hackl: Cruising with Cats, All At Sea Caribbean, December 2013, p. 42–44. Free download from allatsea.net.

• Shadowmail for Winlink and Satphone users?

  Sailmail offers a service called shadowmail to their subscribed clients. It allows users to monitor their land-based, non-Sailmail e-mail accounts via low-bandwidth Sailmail and to forward messages when requested. It even integrates nicely into the Airmail software, showing theses shadow folders like normal mailboxes. (See the official info page for more information.) For cruisers such a service is definitely a useful thing. I am not… Continue reading »

• Article on Las Perlas in All-at-Sea

  Our article on the Las Perlas got published in the current issue (November) of the All-at-Sea Caribbean magazine. Birgit Hackl: Las Perlas — Unspoiled Nature Near Panama City, All At Sea Caribbean, November 2013, p. 36–38. Free download from allatsea.net.

• Cruising info on the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia

  Find our cruising info on the Gambier Islands under Destinations in the Menu or click here.

• Gambier Islands

  Pitufa’s little cruising guide to the Gambier Islands–last updated Mar. 2019. Some important points up front: Cruisers are required to check in with the gendarmes (even when they arrive from another French Polynesian island). The fees for rubbish (and optionally for water) must be paid at the town hall (mairie). Efforts to separate recyclable rubbish have started, so please use the separate bags for aluminium… Continue reading »

• Article on Kuna Yala in Ocean7 magazine

  The current issue (September/October 2013) of Ocean7 features our article about Kuna Yala. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Kuna Yala — Paradies mit Ecken und Kanten, OCEAN7 05 (September/Oktober) 2013, p. 24–29. download PDF (in German only)

• Article on Melilla in Ocean7 Magazine

  Our Articel about the Spanish town Melilla on the coast of Morocco has finally been published in the current (July/August) issue of the Austrian sailing magazine Ocean7. The pdf can be downloaded here (in German only). Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Melilla — Multikulturelles Spanien an der afrikanischen Küste, OCEAN7 04 (Juli/August) 2013, p. 26–27. download PDF (in German only)

• Our second cruising anniversary

  Exactly two years ago we set out on our adventure from Croatia with the aim of reaching the South Pacific as quickly as possible–it took us two years in the end, but now we’re here We celebrated this special day with a picknick on a remote beach on the island of Taravai (Gambier, French Polynesia) with our friends from s/v Irie, contemplating how lucky we… Continue reading »

• Cruising Info on Panama

  Check out our notes about Cruising in Panama (Anchorages in Kuna Yala, Las Perlas, Darien; Navigation Dangers, Tips, etc.) under Destinations in the Menu or click here.

• Another Article in OCEAN7 Magazine

  Birgit’s article on the southern Caribbean has been published in the current issue (May/June) of the Austrian sailing magazine OCEAN7. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Durch die südliche Karibik, OCEAN7 03 (Mai/Juni) 2013, p. 24–31. download PDF (in German only)

• Panama

  General Panama is an incredibly interesting cruising destination. Its many archipelagos and, of course, the Panama canal, attract many cruisers. Even though we stayed almost 7 months, we hardly managed to explore half of Panama’s cruising areas. Our itinerary: After sailing down the Caribbean coast of Columbia, we checked-in in Puerto Obaldia in the beginning of September 2012, cruised through the San Blas Islands for… Continue reading »

• Article in January’s issue of All-At-Sea Caribbean

  Our article on the Cape Verdes was published in the current issue of All-At-Sea Caribbean and can be downloaded for free at allatsea.net. Birgit Hackl: Cape Verdes — Republica De Cabo Verde, All At Sea Caribbean, January 2013, p. 46–48. Free download from allatsea.net.

• Two new articles in Ocean7

  The Austrian sailing magazine Ocean7 has published our articles on the Caribbean coast of Colombia and on cruising with cats on board in the current 06/12 issue. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Kolumbien — Land der Kontraste, OCEAN7 06 (November/Dezember) 2012. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Mit Leeloo um die Welt, OCEAN7 06 (November/Dezember) 2012. download PDF (in German only)

• Caribbean coast of Colombia

  Sources Constance Elson (SY Tashtego): Sailing the Caribbean Coast of Colombia, Caribbean Compass October, November, and December 2011. Lourae and Randy Kenoffel (SY Pizazz): Cruising the Coast of Colombia, Caribbean Compass June 2001. General Our sailing yacht, Pitufa, is 41 feet long and has about 2.15 m draught. We enjoyed visiting Colombia a lot and would like to recommend this country to other cruisers. Colombia… Continue reading »