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Everything goes extremely slowly. – But finally the moment of truth arrives: the test run with our new engine, – and it really runs 🙂 ! Although some small things need to be corrected, especially the isolation, our new YANMAR seems to run quite nicely. Obviously one can only tell ...

First week of March brings a pleasant surprise: my favorite aunt comes for a short visit to Mallorca:   And once more, I meet an ex-colleague of my time at ‚RIETER‘. This time it’s Markus, who also decided to join the club of sailors:   Unfortunately the final works at ...

After finally all necessary parts have arrived, the new Yanmar can move to his place:   That doesn’t mean we are finished. Naturally everything has to be installed and connected carefully. Especially the special AMEL-system is sensitive, – one has to work rather precisely otherwise it doesn’t move round and ...

Finally we are back on our floating home. – Hurray! – and this time even the weather is nice. Our trip to Mallorca was rather exiting, but also surprisingly pleasant. First time in our travel career we went with the ‘Flixbus’ from St. Gallen to Memmingen. Everything was perfect: the ...

After a nice New Year’s Eve with friends, January starts quite busy: first the musical ‘Hello Dolly’, followed by various birthday parties, an in-between trip to our Carré d’As to Portocristo,     and a small but very nice wellness trip to the Spa Hotel ‚Dollenberg‘, located in the deep ...

Another exiting sailor’s year is finished. We started our sailor’s carrier in Spring 2014 with an AMEL Super Maramu. Since then we sailed proud 14’359 nm, which equals 26’593 km. End of 2017 we sold our loyal friend and bought an AMEL 54. Sailing for 3468 nm in 2018, we ...

Meanwhile the new boat engine, the Yanmar 4JH4-HTE 110, has arrived on Mallorca and Robin is already looking forward to the replacement, which will be done in February next year. – We most certainly will document the replacement procedure in detail. – By the way, our VOLVO Penta D3-110 is ...

In order to exchange the stuffing box at the rudder, the relevant boat part has to be above the water-line. Peter manages to get a crane appointment at which we get lifted up a trifle, hanging there for a few hours; – we didn’t favour being hauled out completely again. ...

The first days on Mallorca are relaxed; – we have enough time to prepare Carré d’As for her winter sleep. Right now it’s important to get everything planned. For example we need a new Genaker. Although two were included when we bought the boat, both survived only shortly. Further we ...

Our stay in Calabria and Sicily is short. On October 19, 2018 off we sail to Sardinia. The roughly 250 nm are more or less smooth. Unfortunately also the wind is smooth and mainly from behind, but at least it supports the engine. Also in Sardinia we don’t plan a ...