When Bill and I lived on our sailboat “Vanish” 15 years ago, we met a Dutch family on the s/v “Olive” from the Netherlands in the Bahamas. Picture above is from 2004 in the Bahamas. We even sailed with the…
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Borkum, Germany to Ijmuiden, Netherlands
After our trying journey to Borkum, we were not eager to head upwind in big seas again. Our French neighbors at the catamaran kindly invited us over for a drink. They were headed back to France and had also diverted…
Cuxhaven to Borkum, Germany – “Welcome to the North Sea Life!”
We left Cuxhaven, Germany at 7 am on Sept. 2 to try to get a favorable tide. Our initial route is an overnight passage to Amsterdam, with an option to divert to the Frisian island, Borkum, off the north coast…
The Kiel Canal
On Saturday, Sept 1 we transited the 60 nm Kiel Canal giving us a big shortcut between the Baltic and the North Sea. There is no sailing in the canal and speeds for large tankers and smaller ships alike is…
5 Ways We Know You’re Danish – by Benny
We have been in Denmark for quite a while now and we have found that the Danish have many special customs. Here are a few things I noticed. This one is kind of a no brainer, but the Danish do…
Hamburg weekend
We decided to go to Hamburg by train from Haderslev since we were getting restless waiting at X-yachts for our engine to get fixed. When I thought of Hamburg, I imagined a bland city with gray everything. Though to my…
Scenes from Copenhagen
Story by Ben For the past few days, we have been in the first big city, Copenhagen. One main thing about Copenhagen is how the royal family of Denmark lives there. We visited a few of the landmark of Copenhagen.…
Haderslev to Copenhagen
Sailing out of Haderslev, I was struck by the fields and farms along the ocean and fjords. You see wheat fields, combines and cattle at the water’s edge. It reminds of Michigan, at least the Thumb of Michigan – if…
Denmark- What We Have Learned
At the beginning of the trip we knew very little about our starting destination, Denmark. However, through our adventures we have been able to piece together a history that dates back to the time of Vikings and the beginning of…
Docklines cast…
We left our X-Yachts nest in Haderslev, Denmark today. As we were about to leave, some Danes on a newly purchased X-Yacht pulled in. They gave us a very helpful list of places to visit in Denmark and took these…