In 2025 we sailed about 2800 nautical miles, visited over 50 islands and more islets than I could count on the charts, found wonderful gems of pristine nature and corners of the world that are so seldom visited by tourists that we felt like true explorers! At the beginning of 2025 we were becalmed for weeks and instead of motoring west, we stayed around New… Continue reading »
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2025
28
Dec
We have lost our drone…
A low-battery alarm sounded a few seconds after take-off, but Droney was already too far out to make it home safely. In such a case an automatic descent is meant to save a drone with a failing battery pack, but when flying over water a controlled emergency landing just ends in a big SPLASH. Our MavicAir gave us wonderful views of our favourite places over… Continue reading »
2025
24
Dec
Happy Holidays!
We wish you all happy holidays, fun and joy celebrating whatever you believe in (or not) Our ailing world needs us to be tolerant and to work together to tackle the really important problems… Merry xmas from an ideal Pitufa crew and from the real Pitufa crew
2025
23
Dec
Clearance into FSM in Weno (Chuuk)
The Federated States of Micronesia aren’t overly federated, but rather separated with different supply ships for the different areas and you even have to clear in and out of each of the territories and get your passport stamped each time… Important tip: You have to get a cruising permit from FSM BEFORE sailing there. The process takes about 2 weeks, not months (as it says… Continue reading »
2025
22
Dec
Weno , Chuuk, FSM
We had heard that Chuuk was a diver’s paradise and expected a cute, touristy place. Instead we found a dirty, run-down little town with lots of closed shops, dilapidated buildings and a big, official rubbish dump smack on the seaside… We also expected an American range in the shops (Micronesia is closely affiliated with the US), but the amount of ultra-processed food full of corn… Continue reading »
2025
13
Dec
2025
07
Dec
Fusion food with local ingredients
I get a real kick out of inventing creative dishes with only local ingredients, so cool to eat something that has never been made in that form before AND tastes good On the Polynesian outliers here in Micronesia not much is grown, just breadfruit, papaya, bananas and taro (and we’re not big fans of taro). Fortunately both breadfruit as well as papaya are super-versatile cuisine… Continue reading »