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Christian

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Name: Christian
Date registered: September 21, 2010

Latest posts

  1. NEU bei Pitufino: Cloud Access für Fernüberwachung und Tracking! — November 26, 2025
  2. Pitufino now features remote monitoring! — November 26, 2025
  3. Photos of Papatura, Santa Isabel, Solomons — September 6, 2025
  4. Photos of Papatura, Santa Isabel, Solomons — September 6, 2025
  5. 15 % Rabatt auf alle Pitufino Modelle! — June 27, 2025

Most commented posts

  1. Change of plans — 10 comments
  2. Prevailing Ocean Winds — 6 comments
  3. Spenden für die Matuku Riffschutz-Zone! — 6 comments
  4. Anchor windlass overhaul — 5 comments
  5. Beitrag in den OÖNachrichten — 5 comments

Author's posts listings

2015
10
Mar

Article on our ‘Ten Cruising Boat Essentials’ in current (March 2015) All-at-Sea

by Christian

Birgit Hackl: Voyaging: Needful Things, All At Sea Caribbean, March 2015, p. 34–37. Free download from allatsea.net.

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2015
22
Feb

Our Tahanea article in Ocean7 magazine

by Christian

Our article about our time in the uninhabitated atoll Tahanea has been published in the current issue (March/April 2015) of the Austrian sailing magazine Ocean7. Birgit Hackl, Christian Feldbauer: Acht Wochen Robinson, OCEAN7 02 (März/April) 2015, p. 16–21. download PDF (in German only)

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2015
01
Feb

The life and death of islands

by Christian

Out here in the Pacific geology isn’t something theoretical that happened in ancient times, but even to the untrained eye an obviously ongoing event. Continental plates are moving, the sea bottom rises and from a depth of about 3000 m a new, actively vulcanic island rises (like Fernandina at the western end of the Galapagos archipelago). The ragged cliffs rise higher and higher, developing a… Continue reading »

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2015
16
Jan

New photo album: Motu Puaumu (Gambier Islands)

by Christian

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2015
11
Jan

Motu Puaumu

by Christian

The weather here’s still overcast and changeable, which is a bit disappointing as the grib had announced the arrival of summer with fanfares and excitement-building-up-drum rolls–only to call it off last minute. Hmpf. We still used a sunny spell to find our way up to the northernmost motu, Puaumu, navigating through uncharted areas and coral heads and are happy to be in yet another new… Continue reading »

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2015
07
Jan

Back to work

by Christian

Today we dropped off Christian’s sister on the airport island. After two weeks of activity-filled holidays with snorkeling (her first shark encounters!), kayaking and hiking (up Mt. Mokoto) she has to get back to chilly Europe and for us it’s back to daily routine jobs (quite some maintenance jobs are waiting).

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2015
06
Jan

Akamaru

by Christian

On Sunday we visited Akamaru, the third biggest high island of the Gambier, for the first time (unbelievable, but yes, there are still new corners to discover for us around the archipelago ) and were really impressed. Only three houses are still permanently inhabited (10 houses are used on weekends), most of the population left during the 1950s and the school was closed in the… Continue reading »

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2014
22
Dec

Photos of Makemo

by Christian

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2014
10
Dec

Another cyclone season in the Gambier

by Christian

Protected anchorages, golden palm-fringed beaches, pine-clad mountains in the background, pristine waters and remote motus–yes, we’re happy to be back in our favourite corner of Fr. Polynesia!

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2014
08
Dec

Rushing along

by Christian

It seems Pitufa’s having a great time rushing along and ploughing the deep azure of the Pacific with her bow. With just the main in the second reef, the tiny inner foresail and a piece of yankee we’ve still had a daily run of 130 miles. We can’t wait to reach our favourite islands in French Polynesia, just 160 miles to go, no worries about… Continue reading »

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2014
07
Dec

Sailing close-hauled

by Christian

This trip’s not exactly fun, but then we didn’t expect it to be. We’re sailing as close to the wind as possible which sometimes shifts more easterly and then more northerly again, so we manage to stay on course. It’s steadily blowing between 15 and 20 knots (doesn’t sound like much, but feels like more when it’s on the nose) and the waves are high… Continue reading »

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2014
05
Dec

Never start a passage with a hangover

by Christian

Usually an ocean passage resembles a journey through a more or less hilly blue desert, but this time our course goes right trough the Tuamotus, just last night we passed 3 of them within a few miles, so we have to constantly adjust the course. The passage started quite rough yesterday with changing winds and high, confused waves. We soon had a huge mahi-mahi (dorade)… Continue reading »

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2014
22
Nov

Projects

by Christian

Yesterday we moved further south into the ‘duck’s breast’ and found a pretty anchorage in front of two uninhabited motus. This morning we were contemplating the weather predictions, trying to decide whether the predicted easterly winds would be strong enough and last long enough to take us the 175 miles to Amanu. In the end we decided to stay here and do a boat project… Continue reading »

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2014
20
Nov

In the duck’s beak

by Christian

We were first eager to get away from Makemo after we’d done all the shopping, as the village anchorage lacks protection and privacy, the water inside the lagoon’s a bit murky and navigation’s really tricky with tons of little bastard-bommies that are hardly visible (no turquoise sand to mark them, just dark coral coming up). But the north-easterlies obviously haven’t looked up the wind statistics… Continue reading »

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2014
16
Nov

At last, our photos of Tahanea!

by Christian

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