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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

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2011
07
Oct

Position Report

by Christian

Running southwards quickly.

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2011
06
Oct

Towards Cape Verdes

by Christian

We left Las Palmas Tuesday evening towards the Cape Verde Islands. Instead of the expected constant northeasterly wind that predominates here, we found changing winds from different directions—that means many strenuous maneuvers (saves the fitness centre…). This morning the northeasterly wind finally returned and is hopefully come to stay!

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2011
11
Sep

La Graciosa

by Christian

We’ve spent 2 days in a bay on the Southern side of La Graciosa. Even though every tourist can reach the Canary Island within a few hours and for little money, we still felt some “pride of discovery” when the silhouettes of the islands became visible in the morning haze. The almost vegetation-free, brown, black and reddish mountains on La Graciosa and the opposite lying… Continue reading »

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2011
09
Sep

Our first passage on the Atlantic!

by Christian

We’ve made it! We’ve just dropped the anchor in a bay on La Graciosa (mini islet north of Lanzarote) and a bottle of sparkling wine is waiting in the fridge to celebrate our first passage on the Atlantic. Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar was rather tricky: instead of the forecasted calm weather we faced headwinds of 25 to 30 knots and the “favourable current” set… Continue reading »

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2011
07
Sep

Rushing towards the Canaries

by Christian

Wind and waves are both from the north, so are ideal now. It’s sunny but rather cool. Seasickness is gone. Our daily runs for the first three days were 115, 113, and 135nm. We are approaching the Canaries faster than expected. 240nm to go!

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2011
05
Sep

On the Atlantic

by Christian

A bit uncomfortable and seasick, but we are making good progress.

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2011
01
Sep

New photo galleries added

by Christian

We have just uploaded two small photo galleries from Sardinia and Melilla.

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2011
01
Sep

Mini gallery of Melilla

by Christian

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2011
01
Sep

Mini gallery of Sardinia

by Christian

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2011
29
Aug

Stop in Gibraltar

by Christian

When we left Melilla, the weather forecast showed favorable conditions for both passing the Strait of Gibraltar as well as for the passage to the Canaries. So we were prepared for a longer sail non-stop to the Canaries. Yesterday’s forecast however suddenly predicted a change from the favorable northerly wind to a southerly for mid of the week. Therefore we stopped at Gibraltar which gives… Continue reading »

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2011
28
Aug

Getting our sealegs back

by Christian

Being in a marina for a week has definitely its advantages, however, we’ve totally lost our sealegs that way. Now, we are attempting to getting them back. On our current leg towards the Strait of Gibraltar we are experiencing uncomfortable seas from an easterly wind pushing against a counter current from the Strait. Our last noon-to-noon run was 96 nm.

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2011
27
Aug

Left Melilla

by Christian

We are sailing westwards again. Whether we stop in Gibraltar, Ceuta, or the Canaries depends on the wind again.

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2011
24
Aug

Amateur radio aboard Pitufa

by Christian

On Pitufa we have a ham radio station that consists of a Yaesu FT-857 transceiver, an SCT PTC-II USB pactor modem with pactor 3 license, a CG 3000 automatic antenna tuner, and a 13m-long isolated segment of the back stay as antenna. The CG 3000 tuner is mounted on deck underneath the radar arch in a separate watertight box (see picture below). So it is… Continue reading »

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2011
18
Aug

Reached Melilla

by Christian

When we left Cagliari on Sardinia, we were not quite sure where we would sail next. We considered the Balearic Islands and the mainland of Spain. Also, we were not fully provisioned for a longer passage because we had to wait out the Mistral that was blowing with up to 40 kn while at anchor in Cagliari with the dinghi already deflated and tied down… Continue reading »

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2011
16
Aug

What a shitty day…

by Christian

… not sailing-wise, though, we are making good progress. However, a clogged toilet can ruin a day.

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