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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

2011
06
Jul

Leaving Croatia

by Christian

Today we cleared out from CRO in Dubrovnik. Our course is towards the strait of Otranto and then towards Sicily. At the moment a very light wind is carrying us southwards. This entry has been sent via HF radio

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2011
28
Jun

A busy day

by Christian

Yesterday we decided to drop the anchor after only 16nm in a lovely bay on Scedro we had visited two yars ago. We are not the only ones here this time though. Nevertheless we stayed another day. Today we were busy with all sorts of things

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2011
25
Jun

Bora

by Christian

Instead of going out for dinner in lovely Primosten as planned, we had to keep anchor watch because of NE gusts of over 30kn. During the night most of the boats in the bay dragged their anchors (bad holding ground) and one of them almost rammed us. Pitufa’s anchor held well.

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2011
24
Jun

New photo gallery

by Christian

I’ve just uploaded pictures form the first two weeks of our journey. See here.

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2011
23
Jun

Becalmed again

by Christian

Day started with good winds for our SE course. Those faded away after only 12 nm and we were becalmed again. Dropped anchor at another lovely place. Lentil curry for dinner.

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2011
22
Jun

Still no wind

by Christian

Again not much progress today. Still near the Kornati archipelago. Found another lovely anchorage for tonight. Prosecco with peaches as sundowner.

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2011
21
Jun

Wonderland, but no wind…

by Christian

Our progress today was only 7nm. The super-stable high-pressure field brings superb weather, though not really for sailing. Dropped anchor at another beautyful spot close to Kornati.

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2011
11
Jun

We are sailing!

by Christian

We managed to sail off at last. We left Pula around noon and are now approaching our first anchorage on the island of Unije after a perfect sailing day!

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2011
27
May

Moved in

by Christian

Finally we’ve moved in our new home Pitufa. We have emptied our flat in Austria (hell of a task), but dozens of jobs remain on the boat. anyway, now we’ve got time to do them

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2011
05
Apr

Shopping Tour

by Christian

The last couple of weeks we’ve been busy ordering all sorts of boat equipment: water maker, sails, life raft, mast steps and thousands of little but important items. There is so much to think of… While loading our boat with tons of needful things, we are throwing off ballast like memberships, insurances, standing orders, furniture, etc. It’s such a relief! Less than two months to… Continue reading »

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2011
31
Jan

Gale Probability KMZ File

by Christian

Pilot charts are certainly of great help for planning ocean routes and fortunately, the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency makes their Atlas of Pilot Charts available for free (get it here. you may find their server somewhat slow and rather try it here). I’ve recently generated kml/kmz files that show the prevailing ocean winds (get more info here). Viewing them with Google Maps (as in our… Continue reading »

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2010
05
Dec

Prevailing Ocean Winds

by Christian

Recently, I have discovered world-wide ocean wind data collected over ten years from the ‘SeaWinds’ scatterometer onboard the ‘QuikSCAT’ satellite on the Internet at Oregon State University: COGOW. The site offers an interactive atlas to view prevailing wind maps and wind roses. For blue-water cruisers, the site is definitely a great source to aid route planning. In my opinion, usability of the wind atlas at… Continue reading »

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2010
13
Nov

Total Solar Eclipse of November 13, 2012

by Christian

According to NASA there will be a total solar eclipse in the South Pacific when we plan to cruise there from French Polynesia to Chile. Let’s see whether we can catch it.

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2010
12
Nov

Planned Route (Part 1)

by Christian

The planned route for our first year is shown in the map attached to this post. Leaving Pula in summer 2011, we’d like to spend a couple of months cruising the Mediterranean before heading out into the Atlantic Ocean. From the Canary Islands we will cross the Atlantic towards Suriname in October 2011. We are interested in following the rivers into the tropical forests there.… Continue reading »

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2010
18
Oct

Crew page has been updated

by Christian

The Crew page has been updated. Click here.

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