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Birgit

Author's details

Name: Birgit
Date registered: September 22, 2010
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Latest posts

Einklarieren in Surigao (Philippinen) — March 19, 2026
Clearance into in the Philippines in Surigao — March 19, 2026
15% Rabatt auf alle Pitufinos! — March 12, 2026
15% discount on all pitufinos! — March 12, 2026
Törn zu den Philippinen — March 10, 2026

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2026
19
Mar

Clearance into in the Philippines in Surigao

by Birgit

Surigao has a good reputation for being one of the friendliest ports in the Philippines. We sent our pre arrival notice to a few dozen email addresses and were told to meet a lady from the tourism office who would take us to all the offices. We did and everybody was very friendly indeed, but it took the whole day. Partly because it took the… Continue reading »

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2026
12
Mar

15% discount on all pitufinos!

by Birgit

During long nightwatches the Pitufino is my best friend: Thanks to Christian’s boat-data gateway I can sit on the comfy sofa and still have the nav instruments in front of me on the smartphone. I can also track AIS targets, watch subtle changes in the wind direction/speed with the log function and even remote-control the autopilot with the phone! Of course I still go up… Continue reading »

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2026
10
Mar

Passage to the Philippines

by Birgit

860 nautical miles was the longest passage we’ve done in a while. Ever since we got Smurfy we’ve avoided trips longer than a day or two, as he gets very impatient and bored and we constantly have to make sure he doesn’t do anything foolish–like jumping on the bimini while the boat is rolling wildly… We needn’t have worried, the weather was nasty enough for… Continue reading »

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2026
06
Mar

Pictures of Sorol Atoll

by Birgit

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2026
16
Feb

Pics of the opening ceremony of Woleai airport

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2026
11
Feb

Life with Slipping Rib Syndrome

by Birgit

Today we celebrate my not-quite-dead-yet day. 3 years ago we somersaulted with a local boat in a pass in Fiji and got rolled over the reef. Christian managed to climb on the stuck, semi-submerged boat, but the skipper and I were swept into the pass by a strong current. Nobody had witnessed the accident, nobody could help. He drowned, but I managed to swim back… Continue reading »

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2026
06
Feb

Women in Micronesia

by Birgit

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2026
03
Feb

Sailing canoes in Ifalik

by Birgit

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2026
20
Jan

Close encounters with fishy friends!

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2026
19
Jan

2 magical, but bouncy weeks on an uninhabited atoll

by Birgit

Olimarao atoll is small and looks nicely surrounded by a barrier reef, so we expected a calm anchorage. Unfortunately the barrier reef is so submerged, that swell makes it in from all sides and at high water we were bouncing every day in crossed seas despite different stern line attempts to try and face the swell… We ended up sleeping in passage mode (one on… Continue reading »

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2025
31
Dec

We wish you all a healthy, happy and safe 2026!

by Birgit

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…

by Birgit

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 »

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2025
26
Dec

Pics of our Xmas on the little island of Puluwat

by Birgit

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2025
24
Dec

Happy Holidays!

by Birgit

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

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2025
23
Dec

Clearance into FSM in Weno (Chuuk)

by Birgit

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 »

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