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Birgit

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

  1. Neue Crew: Minnie Mouse und Squeaky! — August 4, 2026
  2. New Crew: meet Minnie Mouse and Squeaky! — August 4, 2026
  3. Wieder daheim auf Pitufa! — July 31, 2026
  4. Back home on Pitufa! — July 31, 2026
  5. Die Philippinen sind schön…WENN… — July 20, 2026

Most commented posts

  1. The Matuku Marine Reserve and how it came into being — 11 comments
  2. Donations for the Marine Reserve in Matuku — 10 comments
  3. 2 magical, but bouncy weeks on an uninhabited atoll — 8 comments
  4. Hilfsprojekte für Matuku — 7 comments
  5. Leeloo 2000–2021 — 6 comments

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2026
06
Mar

Pictures of Sorol Atoll

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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

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2026
03
Feb

Sailing canoes in Ifalik

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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

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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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2025
22
Dec

Weno , Chuuk, FSM

by Birgit

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 »

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2025
13
Dec

Photos of Nukuoro

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2025
07
Dec

Fusion food with local ingredients

by Birgit

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 »

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