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Birgit

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

  1. Fotos von Sorol — March 6, 2026
  2. Pictures of Sorol Atoll — March 6, 2026
  3. Fotos der Eröffnung des Flughafens auf Woleai — February 16, 2026
  4. Pics of the opening ceremony of Woleai airport — February 16, 2026
  5. Life with Slipping Rib Syndrome — February 11, 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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2012
04
Mar

Englishman’s Bay

by Birgit

We spent another few days in Charlotteville, but it was pouring down most of the time and on a boat constant rain is really tedious. You cannot open any hatches, the battery is drained when the solar panels don’t work, etc. When it finally cleared up we sailed a few miles further to Englishman’s Bay. This bay looks like on a postcard: a golden beach,… Continue reading »

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2012
27
Feb

Pretty northern coast of Tobago

by Birgit

We’re still in Charlotteville in the North of Tobago waiting for the swell to get lower, because our next planned anchorages (Bloody Bay and Englishman’s Bay) are less protected than Pirate’s Bay. Even in this big bay the swell makes living aboard Pitufa a bit uncomfortable, especially Leeloo hates it when the boat is rolling. Additionally the inverter has broken down, that means no power… Continue reading »

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2012
18
Feb

Charlotteville, Tobago

by Birgit

Tobago has a turbulent history, colonial powers changed constantly and it was a hiding place for pirates and buccaneers. We’re anchored in Pirate’s Bay at the moment and the neighbouring bay is called Bloody Bay… Nowadays it’s peaceful here, only a few tourists are around in the sleepy little town of Charlotteville, the people are friendly and the pace of life is very relaxed. The… Continue reading »

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2012
09
Feb

Caribbean–we’re coming!

by Birgit

After a month in Suriname we’re now headed for the Caribbean. We’ll spend the next few months exploring Tobago, Grenada, the Venezuelan Antilles, the Dutch Antilles and maybe the coasts of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama etc. – we’ll just gather info, listen to other people’s experiences and will make up the itinerary on the way. Let’s see where the wind takes us!

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2012
30
Jan

Up the rivers into the forest

by Birgit

We’ve had rainy weather for a week now, not as you’d expect during a tropical rainy season (torrential rain followed by sunshine), but a constant drizzle interrupted by downpours and some occasional sunny spells. The constant rain and humidity around 99 % are quite annoying, because we accumulate wet clothes that never have the chance to really dry out. Furthermore mould becomes a problem in… Continue reading »

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2012
24
Jan

Liferaft as a bumper

by Birgit

Before moving to Paramaribo we decided to fill up our watertanks at a local fishing jetty, so we waited for high tide and then went alongside a fishing boat. Everything went fine until we wanted to set off again. The situation was a bit tricky, because of another boat right in front of us and the current which had already set in. We didn’t push… Continue reading »

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2012
22
Jan

Rainy Rainforest

by Birgit

After a week in Suriname we’ve managed to finish the clearance procedures and the most pressing repairs. Wayne Vaney the windvane is back on duty! Yesterday we made a trip to the interior and took a walk through the dense rainforest to a waterfall. Unfortunately it rained all day long, but the trees in the swirling clouds and the steaming ground was also quite atmospheric–no… Continue reading »

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2012
14
Jan

Thanks!

by Birgit

We’ve just seen how many comments we got during our time on the Atlantic. Thanks to all of you who read, suffered and celebrated along with us!

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2011
19
Dec

Photo Gallery of Brava

by Birgit

We’re still anchored in the same bay, all kinds of algae and barnacles are even starting to grow on the line ashore , but somehow we cannot find a reason to leave a place where turtles paddle around the boat, seabirds fish 5 metres away, the local fishermen offer the daily catch, more hiking trails wait to be discovered, etc. Here you can see yourself,… Continue reading »

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2011
30
Nov

Santo Antao

by Birgit

Yesterday we took a ferry over the narrow channel to the neighbour island Santo Antao, one of the biggest and most fertile islands of the Cape Verdes. After leaving the ferry tourguides try rather aggressively to get hold of tourists, but we avoided them and simply took an Aluguer up into the mountains. We then hiked through a fertile crater with old stonehouses, fields, trees… Continue reading »

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2011
28
Nov

Repairs done

by Birgit

After 3 days of high-speed working in the marina Pitufa is now entirely clean and saltfree, has new lower shrouds, the autopilot works again, the tanks are full, the lockers are fully provisioned, etc. and we’ve decided to stay a few more days in the anchorage of Mindelo. We like this town, the street vendors and the mercado municipal offer the best veggies we’ve seen… Continue reading »

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2011
12
Oct

Cape Verdes

by Birgit

We’ve arrived this morning on Sal, one of the entry ports of the Cape Verde Islands. We’re really tired, but happy

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2011
02
Oct

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

by Birgit

We’ve been in the marina of Las Palmas since Thursday. We usually try to avoid marinas, but before setting off towards the Cape Verdes we wanted to go shopping for the last time, fix some things on the boat, fill up the water tanks, etc. At first we were worried if noisy work on the boat would be frowned upon by the marina personal, but… Continue reading »

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2011
29
Sep

Morro Jable

by Birgit

On our way to Gran Canaria we stopped overnight in the bay next to the marina in Morro Jable, because the weather looked weird: gusts of up to 30 knots from different directions, a dark cloud ahead – we decided to have a quiet night at anchor instead of fighting such conditions in the dark.

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2011
24
Sep

Puerto Rosario

by Birgit

The capital of Fuerteventura is a rather quiet, untouristy place. There are a few shops and restaurants though and the anchorage next to the port is not exactly pretty, but safe and calm.

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