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• 15% discount on all pitufinos!

  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 »

• Passage to the Philippines

  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 »

• Life with Slipping Rib Syndrome

  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 »

• 2 magical, but bouncy weeks on an uninhabited atoll

  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 »

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

  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 »

• We have lost our drone…

  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 »

• Happy Holidays!

  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

• Clearance into FSM in Weno (Chuuk)

  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 »

• Weno , Chuuk, FSM

  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 »

• Fusion food with local ingredients

  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 »

• Saturday in Kapingamarangi

  Saturday’s a busy day in the village, everywhere food is prepared in advance for Sunday, as the strict Christians here don’t light fires on the Lord’s day. We strolled through the village last Saturday, watched the proceedings and were in invited by the chief to join them for dinner. So we went home and started cooking ourselves to be able to contribute to the feast.… Continue reading »

• Pitufino now features remote monitoring!

  Cloud Access lets you keep an eye on your boat from anywhere with Internet access. Use Pitufino’s AnchorWatch app while you’re ashore and on the way back from the restaurant to the bay that filled up with other boats, toggle your anchor light to find yours amidst the sea of lights. While your boat is in the marina, monitor your batteries and bilge alarms from… Continue reading »

• Blasting a pass is a crime against nature

  The pass of an atoll is the bustling centre of its underwater life with corals providing a home for millions of little swarmfish hiding in delicate species like staghorn, groups of surgeons and parrots as well as couples of butterflies roaming the slopes, groupers and morrays hiding in crevices, swarms of snappers in the deeper water and barracudas, sharks and trevallies passing by. It’s also… Continue reading »

• I saved a turtle’s life

  Turtles are still hunted and eaten on most islands in the Pacific, the only exceptions are touristy places (where the locals are encouraged to protect them as an attraction for visitors) and around very developed areas, where environmental organisations have been raising awareness for the protection of endangered species. We try the same and often include turtles in the presentations we do at schools, explaining… Continue reading »

• Kapingamarangi, our first stop in Micronesia!

  Kapingamarangi–a ringing name that embodies the ideal of remote, pristine Pacific islands for many cruisers. We had already dreamed of coming here, before we even set out cruising–inspired by beautiful photos we had seen at one of the presentations of the “Seenomaden” (a cruising couple who’s famous in Austria). Last week we arrived here after a bouncy 3 day trip up from the remote islands… Continue reading »