Recent content by HenrikH

I like the classic english pub interior, but for sailing performance I prefer not to drag it along: J-boats

In Durres, leasure craft are docking in the commercial port. Call up on channel 12 for directions. An agent will be assigned, wait on rhe quay and take care of the formalities. A discomfort are the cockroaches on the quay. We made cones of waterbottle tops for the mooring lines and managed to...

Thanks Pete. I will dig into your valuable advice, adding Uerkemunde and put Swinoujscie as a base.

Thanks Pete. This diving is beyond my certificate, beginners is 60 feet if I recall. Almost as old as your visit to Poland;-)

This years goal for the summer is Poland. It will be a first. We will arrive from the west and dive inshore at Peenemunde. When we get into the Szczecin Lagooon the question is how to best spend 7 days. What are must-sees? Is it well spent time to take the canal down to Szezecin or to take base...

I have never thought of starting the boat engine during winter. But I do crank the motorcycle a couple of times during winter, without starting. The idea is to resupply the oil film on the cam shaft bearings (cam shaft bearings in aluminum are sensitive - experience). Maybe cranking a boat...

From southern Italy, the closest low cost, not crowded option may be Tunisia. Bizerte has a nice marina. Coast guard, customs and border police are a bit more demanding that normal. Another low cost opportunity in the vicinity is Albania. I cannot recommend the port in Durres.

I still have to meet one of the few. But an option for furling and performance is in-boom.

Not your ordinary Musto boot

A happy sailor in very serious seas. The video is very long. Does he film the floodgates and in case at what time? Looks to me that at times the boat is overpowered and could have reduced the jib.

Small marina i Villajoyosa, little north of Alicante. Stayed a couple of months, recall as reasonable. They did not speak much english.

A portable speaker. Extremely happy I did not start cutting holes for speakers inside and outside.

Visited Excel in 2016 to see the desired boat. Not comparable to Dusseldorf, but much more relaxed and less structured, what made strolling more fun.

The most complete guides tend to be the local ones. Here are a couple, in addition to the extensive list by Bergie.

Planning to visit Poland for the first time. We will approach from the west, inside Rugen, the the «canal« past Penemunde. Not sure if the we should continue down to Szczecin or go directly to Swinoujscie and take the bus to Szczecin. After that up to Kotobrzeg before turing back towards Skagerak.