Nr 36. Welcome to England!
Berwick-upon-Tweed. That would turn out the be the first harbor in England, since we said goodbye to Scotland and Edinburgh! It’s only 15 miles from the border of Scotland, but Berwick-upon-Tweed sounds already very English 😉. A friend told us: ‘Ah, if you hear about a town called ‘something-upon-something’, you are in England!’. During our […]
Nr 35. Repairs, repairs, repairs
‘Anything that can break on your ship, will break’. That was not a very uplifting remark, a sailor made to me during our conversation! I interviewed 10 sailors in 2020, who had sailed the world seas, in preparation for our catamaran world trip. This sailor made it very clear: ‘the salt water of the seas […]
Nr 34. Goodbye to Scotland: 10 surprising facts we learned about The Scots
After we spend the festivities of Christmas and the New Year in Edinburgh, it is time for us to sail further south. And Edinburgh is one of the last ports of Scotland, only 1 or 2 sailing days away, we will cross the border of England! After 2 months of Sailing in Scotland, we find […]
Nr 33. Top 10 favorite moments 2021
At the end of a year you reflect on how the year went, what you liked, didn’t like, learned, and like to do again or do it a bit differently next year. We have had 8 great months since we have started our world trip by catamaran on the 1st of Mai 2021, it went […]
Nr 32. X-mas in Edinburgh
Once we arrived in Edinburgh, we were happy to spend Christmas here! Our catamaran is in Port Edgar, it’s a famous harbor, because it is situated in the bay of Firth of Forth, under 3 bridges. Quite a special view from your window each day! We took our folding bikes from the boat and cycled […]
Nr 31. Mist and Tides
When it comes to wintersailing, people ask us if it isn’t uncomfortable: sailing along the east coast of Great-Britain. They think coldness and rain may affect us during sailing here. Well, that’s the least of our worries. Because we have a tent around a boat, rain doesn’t bother us and the temperatures have no real […]
Nr 30. The Poor and The Rich
When travelling along the east coast of Scotland, you can’t deny the difference in prosperity. Difference in poor and rich people. We notice at the entrance of the supermarket, special big bins where you can put packaged food that you bring from home which you don’t use of that will expire soon. Those bins are […]
Nr 29. Scotland Rescue Helicopter
The best sailingplan is to be 100% flexible, because at sea, every day works out different then expected. You have many unexpected moments. On the 3rd of December, one of those moments occured. We were sailing along the eastcoast of Scotland, from Whitehills to Peterhead. It was a sunny day, 30 knots of wind, we […]
Nr 28. Snow at Loch Ness
After we visited Wick, we sailed further south on the on the Northeast coast of Scotland. It’s a rough coast, with not many harbours, so after 9 hours of sailing we headed for the fisherharbor of Helmsdale. It was a small harbor with only 2 jetties and lots of fisherboats, but there was a nice […]
Nr 27. Visiting Orkney Islands and Wick
After the Shetland islands we sailed south to the Orkney islands. These are the last group of islands above the northeast part of Scotland, before you reach the mainland of Scotland. The Orcadians, as they are called, are a proud clan and cherish their independence, so they have their own flag and talk about Orkney […]