Bahamas 2009 Wow, just passed the last test for being a qualified skipper with just 400nm of experience. Now, the next step had to be living our dream. Lots of studies and careful search about a safe sailing area brought us to the amazing Bahamas! Whitsundays, Australia 2010 This time tides more wind and a vessel which heels over - great fun and jumping whales. No.2 was a great success and another step forward on the everlasting learning curve. Our love for water is unsatisfied. We spend 10y ears or so diving the planet (see diving). Later we discovered the unbelievable freedom of sailing. The spirit and exclusivity of the nature is unbeaten - and comes next to a safari in Africa (see safaris). Soon we became addicted ... and grew older. Children were born (2013 and 2015) which seemed to limit our opportunities to sail (and to travel). But far fetched. We are still doing it - with fewer long passages but still: we are blessed and gifted to be on a boat at least sometimes. West Indies 2011 ok, we got the first experiences at the Bahamas, we got tides in Australia, now we need open ocean and trade winds to go for the next step ahead. In one word: don’t be shy, just do it and enjoy a fab sailing trip...! West Indies 2012 it was so good, we needed to to it again. well, we had lot’s of wind, 3m swell and did it up to Anguilla this time. Quite a sportive event with a 439 vessel this time. Can life be any better? Not many photos here but a small movie to let you grap the flavour. Seychelles 2012 Some nice little sailing in the land of they classy IKEA-Beach-Photos. Easy sailing, great beaches - a truly relaxing atmosphere Mallorca 2013 First time in the mediterainien waters and for the first time ... with our offspring. Carl born May 22nd as a to be sailor had to give it a try in early August. Would we be able to do both: sailing and playing our new role: being parents??? Gulf of Naples, Italy 2013 The second journey with little Carl. More demanding I became over time and less willing to sleep. Which is good! But more challenging to sail in changing conditions - thunderstorms included. West Indies 2014 Paternity Leave - 1 month of freedom and joy - sailing in the Caribbean. But the job did call us home and we ended up sailing a bit around Antigua only. Still very enjoyable and with quite something we learned - again! Turkey, 2014 3 Weeks sailing with Carl (plus Jan’s mum)... we did chose Turkey’s Fetihye as a starting point despite the brutal heat. We knew there were only gentle winds and as such little healing for our brave grinder. Very enjoyable it was... West Indies 2015 First attempt to do the Caribbean with 2 Kids... 9mths and 2,5years of age. Guadeloupe - St. Lucia and back to Martinique. Its not quite the most chilling holiday but by far better than to stay on land - and we had some amazing sailing! Anguilla-St Martin-St Barth 2016 Caribbean the fifth. This time with an awfull BALI 4.5 cat. We sailed small distances only in order not to bore the kids too much. The flip side is we checked out all meaningful anchorages of the 3 islands and discovered several beautiful spots which we didn’t know before...