Last summer was very memorable and full of fun when sailing with Suwena from Germany, through the Netherlands, Belgium and France to the UK. The sailing videoserie of season 2013 is started by the video of Kappeln on Schlei.
Sailing aboard Suwena feat. Tuovi and Teemu 7. – 11.9.
Our friends Tuovi and Teemu from S/Y Saraste joined Suwena’s crew on the autumn sailing trip. As guest bloggers here is their story about our voyage to London. We were invited by Eve and Andrus to the autumn sailing trip
Sailing to Ipswich 27.7. – 31.7.
On Saturday afternoon when we were ready to leave Dover the air was feeling hot and humid. In addition the weather forecast predicted thunderstorms that had not yet arrived. Fortunately Andrus checked the weather radar before our departure. The major
Dover and the Dover Castle 24.7. – 27.7.
On a 70 nautical mile voyage from Brighton to Dover we were sailing under the gennaker for about 20 miles. The local boats searched for better winds by hugging the white limestone cliffs. For us however these were unknown waters
Brighton 22.7. – 23.7.
We again enjoyed hot sunshine after departing from the Beaulieu river on Monday afternoon. Of course we only managed to sail for a few miles before the wind died altogether. We have made jokes to Brits that now their big
The Beaulieu River and Buckler’s Hard 21.7. – 22.7.
On Sunday we were sailing with hundreds of other boats on the Solent. Our destination was Buckler’s Hard marina on the inviting Beaulieu river. The sailing turned out to be a good practise on COLREGS navigational rules because there were
Solent and Port Hamble 18.7. – 20.7.
From the Isle of Wight we continued towards the river Hamble that is also located on the Solent area. We could clearly see that the Solent is the Mecca of sailors in the UK. We could easily spot more than
Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight 16.7. – 18.7.
Silky smooth seas continued on our English Channel crossing from Cherbourg to the Isle of Wight. When I was tying the last knot to the rope of the British courtesy flag when skipper’s head appeared up to the deck and
Cherbourg 13.7. – 15.7.
After visiting small idyllic Honfleur we were on the way to a much bigger Cherbourg. The marina in Cherbourg has 1500 berths. On this 76 nautical mile voyage the logbook got two significant entries. At first Suwena passed the Greenwich
Delicacies of Normandy and Honfleur 9.7. – 12.7.
On the way from Dieppe to Honfleur we again deployed the gennaker because of the light northerly winds. We rigged already a familiar adjustable tack line and the trimming of the sail worked great. We had found an excellent gennaker