- the immensity of the sea,
- the wind that blows you further,
- character of islands and their inhabitants,
- being close together "on your own"
to bring this into the picture is sailing and photographing...
"...Twenty years from now
you wil be more disappointed by the things you didn´t do than by the ones you did.
So throw off the bowlines. Sailaway from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
cited from Mark Twain
Trips
Channel Islands
In July 2010, in August 2012 and 2016 we sailed from the French port of Cherbourg on the 2-masted schooner Zephyr to the 5 Channel Islands of Alderney, Jersey, Sark, Guernsey and Herm.
West Frisian Islands
From 29.7. to 5.8.2011 we sailed with the Mermaid with or without sails from Harlingen to the West Frisian islands Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog.
From 11.7. to 18.7.2015 we sailed again with the Mare Mareike from Harlingen via Terschelling, Vlieland and Texel to the Ijsselmeer.
Danish South Sea
In early August 2013 and July 2017 we sailed from Kappeln in Schleswig-Holstein to the Danish South Seas. With the Zephyr we called at the islands Ærø and Lyø as well as Faaborg on Funen and Sønderborg. In the second tour we went again via Sonderborg, Ærø to Avernake, Svendborg, Valdemar Slot and Faaborg back.
Ruegen-Møn-Hesnæs
At the end of July 2014 we sailed with the Zephyr from Stralsund first to Vitte on Hiddensee and from there to the Danish island of Møn. After a detour in Hesnæs we sailed back to Wiek on Ruegen.
Norway Fjords
At the beginning of August 2018 we sailed from Tananger in Norway to the Kvitsoy Islands. In the second leg we sailed to Amoy. From there into the fjordland of the Norwegian coast and finally under the bridge into the Lysefjord. Under the Preikestolen, the highest cliff in the world, we sailed to Florly, our destination.