Updates From the Captain’s Log We left the island of Huahine in French Polynesia for Opua, New Zealand, on October 16, 2020. Below are the daily updates that Max sent to family and friends via satellite, and had posted on our Facebook page. Departure from Fare, Huahine We’re off… Settling into the passage. Calm weather, […]
Author: Bianca Kindler
Spacegrazer Transits the Panama Canal
We finally decided to take the plunge and go through the Panama Canal, and head for the Pacific! Our canal date was postponed a few times. First by us, then by the authorities, who temporarily closed the canal for small vessels due to Covid 19. Now that the canal is open again, and French Polynesia […]
Spacegrazer in Lockdown in Panama
We are in Shelter Bay Marina in Panama, on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. Panama is in lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Our plan before recent events was to go through the canal and sail to New Zealand. We would spend about 6 months sailing the South Pacific on our way there, […]
Stingray City – Grand Cayman
Today was so much fun! We went on a dinghy ride around Grand Cayman’s North Sound to visit Stingray City and Starfish Point. First up was Stingray City. We had been looking forward to this ever since we anchored in Governor’s Creek. Up until now, it had been too windy for us to make this […]
Frolicking at Seven Mile Beach
We are really enjoying the beautiful, long stretch of beach here. It is called Seven Mile Beach, but is ¨only¨5 miles long. Well, that is enough for us! Bianca Kindler
A New View – Grand Cayman
We are still in Grand Cayman – The Cayman Islands´ main island – but we moved from Georgetown to Governors Creek. We had enough of cruise ships blaring their horns – although one ship tooted the tune of the Love Boat, which was good fun, once. Plus, there were high winds in the forecast and […]
Hello 2020 – Cayman Islands
We have been in the Cayman Islands for a few weeks now. On December 31, we arrived in the main town of Georgetown to check into the country. Since it was New Year´s Eve, and nearly the end of the working day, the staff was keen to check us in quickly and get out of […]
Cienfuegos Cuba – So Far So Interesting
We have been in Cienfuegos for a while now. Spacegrazer is anchored just outside the marina. It´s lovely here. The bay is very sheltered, so no rolling around, and safe to jump off for a swim. The town is friendly and relaxed, much more so than Havana. The water is not super clean, but well […]
Havana to Cienfuegos – Not Our Favourite Trip Ever
We have arrived in Cienfuegos after a long trip from Havana, around the western tip of Cuba. We made two stops along the way – one at Cabo San Antonio, the cape at the westernmost point of the island. The second stop we made at Maria la Gorda, just around the corner on the south […]
Short Stop in Maria la Gorda
On our way from Havana to Cuba’s south coast, we are making a short stop in Maria la Gorda (fat Maria). It’s looking pretty relaxed here. Bianca Kindler
A Day in Havana
Havana is a colourful vibrant city. We travelled with Jorge in his 1949 Chevrolet, which as he told me a couple of times was, “all original” handed down from his grandfather to his father to him. We got to see the Plaza de la revolucion where every year 2 million people gather to celebrate. We […]
Arrived in Marina Hemingway, Cuba
We’re in Cuba baby! Checked in and tied up in Hemingway Marina. Bianca Kindler
Our Life on Dry Land Comes to an End
Antifouling and topsides – check. Max will paint the deck next week. New zincs. We took the swim platform off and fixed some fibreglass damage and replaced the motor on it. Took the prop strut off and sent off to the welder for reinforcing. It’s been like camping in your own home for the last […]
Wings, Wheels and Keels
Today we went to the Wings, Wheels and Keels festival here in Virginia. As the name suggests, there would be planes, classic cars and boats on display. Beau, Kai and Zoë immediately spotted the kids area: bouncy castle, slide, a merry go round – they were all there! So we started at the bouncy castle, […]
Reunion in Washington DC
Today we were reunited with 3 other kid boats that we have been sailing with! Our American friends on Mrs. Chippy were there. We have known them since November 2017. We met in Sicily, where we spent the winter together in the same marina. That was a fun time. 8 families, with a total of […]
Five go Wild in Washington DC
We are in Washington DC! We were in the Chesapeake area, ready to get the boat lifted out of the water. But due to the uncertain path of hurricane Dorian, we changed our plans. The hurricane could have caused bad weather where we were: high winds and lots of rain. The yard owners warned us […]
Going to the Zoo
Today we went to to The Bronx Zoo. It’s a beautiful zoo, very green and spacious. We got up early to make sure we had the whole day there. We saw the sea lions performing a show for their feeding time. The biggest male was very close to us. He is quite a star! Then […]
Looking Down at Manhattan – The One World Observatory
Today was the day. It was sunny. The sky was clear. It was a weekday. The perfect day to go up to the top of New York’s tallest building! One World Trade Center (also known as One WTC, 1 World Trade Center, 1 WTC, or Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World […]
Gone to Governor’s Island
Today we met up with Carlijn in Downton Manhattan to take the ferry to Governor’s Island. The ferry ride was only 7 minutes, so we didn’t get seasick. A Leaky Boat Making it to the ferry had been quite an achievement that morning. We were just about to go, and already running late… Nowadays we […]
