Schoelcher As always a cosy beautiful atmosphere on Altimate while repairs needed to be done don't worry he wasn't naked I love boat work! The hydraulic cylinder was finally removed, only the hoses were left here El Capitano was trying to open the screw nuts frop the hydraulic step by step removing the old seals, …
The first week with Jana Walli and Lutz were so kind to lend us their car to pick up Jana from the airport. That was really nice! Unfortunately the weather god was not as nice. As closer Jana came as worse got the weather. By the time we reached the airport it was just pouring …
Some pics from our Autogyro flight the 10th of Feb. 2022 It was just a pity that we weren't allowed to stay at the airfield. Only El Capitano managed to catch a few shots while he was leaving the manoeuvring area. We would have loved to get some pics from the departure or the landing. …
Information regarding the feature picture: Those boats are called "Gommiers". The boats are traditional Indian boats from the Caribbean, which at first neither had sail nor rudder. They were used for fishing and transport. It is said these are the oldest types of boats in Martinique. Gommier is a traditional boat, today built by using …
and some last impressions of Saint Vincent, where we had a stop over to collect our missing laundry and just had a little stroll to the marina Blue Lagoon this booby used Altimate as a hunting platform when we were crossing from Bequia to Young Island /Saint vincent; he stayed with us for over an …
Mayreau - Salt Whistle Bay the beautiful anchorage Salt Whistle bay at the north tip of Mayreau Altimate soflty swinging in the bay view of the bay looking south - west such a beautiful place that is the beach on the other side of the small stripe of land, the windward careenage its a bit …
On our passage to Bequia only a few miles past Carricou passing Union Island, Chatham bay We had perfect sailing conditions and I felt in the mood to do some exercise- only for the pic of course just passing the most western tip of Bequia, only a few more tacks to go a pretty local …
The image pic: Calypso Island of Halifax bay. Stretching our legs ashore at Halifax. We started at the little beach just beside where we anchored and hiked up the hill. Reaching the top we were spoiled by beautiful views and like always - amazing nature. Hoping to find some civilisation, we followed the path and …
Shopping on the last day before lockdown we did not shop this fellow, but I thought he would make a nice mascot for the German soccer team Borussia Dortmund 😁first getting dough at a drive through ATMat the market in St George's waiting for the rain to stop Egmont bay my attempt to capture our …
Some random shots out of the car on our first mobile day. everywhere one can find those little huts where locals sell their mostly home grown fruit and vegetable, homemade juices and other goodiesthis lady just sold juicesgreen everywheresome streets look like thismost of the houses in Grenada are stilt houses; the underneeth area is …
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