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SV Golya – a new design of Dick Koopmans
Written by Dick Koopmans: Designing Golya was a real pleasure, A lot of designs are designed around an interior, but not with this yacht. She is in the first place a sailing yacht. There still where...
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Thoughts of an insider
REFLECTIONS A couple of decades in the stern embellishment business have given me the opportunity to set foot on, or at the very least cast my eye over, the great majority of the thousands of different...
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SV Monsterpiu – Jayme Souza + Adriana Diniz Br
GUESTS at HAMBURG CITY MARINA Jayme and Adriana from Brasil came to Germany to receive a brandnew HANSE 385 from the HANSE YARD in Greifswald. Delivery took some unexpected time so they decided to stay...
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SV Anne – Nette+Stefan Wendl GER
FAMILY + 3 KIDS + THE ATLANTIC ROUND Thats the plan and we will see what the reality will be. With a little bit of support from various sides, they will start on 3rd of july from the City Port of...
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SV Olgalou – Inga + Vassil Beitz GER
Inga+Vassil married twice – aboard and ashore Inga is a longterm cartoonist on this Windpilot Blog since years. She has illustrated quite a few pages and our friendly relationship is lasting for years...
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Windpilot – back to our Roots
WINDPILOT – OUR ENGLISH ROOTS The history of Windpilot since the company changed hands in 1976 is quite well-known, largely because of the unusual nature of the transaction: a straight swap, agreed on...
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Hinckley Picnic Boat – JetStick – Tom Serrao
BACK TO EARTH WITH A BUMP – experiences of an owner A blog about motorboats? Are you serious? Why would sailors want to read about stinkboats? We know what they’re like, we know we don’t like them and...
View ArticleSV Civetta – Vlado Porvaznik SLO
A video that came in from my friend Vlado – whom I have never met since decades – but with whom I feel to be a close friend as we are very apparently very close in our mind – since so many years…...
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Windpilot – back to our Roots
WINDPILOT – OUR ENGLISH ROOTS The history of Windpilot since the company changed hands in 1976 is quite well-known, largely because of the unusual nature of the transaction: a straight swap, agreed on...
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SV NatHape – Nathalie + Hans Peter CH
If websites go travelling Travelling the world, does not necessarily require to leaving the home. Sometimes it is enough to open an appropriate website to travel thousands of kilometers. This should be...
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SV Suditude – Jean Claude Fleuret CH
PASSAGE TRINIDAD TO CHILE Hello Peter, Beautiful your pilot; we are now in Valdivia, all the time performed by your invention! Perfection even in weak wind and strong ! More finesse than the Windsurf,...
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Circumnavigation # 1
HIGHS, LOWS and MYTHS Few utterances stir the soul and spirit of a sailor like the word “circumnavigation”, the visible tip of a vast iceberg mighty enough in the mind of most seafaring folk to change...
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HR 42 Ketch – for sale – occasion –€ 88.000
SV KIRA VON CELLE 12,93 x 3,98 x 2,05m, OE Design, Baunummer # 83, Bj 1983, Totalrefit 2002 – 2004, vast documentation and expertise available Yanmar 4HJ4-E 56 PS in 2007 Vetus Bow thruster fully...
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SV Admetus – Belinda+David Sturm AT
THREE YEARS DONE – HALF WAY ROUND Small boat on a long journey, Belinda, David and their SADLER 32 entered the Pacific at the beginning of the year 2014, visiting Polynesia, Tuamotus and other...
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Circumnavigation # 2
ALL THE WAY AROUND … WHAT? Haparanda: remote, mysterious, alluring… and located at the very top of the Baltic, so best enjoyed with the aid of some friendly sunshine. It’s really all about the journey,...
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SV Kira von Celle – New Zealand – Malaysia
SKIZZEN EINES SEGELJAHRES 29. Mai 2013, Opua, Neuseeland. Die Crews von ca. 15 Yachten stehen Schlange vor dem Hafenbüro von Custom NZ. Die Abfertigung verläuft gewohnt schnell und unkompliziert. Bussi...
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Wollwachs – Lanolin – Windpilot
WINDPILOT und die SCHAFE, eine innige VERBINDUNG Wie bitte? Schafe auf See? Nein, aber an den Händen, als Wundcreme everybodies Darling, vom Apotheker billig eingekauft und kraft seines weissen Kittels...
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