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H a b i b i S a i l s: Flashback: How we ended up on Block Island
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A Swiss couple sails around the world. Flashback: How we ended up on Block Island. Shape of Block Island: locals call it a "pork chop". It was mid-April in Culebra/Puerto Rico when we met Bill (an American cruising bartender with Irish roots, we mentioned him already in this former post. We all have a certain picture in mind when we hear "Bermuda" - sup-tropical climate, turquoise water, offshore companies, Bermuda triangle etc. But what's the picture when you hear "Block Island"? According to our friend...
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H a b i b i S a i l s: February 2014
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A Swiss couple sails around the world. Flashback: hot, humid and calm - our last stretch. Habibi entering the C&D Canal. After winning the battle against the stinging flies (and the Coast Guard - but that's another story.) in the Delaware Bay we faced our very last anchoring maneuver behind Reedy Island. In the Delaware River. Thinking of our friends Chris and Steve on Scott-Free. THE GAP (photo credit by " Cruisin' with John and Deb. Then we turned West into the C&D (Chesapeake and Delaware) Canal. ...
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H a b i b i S a i l s: Bermuda - Trip Update
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A Swiss couple sails around the world. Bermuda - Trip Update. Imagine this view for 6 1/2 days. Sorry for the delay – but as we have no internet on board everything takes more time. As promised here is the update on our longer crossing from Puerto Rico to Bermuda. In simple words, it was surreal! We left Palmas del Mar Marina in Puerto Rico early on Wednesday morning 8. For three days in a row we saw sustained winds of 30 – 40 knots and seas as big as houses! The rest of the stormy days we stayed on a st...
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H a b i b i S a i l s: Flashback: Battle of Habibi
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A Swiss couple sails around the world. Flashback: Battle of Habibi. We experienced a more or less uneventful sail from New York down South towards the Chesapeake Bay. Area - well, we managed to escape a few squalls and not to pick up one of the numerous lobster pots on the way. Ah, and a school of dolphins accompanied us for a while. When entering the Delaware Bay. We encountered a well known phenomena (which, truth be told, had nothing to do with our shower intervals! An ordonata attacking and.
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H a b i b i S a i l s: November 2014
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A Swiss couple sails around the world. Final flashback: Habibi's Sailing Adventure 2011-13. It's been more than a year that we pulled into Rock Hall/Maryland to end our sailing adventure of two years and to start a landlubber's life once again. In the meantime Habibi has found new owners and we are certain that they care for her as much as we did. Now, kick back and enjoy the show! Picture below shows us on our maiden voyage. Right after we had left the dock in Rock Hall/ Maryland back in October 2011.
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H a b i b i S a i l s: 900nm ahead!
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A Swiss couple sails around the world. Even if many ocean crossing saltwater sailors may laugh - we're a bit nervous about the upcoming trip. If weather permits we will sail from Puerto Rico. Straight up to Bermuda. And if you check the map carefully you may even find Bermuda on it. It's not some fly poop in the middle of nowhere, it's actually a bunch of islands, tiny and "just right" off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on the US East Coast. This morning ( Tuesday. That's almost as challenging as the trip...
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H a b i b i S a i l s: Flashback: hot, humid and calm - our last stretch
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A Swiss couple sails around the world. Flashback: hot, humid and calm - our last stretch. Habibi entering the C&D Canal. After winning the battle against the stinging flies (and the Coast Guard - but that's another story.) in the Delaware Bay we faced our very last anchoring maneuver behind Reedy Island. In the Delaware River. Thinking of our friends Chris and Steve on Scott-Free. THE GAP (photo credit by " Cruisin' with John and Deb. Then we turned West into the C&D (Chesapeake and Delaware) Canal. ...
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H a b i b i S a i l s: Newport sucks, really!
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A Swiss couple sails around the world. Newport sucks, really! Coffee Stop at Castle Hill with Durbin. We stayed now for more than one week in Newport. And as the title says, it really sucks. And if you think it cannot get worse, there are those people! Take Bill for example. We met him back in Culebra, Puerto Rico, where he was working in the "Dinghy Dock Bar and Restaurant" on the weekends. He actually owns a well known Irish pub back in Charleston himself (" Dunleavy's Pub". He insisted to show us arou...
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H a b i b i S a i l s: Sailing New England
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A Swiss couple sails around the world. The light and fog horn at the entrance to Newport. Just a brief update. We're still cruising New England (currently in Block Island) and we're in love with it, even if it comes with a few sailing challenges that we have to get used to. Our "bible" while sailing this area. As you may also know lobster is the catch over here - everywhere! On this buoy a lobster pot is attached. Fog can appear quickly in New England! June 19, 2013 at 5:52 PM. July 11, 2013 at 3:27 PM.
