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An eventful night or “Bristol Stool Chart #7”

Posted on October 15, 2017November 12, 2017 by Andreas Ettl

I’m not sure where to start. It was a long night. Maybe I should start with saying that everyone on board and the boat itself are fine – nothing major broken. We all are a memorable experience richer. It all started with me being happy on the helm (steering the boat) under the Code 2 Read more about An eventful night or “Bristol Stool Chart #7”[…]

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Weekend?

Posted on October 14, 2017October 15, 2017 by Andreas Ettl

You wish! There is no Sunday on the boat – apart from having great French toast. We had a very very very busy night, with a lot of sail changes in the dark and cold. The entire watch was cold and exhausted after 4h of intense work. Still everyone was up again 4h later for Read more about Weekend?[…]

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303

Posted on October 13, 2017October 15, 2017 by Andreas Ettl

What a great number. At least when it is the amount of nautical miles sailed in the last 24h. To put this into perspective: for my German costal sailing licence (BR-Schein), which I did 20 years ago, we were required to prove that we have sailed 350 nm. We did that but just during our Read more about 303[…]

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A taste of Southern Ocean

Posted on October 12, 2017October 15, 2017 by Andreas Ettl

Ok – back to sailing again. Sine we have left Punta del Este, the Atlantic has welcomed us with strong winds and rough seas. This had left some more crew when usual a bit green in the face and with less appetite (including me – but thanks to some medication not as bad as on Read more about A taste of Southern Ocean[…]

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Punta – the wine

Posted on October 11, 2017October 15, 2017 by Andreas Ettl

I’m not much of a wine expert, so this will be short. To be honest my wine knowledge is pretty limited, but I think I an taste what is a decent wine. However, whenever I go somewhere I pick up little bits and pieces of interesting information. Here I learned that in Uruguay the conditions Read more about Punta – the wine[…]

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Punta – the food

Posted on October 11, 2017October 15, 2017 by Andreas Ettl

Food is maybe a bit to generic – it’s meat, fish and empenadas. Ah – but I should not forget Dulce de Leche – the South American (probably originally Argentinian) desert made from caramelised condensed milk. It delicious, especially on crepe or with some ice cream…. :-p In Uruguay, when you eat meat as a Read more about Punta – the food[…]

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Stop-over in Punta

Posted on October 11, 2017October 15, 2017 by Andreas Ettl

We have left Uruguay already a few days ago, but the first stop over deserves some posts in my blog. Punta del Este is a tourist town in South-East Uruguay. During the season it’s population grows from a few 100k to over 1 million. It is especially popular with Argentinians and Brazilians – so besides Read more about Stop-over in Punta[…]

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