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Saved by the Danes!
We have been bouncing around for six hours overnight in the Kattegat, exhausted, sailing with our genoa and no engine in choppy waters....
Jul 186 min read


A romantic night sail begins...
I was actually looking forward to our night sail from beloved Fyn, the island in central Denmark where we celebrated our wedding, to the...
Jul 166 min read


Jens to the rescue
The sun is blazing at 6:00 am when our alarm rings and we reluctantly prepare to leave Svendborg. Reluctantly — because we love this...
Jul 144 min read


Seduction in Svendborg
In Svendborg City Marina Svendborg had surprises waiting for us. As our Raymarine autopilot had burnt out just as we left Bagenkop, we...
Jul 53 min read


Ahoy Denmark!
July 3, 2025 — Two years ago, the last time we sailed from Fehmarn, Germany, to Bagenkop, Denmark, we got gobsmacked by weather that...
Jul 44 min read


Season 2 in the Baltic, First Stop: Orth!
With almost no wind, we purred out of the slip in Ancora Marina, Neustadt in Holstein, easily. I had a few butterflies in my stomach the...
Jul 14 min read


Ancora Marina Neustadt, Holstein, Germany
While we enjoyed the morning chants of laughing seagulls on the fringes of Ancora Marina in Neustadt, it was an honor to be invited to...
Sep 27, 20242 min read


Gedser, Denmark.
We have learned how hard it is to leave Denmark! We sailed south to Rødvig, about 35 miles south of Copenhagen, on the same island of...
Sep 21, 20242 min read


Copenhagen, Denmark
Steaming Danish pastries, knockout architecture, and endless bike paths are hallmarks of this buzzing capital — Copenhagen, Denmark — our...
Sep 13, 20241 min read


Nordhavn, Copenhagen.
We could end this adventure with a sail into the sunset amid tender, lapping waves, a dulcet Burt Bachrach tune serenading in the...
Sep 8, 20245 min read


Bua Hamn, Sweden
We can hardly believe we sailed from Southampton, England, from Dover to Dunkirk, touching France and Belgium, spending delicious days in...
Sep 5, 20241 min read


Käringöns Hamn, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Thanks to Lucy Bromwich and Adrian Healy for this fab photo! “Go north!” all the Swedish sailors said. “Go north!” While we knew we would...
Sep 2, 20242 min read


Marstrands gästhamn
When the roaring surf calmed overnight to a purr, we emerged from our Vrångö cocoon pointed north to Marstrand, the “sailing Mecca” of...
Aug 28, 20242 min read


Vrångö, Gothenburg, Sweden
We sailed to the tiny island of Vrångö in Sweden’s Gothenburg archipelago not only because of its unspoiled beauty but as a refuge from...
Aug 26, 20242 min read


Hamnkrogen Lotsen Vrångö, Gothenburg, Sweden
Strong westerly breezes puffed our sails full of air, blowing us easily over the North Atlantic’s Kattegat from Denmark to Varberg,...
Aug 21, 20242 min read


Havnen - Anholt
A 20K hike from the marina to the lighthouse A remote desert island shaped like a bird midway between Sweden and Denmark, Anholt is a...
Aug 18, 20242 min read


Havnen - Anholt
We were sad to leave dreamy Ballen Havn, Samsø , but anticipating a long passage to another remote island gets the adrenaline pumping. We...
Aug 15, 20243 min read


Ballen Havn, Samsø
Middelfart, Denmark was the perfect haven for us as a storm dumped rain and blew stiff winds through this genteel northern European land....
Aug 13, 20242 min read


Middelfart Marina - Middelfart Lystbådehavn
We radioed ahead to the Marstal marina, as has been our custom in England, France, Belgium and Germany. But no one answered our call....
Aug 10, 20244 min read


Marstal, Denmark
Marstal Havn Waves of relief washed over us as we entered the Elbe River into Cuxhaven, at the entrance to the Kiel Canal in Germany. Bye...
Aug 6, 20241 min read
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