SunsetNews_day 6
I’m back in shallow water and tied to a mooring ball at Keehi lagoon in Honolulu.. I have a couple very intense days behind me and feel a little exhausted, especially after the last night. I had... Read More
I’m getting towed into the harbor..
The ropes are attached and I’m getting towed into the harbor. I called boatUS to tow me in.. All is good..! ( 1,787,263 views)... Read More
Sunset News – Day 5
Ahoi, I’m getting closer to Oahu. I could sail the whole night and got ZERO to perform upwind like never before.. It kinda seems like anyone should sail his boat without using the rudder at leas... Read More
Sunset News – Day 4
Ahoi, I sailed the whole night and logged a lot of miles. But just after I woke up I recognized a dump “bang” and the genua starts to flatter.. What happened? I was still lying down but qu... Read More
Sunset News – Day 3
Yep. The rudder is definitely broken. I dove down today and I could clearly see the rudder is separated from the shaft. It’s still a mystery to me how that happened but it’s a fact that it... Read More
Rudder failure!!
The wind died and I started the engine to bypass quickly the area without wind. The weatherforecast said there will be wind a few miles up north.. So I dropped the sails and let the autopilot do the w... Read More
2.000nm straight north_teaser
I did this quick video to talk about my last day on Hawaii and my thoughts and feelings about the BIG ADVENTURE in front of me.. enjoy... Read More
24 hrs until departure – SOLO OCEAN CROSSING
Aloha, it’s time to say Goodbye! Goodbye to the beautiful Hawaiian Islands, Goodbye to the awesome warm climate, Goodbye to the warm water and Goodbye to all the amenities shore life has to offe... Read More
Season 16 started.. new video online!
Aloha, to sweeten your holiday we just uploaded the new video of the new season.. All is new and we completely redesigned the video.. Enjoy and don't forget to like and share!... Read More
didn’t I want adventure..?
yesterday I started cleaning the hull. For any reason was my second dive tank empty so I only had one to use and .. guess what..? I didn’t nearly got the hull clean with only one tank.. The grow... Read More
I guess I found my rhythm, again
After my friends from Maui and Big Island left I wasn’t really motivated to do anything on ZERO. But since yesterday when I epoxied the padeyes to strap down the dinghy into the deck I found m... Read More
52 weeks of cruising – a summary
Time flies! Today is the day we splashed ZERO 52 weeks ago.. After going through a major refit and spending over a year on the dry in Mexico we finally splashed ZERO on Friday the 18th of April and br... Read More
I finally arrived at my final anchorage on Hawaii..
I’m glad I decided to go the long way. When I left Nawiliwili Bay I had two opportunities.. I wanted to go to Hanalei Bay but there are two routes to go there.. First I could go north, up the co... Read More
left Nawiliwili and found a beautiful little anchorage
Yesterday i only worked on the boat. I tied ZERO to the loading dock and met John who helped me filling ZERO’s fuel-tanks.. Not that i called the fuel-company 2 weeks ago and even on Friday they... Read More
Aloha oukou, Mahalo nui loa
This comes from the bottom of our salty hearts! We hope you'll never change! Please enjoy the second part of our Maui experience. This will be the last video of the first (2015) season. Expect somethi... Read More
Arrived exhausted, wet but safe in Nawiliwili bay on Kauai
Aloha.. This leg started weird.. After I lifted up anchor in Kaneohe I steamed through the narrow channel towards the ocean. The waves grow bigger and bigger as far as I went. Not only bigger but very... Read More
On my way to Kauai..
I lifted anchor today to sail to Kauai. It’s around 100 nm from Kaneohe Bay to Nawiliwili. I cleared ZEROs decks the whole morning and put all stuff downstairs away so this time it should be way... Read More
new Video uploaded..
finally we got it together.. check the first part about Maui! Maui was so good to us and will always have a special place in our memories!... Read More
Just a short update..
Our preparation for Alaska are running well and ZERO is almost ready to go.. Just some little tasks left like mounting the new Windgenerator, engine service, etc.. But with the little ones it becomes ... Read More
Mission Impossible – Replacing the Glas in our porthole
I drove around today to find help with our porthole. The Glas cracked in the Alenuihaha Channel and we couldn’t take the window apart to replace the glass. But I finally found a metal shop who c... Read More
Rebecca jumps off the mast!!!
After we saw the latest video from la vagabonde where Riley jumps from the top spreader, Rebecca spontaneous decided she will do that as well from our mast. IF we get 20.000 subscribers until next Fri... Read More