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10 Best Sailing Books of All Time – for Nerds & Novices
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Sailing Mallorca Itinerary 1-week: Palma, Portocolom, Cabrera Loop
Mallorca Sailing Itinerary Details: August 2024 - one week sailing itinerary - 120 nm - approximately 4 hours of sailing ...
From Singapore Strait to Singapore Streets – Warships and Water Shows
by Klara Braga Jakobsen Crossing the Singapore Strait On the 14th of September, we finally reached Singapore Strait. It was ...
Reading the Signs – Lessons from Neptune and Jesus
Leaving Indonesia for an even stormier place After officially clearing out of Indonesia in Belitung we were not allowed to ...
Clearing out of Indonesia – Fast, Free and without Agent (Belitung)
This is a step by step Guide to Clearing out of Indonesia based on our process at Tanjung Pandan, Belitung ...
On Passage with Black Duck – Jibing through the Java Sea
I decided to write this story for those who wish to know what it is actually like to be onboard ...
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10 Best Sailing Books of All Time – for Nerds & Novices
10 Best Sailing Books of All Times - Ranked and Reviewed by Sailors Home 〉 Cruising Info 〉 Articles 〉 ...
From Singapore Strait to Singapore Streets – Warships and Water Shows
by Klara Braga Jakobsen Crossing the Singapore Strait On the 14th of September, we finally reached Singapore Strait. It was ...
Reading the Signs – Lessons from Neptune and Jesus
Leaving Indonesia for an even stormier place After officially clearing out of Indonesia in Belitung we were not allowed to ...
On Passage with Black Duck – Jibing through the Java Sea
I decided to write this story for those who wish to know what it is actually like to be onboard ...
Nights at Sea #3 Stress is a part of It
22nd of March 2022, Java Sea on Passage from Komodo to Lombok, SV Black Duck Recently we had a challenging ...
From Sea to City – The Jakarta Excerpts
From Sea to City is a series of short extractions from a trip I made from Lombok to Jakarta.The reason ...
13 Things we wish we knew before sailing to Indonesia
In '13 things we wish we knew before sailing to Indonesia' we talk about things that can be prepared for, ...
A Muslim, a Christian and two Atheists walk into a Mosque
The golden dome of Darussalem We were sitting at Kejol’s Kiosk on the esplanade overlooking the strait where the dark ...
Nights at Sea #2 Loneliness and the sound of thoughts
A Eulogy to sailing All around us, the water sparkles like a blanket of sequins, and Flying Fish, lit in ...
The lost Time at the Mecca of Paperwork and The unsuspected Captain
I just woke up with prayer songs of multiple mosques filling the air with chants and moaning.The sun has still ...
A Sailors Practical Guide to Sorong
Below is a map of Sorong where I have marked all the places we found useful doing our stay here, ...
Nights at Sea #1 Shiver me Timbers is that a Tornado?
...meet it, greet it and endure Maybe it was because of the bananas, for it is an old superstition not ...
7 boat Problems you do not have on land
by Klara Johanne Braga Jakobsen #1 Crocodiles at your Doorstep Crocodiles at your Doorstep by Klara On land you do ...
Weird and Wonderful
by Klara Johanne Braga Jakobsen mUSLIM PRAYERS AND cHRISTMAS tREES We have now been in Indonesia for over two months, ...
Lebebae – for a Sustainable and Musical Ambon
by Klara J. B. Jakobsen https://web.facebook.com/blackduckatsea a gardening excursion Have you ever seen a politician in gardening gloves? We saw ...
What not to do when Running aground
by Klara J. B. Jakobsen Something we have heard a hundred times is “If you haven’t run aground, you haven’t ...
The Independent Life of an Indonesian Sailing Family
A look at Hidup Mandiri, an Indonesian trading vessel owned by a family of four. Hitup Mindiri means Independent Life, ...
SLIPWAYS and Ways to Slip
Here is a short list of the Slipways where we have hauled out Black Duck over the years. Each Slipway ...
What About the Rooster? – Sailing Buru
come rain or shine Three days, two nights through calms and countless squalls we sailed from Wakatobi to Buru.We can ...
The Village On the Water
In a childhood dream Sampela is definitely one of the most remarkable villages I have ever been to. Riley said ...