by SAILING ANIMA | Apr 23, 2025 | ADVENTURE
April 16, 2025: Solar System Mystery & the Kindness of Strangers The Never-Ending Sanding Saga The hull drying continues—slowly. While osmosis treatments demand patience, I turned my attention to another critical issue: my failing solar system. The Great Battery...
by SAILING ANIMA | Apr 16, 2025 | ADVENTURE
April 2, 2025: When Osmosis Derails Dreams (But Builds Character) The Plan That Wasn’t This week delivered a brutal reality check. My simple “haul out, paint, and sail away” fantasy collided with the truth: my hull is a waterlogged sponge. Humidity...
by SAILING ANIMA | Apr 10, 2025 | SY ANIMA DEUTSCH
War alles zu viel Euphorie? Kaum auf Bonaire angekommen, ging es zuerst in meine Unterkunft – zwei Nächte sollten reichen, dachte ich. Zwei Tage, um das Boot flott zu machen und drauf schlafen zu können.Na ja… das war wohl etwas zu euphorisch gedacht. Ich mietete mir...
by SAILING ANIMA | Apr 4, 2025 | ADVENTURE
March 26, 2025: A Wild Ride to Curaçao – Engine-Only, No Electronics! The Dramatic Departure Docked bow-first into howling winds, tangled lines wrapped around unforgiving poles—not exactly the smooth exit I’d imagined. Thanks to a kind dockworker’s help, I freed the...
by SAILING ANIMA | Mar 28, 2025 | ADVENTURE
March 13, 2025 – A New Beginning Under a Lunar Eclipse The Backstory: How It All Started In February 2025, I sold my car rental company in Curaçao and set my sights on a new adventure. Little did I know, fate had other plans—and they involved a neglected sailboat...