by Kai Echelmeyer | Mar 13, 2023 | Carribean
Roadtrip Reunion with polish hitchhikers! On 21 February, I arrived with Simon on his windsurfing sailboat off St Martin towards evening.The island is the smallest territory in the world that is shared by two states. For a long time, this was France and Holland, who...
by Kai Echelmeyer | Mar 3, 2023 | Carribean
It is shortly after midnight on the sailing ship Julie Marie. On the horizon I can see the lights of the Caribbean islands of Antigua, Montserrat and Nevis in different directions.I’ve taken over from the skipper Simon and now I’m on shift for 3 hours:...
by Kai Echelmeyer | Feb 17, 2023 | Carribean, Uncategorized
I translate my texts from German to English by deepl – to be transparent.”Dylan is here!” When we arrived in Martinique, I was flooded with information. Sure: for 16 days on the Atlantic the only input came from 6 fellow sailors (apart from the daily...
by Kai Echelmeyer | Feb 15, 2023 | Atlantic
In the last few months I have been on several sailboats, hitchhiking from Europe across the Atlantic to the Dominican Republic. In this blog post, I would like to share with you my experiences and tips on hitchhiking across the Atlantic, especially on how to find a...
by Kai Echelmeyer | Feb 10, 2023 | Atlantic
After I already sailed with the Beso del Viento from Gibraltar to the Canary Islands and from there to Cape Verde, I already knew the boat and crew well and so I also successfully mastered the third part and arrived safe and sound in the Caribbean!So I managed to...
by Kai Echelmeyer | Jan 12, 2023 | Atlantic
In this blog post, I will not only tell you about what we experienced on Cape Verde, but I would like to introduce you to the country and what I was able to learn about it – it’s worth it!I admit that for me, too, Cape Verde was just a name I had heard...
