What has happened so far: Sailing Ariadne from Hamburg to Inkoo, Finland, is almost halfway. Ariadne arrived in Hasle in Bornholm two days after departing from Kiel, crewed by Humes, Aimo, Jari, Markku, Piccu and Tuomas. Markku: Heater Somehow the mechanical side of the heater installation was on me, so I spent the afternoon at […]
Read moreKiel – Inkoo, osa 1
Ariadne arrived from Hamburg to Kiel on Thursday 4.5. evening and OIav packed his backpack and left for home. Personally, I was waiting for the crew to arrive on Friday morning, which were Aimo, Jari, Markku, Piccu and Aimonpoika Tuomas. The initial optimistic plan was to get off the harbour as early as Friday after […]
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Early morning in Brunsbuttel. 4. of May We left the port of Brunsbuttel early in the morning at 06.00 towards Kiel. The trip was just as boring as Hartwig’s second son, Hillmar had told. The first few hours went well and the trip folded at a speed of about 5.5 knots. When the engine first […]
Read moreTo Kiel - part 1
May May arrived all too quickly. Originally, I had planned to fly to Hamburg on May 2, but because buying the food wasn’t entirely successful, I made an early departure one day earlier. I flew to Hamburg in the morning and rented a car for a couple of days, because otherwise buying food and drinks […]
Read moreLaunch in Hamburg
Ariadne was launched on April 21, 2017 at 8 a.m. after renovating two busy fair weekends. April 21 The launch was scheduled for 8 a.m. Hartwig’s son Olav had arrived on time to help with the launch. At 7.55 the doors of the hall opened and a low small truck (could it also be […]
Read moreWorking with Ariadne in Hamburg during spring 2017
“Time passes and you must move on, half the distance takes you twice as long.” – Glen Frey Ariadne was scheduled to be sailed to Finland in May. Before that, I should get the spring renovation done – myself – because I would have been immensely suspected if someone else would do all the job […]
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