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Travel letters / Reisebrev.

      This page contains all the travel letters that me and my crew have wrote during the cruise on S/Y Spetakkel. The letters will eventually be a diary for me but for now they are public and anyone who wants to read them are welcome.

Chapter Six:                   The End.

      The last chapter for this time. Read theletters i made from Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia here..

Chapter Five:                   A year  in Tonga?.

      I planned to spend a few  months in Tonga but i ended up staying for a year.

The letters in Chapter five are all from Tonga.

Chapter Four:                    Single Handling.

      When leaving Tahiti and French Polynesia my good friend Darryl had for obvious reasons (more on this later) signed off and I was alone. Sailing solo is a not really that difficult but it if very, very different. Even though it can be great to have some time for yourself I started to talk to myself on day 5 of the first long passage and were longing for land and people to talk to. 

The Cook islands have in my opinion the nicest people in Polynesia but they have all been very nice so it is hard to judge.

Chapter Three:  24 days at sea and Stuck in French Polynesia.

      A Pacific crossing normally has great weather but the distances between ports are long. The longest one is from Galapagos to The Marquesas. Me and Darryl did this 3000 mile sail in 24 days and that is supposed to be fast? Arriving at the 'wrong time' in Polynesia i had to wait there for 6 months before sailing on but i did not mind being stuck in either Tahiti or Bora Bora :-) 

There is a great variety among these letters. Some are written in a haze or very fast and some are serious.

Chapter Two:                      Entering the Pacific.

      Going through the Panama Canal is a milestone for any sailor. Besides being a lot of fun it is also a bit nerve-wrecking and for me this is where I had to make the definitive decision of which way to sail home?. The short way from the Caribbean of the long way across the pacific towards Australia and Africa. 

There are many letters from Galapagos, that is because I stayed there a long time and because it was 'Eden'.

Chapter One:               The Adventure Begins.

      Sailing the Caribbean is supposed to be easy and it was. The problem's I had in the Caribbean was mostly because of the engine and my own lack of experience. When me and my Canadian friend Darryl Lehockey boarded the sailboat in Trinidad April 05. it was my second time to set my feet in a sailboat over 24 feet and Darryl's first real sail.

These letters are the first ones and reflects that but they are also among the best because they are honest and written by complete sailing amateurs who are trying their best to be sailors.

Letters from Previous Crew.

      These letters are written by previous crew that has signed off. I have been very fortunate and have with one single exception always had great crew. Thank you all for the contribution and help you have given me.

A couple more letters should soon be posted. (Joar you are too late so i am posting the toilet picture again, hehe  ;-)