Author: Ulrich Fingscheidt

We crossed the last bridge on our way home, the Fehmarnsund Brücke.

We enjoy the last young moon of this journey sailing along the chain of the Ostfriesische Inseln (East Frisian Islands).

On our aproach to Borkum we passed the largest semi-submersible crane vessel. Sleipnir was Odin’s eight-legged horse. This crane ship can lift up to 20 000 tonnes. By the way, I am finally back in Germany after six years!

One od these new offshore windparks is connected to the grid with new cables. We saw the gigantic cable spools on land.

This is the first oil platform we come across in the North Sea. It looks like a ship on stilts and is called Excalibur. It is registered in Vanuatu (islands in the South Pacific).

On our route along the Normandie we pass the offshore windpark north of Fécamp. Look at the pretty radar image!

I just finished my last bluewater passage.

No summer in this part of the world. Fog and rain. I leave the cabin only for seconds to adjust the sails. Treated myself with a bowl of fresh popcorn, sweet and salty. Delicious.

While my family and friends were asleep I played several rounds of ship tetris. I navigated south of the Trafic Separation Scheme Off Île D’Quessant. The photo shows all the ships lining up south of the TSS. Easy is the black symbol with the blue track. Now I am trying to get some sleep in the Inshore Traffic Zone.