Caribbean

22
Jun
2023
Gallery – Havanna

Gallery – Havanna

For the first time since we have been living on Mabul, we leave her alone in the marina in Cienfuegos and make our way overland to Havana. We spend a total of five days in a breathtaking and incredibly diverse city. Bitter poverty and dilapidated buildings are just one street away from the restored downtown where tourists and cigar sellers throng. We also take a tour of the surrounding area and get another deep insight into Cuba’s history, culture and society.

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17
Jun
2023
Cuba’s wild south coast

Cuba’s wild south coast

As we approach Cuba on an early morning in May, after three days and three nights on the open sea, we immediately realize that everything is different here. In the bay off Santiago de Cuba, on the eastern edge of the big island, men drift across the water on truck tubes, a paddle in one hand and a fishing line in the other. The sailing itself should also be somewhat unusual here in Cuba.

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16
Jun
2023
Gallery – Cuba’s South

Gallery – Cuba’s South

The passage from Santiago de Cuba to Cienfuegos is wild! Uninhabited islands, magical reefs, many fish, few people. Provisions are no longer for sale, but finally we fish – and how! – Moreover, the lobster fishermen take us along on the hunt. However, we spend a lot of time not hunting, but looking. We dive in the Jardines de la Reina, the Queen’s Gardens, on fish-rich, wonderfully intact reefs, where we encounter sharks, barracudas and doris.

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10
Jun
2023
Gallery – Cuba Diving I

Gallery – Cuba Diving I

The Jardines de la Reina, the Queen’s Gardens, take our breath away. Coral bleaching seems to be a foreign word to the endless reefs in the south of Cuba. This is probably also due to the fact that the islands are all uninhabited and civilization seems far away. Only thanks to our diving compressor from Bauer Kompressoren we can do more than two dives.

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08
Jun
2023
Gallery – Santiago de Cuba

Gallery – Santiago de Cuba

Coming from the Dominican Republic, we reach Santiago de Cuba after a large arc around Haiti, various thunderstorm fronts and three days and nights. Mabul is stuffed with provisions, as we have already heard that the current supply situation is precarious, especially since the pandemic. We spend four days in Santiago, immerse ourselves in Cuban (night) life and take our friend Christoph on board, who will accompany us for the next few weeks.

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04
Jun
2023
Caribbean and conflicts – life on a sailboat

Caribbean and conflicts – life on a sailboat

Life on a sailing boat is more than just drinking gin and tonic at sunset. Karin Mandy Schielke from Deutschlandfunk Kultur explains how we had to completely rediscover our roles and why we would move back to a sailing boat at any time. Listen to the podcast “Plus Eins”:

https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/aussteiger-paar-zieht-auf-ein-segelboot-karibik-und-konflikte-dlf-kultur-12b7dafb-100.html

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