The dream and reality of our life on a sailing boat.
Our report appeared in the NZZ am Sonntag magazine on 13.10.2024.
Publications
Panama’s corrupt officials
Karin’s column about Panama’s corruption.
Published in “global” magazine from Alliance Sud, issue autumn 2024.
The Cayo Guano lighthouse keepers
Our feature on the lighthouse keepers of Cayo Guano del Este in Cuba.
Published in NZZ, issue 3rd August 2024.
https://www.nzz.ch/reisen/reisen-die-leuchtturmwaerter-von-der-cayo-guana-del-este-ld.1825105
The supposed paradise
Karin’s column about Cayos Albuquerque, a Colombian atoll off the coast of Nicaragua.
Published in “global” magazine from Alliance Sud, issue Winter 2022/23.
Logbook for a happy life
Karin’s portraits of four sailors we met on our trip.
Published in NZZ, issue 21th Jun 2024.
Traffic jam at the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is one of the most important bottlenecks for international shipping. Approximately five percent of world trade is now handled through the canal, and two thirds of all ships that pass through the canal come from or go to the USA. Thanks to the Panama Canal, international shipping routes have been shortened by weeks or even months. Merchant ships, cruise ships, sailing ships and warships no longer have to sail around Cape Horn, which is feared as a ship graveyard with its wild storms and untameable waves, but can cross the continent in a day. The canal is fed with fresh water from two reservoirs: Lake Gatún and Lake Alajuela. These also supply the two million Panamanians who live in the center of the country. The population and the ships compete for the water. For a long time, this was no cause for concern, as tropical Panama is one of the rainiest countries in the world and the reservoirs were always well filled. However, everything changed last year with the El Niño climate phenomenon.
Published in the magazine “Reportagen”, issue #77.
The mystical world of San Blas
Karin’s column about San Blas, an archipelago in Panama.
Published in “global” magazine from Alliance Sud, issue Spring 2024.
https://www.alliancesud.ch/de/die-mystische-welt-von-san-blas
Expedition into the restricted area
Report by Karin about Montserrat, living with the volcano.
Published in NZZ, issue 10th Feb 2024.
https://www.nzz.ch/reisen/montserrat-leben-mit-dem-vulkan-ld.1735063
With the gun on the jet ski
Karin’s column about Gutemalas Gangsta’s paradise.
Published in “global” magazine from Alliance Sud, issue Winter 2023/24.
https://www.alliancesud.ch/de/mit-der-pistole-auf-dem-jetski
Along Cubas wild south coast
Along the south coast of Cuba we feel like lonely explorers of uninhabited islands and untouched underwater worlds. The Jardines de la Reina, the Queen’s Gardens, rich in fish and corals, are a highlight of our underwater expeditions. We wrote an article about our discoveries in and above the sea on Cuba’s southern coasts.
Published in the magazine “Silent World”, issue 69.
https://silentworld.eu/heute-erscheint-die-neue-ausgabe-silent-world-3-2023/