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Amsterdam by night - the boat way✨ To get throu Amsterdam by night - the boat way✨

To get through the 19 bridges and locks of Amsterdam city with the mast up we had to go through the city with a prearranged night convoy. It was a beautiful experience and very impressive to have three bridge keepers bike along our side and take turns to open and close the locks and bridges just in time for our arrival at every bridge 🤩 

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So we must have had some kind of beginners luck la So we must have had some kind of beginners luck last week when we had the entire locks to ourselves because this week we have definitely needed to level up our game to get through the locks (yepp, this photo is in the actual lock)😅 

#sailing #sailinglife #sailingpuffin #gonesailing #sailingthenetherlands #sailingcouple #beneteau #beneteauoceanis #segling #långfärdssegling #throughthelock #homewardbound #traveldiaries #netherlands
Wing foil boot camp for a full week! It’s a lot Wing foil boot camp for a full week! It’s a lot of laughs, face plants and sore muscles but boy are we having fun when we are slowly, slowly, SLOWLY getting a hang of it 😃

Because hey, if we now have completed the circumnavigation mission it seems to be time to find a new challenge? 😆

#wingfoiling #wingingit #winging #wingfoiling #sailing #sailinglife #sailingcouple #gonesailing #circumnavigation #circumnavigationcompleted #fone #netherlands #exploringthenetherlands #grevelingen
Wow, we’ve found some kind of paradise 🤩 We Wow, we’ve found some kind of paradise 🤩

We are enjoying the Dutch inner waterways and found an absolute gem. There is a system of public docks and if you purchase a weekly pass for 20 € you have access to them all 😃 This is very much our style of cruising and we are super glad to rest here for a few days! 

And while there is no electricity or water on the docks it’s actually not an issue. Now that we’re back in Northern Europe and the days are longer and cooler our solar panels are loving it and have no issues with keeping us charged 😃 

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Making our way in to the Dutch inner waterways and Making our way in to the Dutch inner waterways and having a totally different experience from all solitude out at sea! Big question is, will this be the time we become pros at locks or will we just desperately wonder why we don’t have a bow thruster on Puffin? 😂 

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Goodbye ocean 👋🏻 We just arrived in France a Goodbye ocean 👋🏻 We just arrived in France and have thereby completed our final ocean passage 🥳 Do you want to know something crazy? We had smooth weather and not a single thing broke (🤯🤩) during the passage. We are so glad that we got to have such a smooth final ocean passage and feel grateful. Now we’ll have some hopping along the countries of the English Channel and enjoy the life of being able to duck in to places along the way whenever we have weather we would rather skip (gosh, that feels like huge luxury after the latest year of pushing through). Thanks Puffin, you are a champ, and thank you dolphins for magically knowing when a mood booster is fitting and always put a smile on these sailor’s faces! 🤩 

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We should know it by now but still we get surprise We should know it by now but still we get surprised when boat projects take three or four times longer than expected, boat life 😆 But after hours of boat yoga (reaching in to those really inaccessible places of the boat when you wish you were an octopus) and being creative with the tools we had, could find or borrow from boat friends we finally have a functioning diesel heater again 🥳 We are now feeling very ready to head back to the cooler Nordic weather! 

#boatprojects #sailingcouple #sailingpuffin #boatwork #boatlife #cruisinglife #gonesailing #sailing #sailinglife #circumnavigatingtheworld #offshoresailing #timetogohome #headinghome #atlantic #atlanticocean #horta #azores
Added to the tradition of painting our murial on t Added to the tradition of painting our murial on the famous wave breaker here in Horta 🖌️ Max now has two murials on the wall, the Puffin one and the old one from his Atlantic crossing in 2016 😉 

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Had a family Easter with less boat work and more w Had a family Easter with less boat work and more waterfall hikes 🐣 

#easter #easteradventures #azores #azoresislands #saomiguel #traveldiaries #neverstopexploring #waterfalls #hiking #hikingadventures #waterfallhikes #familytime #familyhike
We got dressed and ready for a city stroll to find We got dressed and ready for a city stroll to find a coffee (meaning, wearing our cleanest clothes 😉) but stumbled upon a hike on our way. So the stroll turned in to a hike and the coffee turned in to a lunch for hungry hikers 🍔 Plus we had hundreds of lizards keep us company 🦎 Yep, these islands seem to have gems hidden around every corner! 

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Exploring the beautiful Azorean islands and enjoyi Exploring the beautiful Azorean islands and enjoying that even though it’s raining, none of us have to hold watches in the rain. Instead we get to hide inside when it gets too wet or cold ☺️ 

#azores #azoresislands #picoisland #exploring #travelphotography #sailingcouple #gonesailing #sailaroundtheworld #segling #långfärdssegling #utforskar #azorerna
Exploring, laughing and enjoying land life and gre Exploring, laughing and enjoying land life and great company! 

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Max is jokingly convinced that if Charlotte could Max is jokingly convinced that if Charlotte could bring as many books as she wanted Puffin would sink 📚 So, on top of the kindle, all the book exchanges in yacht clubs and between cruisers have been amazing! Plus we’ve found so many good books this way 🤩 

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Food is coming up! The very relaxed and casual wal Food is coming up! The very relaxed and casual walk you do when transporting two plates from the galley to the cockpit (because somehow Max thought it would be more appropriate to take a photo than save the plate?! 😂) when you’re out at sea 😆 Yes we know, you should always have “one hand for the ship” 😇 

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Our latest passage, between the two Atlantic islan Our latest passage, between the two Atlantic island groups Cape Verdes and the Azores was all about the weather. We had a smooth upwind sailing and while offshore upwind beating is more exhausting than the typical downwind sailing we were very lucky. We were constantly discussing and monitoring the location of the low pressure systems, the high pressure systems and the compression zone and were glad to avoid the worst of it despite making the trip in early spring! ⛵️

#sailing #sailinglife #atlantic #atlanticcrossing #sailingcouple #gonesailing #capeverde #azores #beneteauoceanis #beneteausailing #segling #långfärdssegling #atlanten #upwindsailing
We have crossed our outbound path and have, 14 mon We have crossed our outbound path and have, 14 months later, officially sailed around the world! 🥳 It’s been an amazing adventure and a lot of work but we are so thankful for our friends and family that have supported and cheered us along and for all the great friendships we have made. We still have a bit of a way home, but a huge milestone has been reached 🤩🥳🍾 

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We calculated that during the past year we have sp We calculated that during the past year we have spent more than 200 nights out at sea! When we’re out at sea there is a constant worry about weather, supplies and what the next thing to break is (because yes, the cruising life is a constant list of things breaking). The time ashore therefore become a rush to plan, resupply, repair, do maintenance and arrange all the logistics along with studying the upcoming weather. No wonder we jokingly say that both our bodies and minds have aged 10 years during this trip 😂 

#sailing #sailinglife #gonesailing #sailingpuffin #mindelo #capeverde #circumnavigation #circumnavigatingtheworld #segling #långfärdssegling
So we’ll be hanging around a few extra days 😉 So we’ll be hanging around a few extra days 😉 Our mast track is acting up again and decided that it deserved some attention. So we’ve been hanging in the mast for hours, cleaned every single ball bearing and are giving our mast track and cart system tons of pampering. These are the times you’re glad to be in a marina and tied up to a dock, because even though the boat isn’t rocking back and forth in a bumpy anchorage we’re so nervous about loosing a single ball (how can these balls cost 1 € each and we need 650 pcs?!) 😯 

#sailinglife #sailingpuffin #sailingcouple #boatwork #cruising #capeverde #mindelo #segling #långfärdssegling
A passage that was planned to be one week long to A passage that was planned to be one week long to Ascension became a three week passage to Cape Verde because of the weather! We had everything from light downwind sailing, motoring through doldrums with thunder to a week of upwind beating. It was a tough leg but we are now glad to be back in the northern hemisphere and put another equator crossing behind us ⛵️ Not far from closing our loop now 🪢 

#sailing #sailinglife #equator #equatorcrossing #sailingcouple #offshoresailing #bluewater #atlantic #gonesailing #sailingpuffin #segling #långfärdssegling #sailingaroundtheworld #circumnavigation
We have been lucky and the local yacht club here h We have been lucky and the local yacht club here has just been revived. Their Wednesday opening is the place to be for the entire community and it was great to have a chat with other cruising boats who we have crossed paths with on and off for the last 6 months. And yes, most common topic is boats, routes and weather 😉

#sthelena #sthelenaisland #sunset #sailing #sailinglife #cruising #cruisinglife #segling #långfärdssegling
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