The Kincsem crew poised to cast off! ...

It has been an extremely busy week for the entire Kincsem crew. Provisioning the boat was one big task for all of us. Several months ago Almut had come up with a detailed list of mea ...

After a 7 weeks hiatus in San Francisco, I’m back on Kincsem. There were a few items the sailmaker was supposed to finish during my absence, which of course didn’t happen. I also ...

My cockpit is at the same level as the elevated, busy road along the waterfront of Las Palmas. It is hot and very noisy. In addition to the car traffic, there is the whir of the polis ...

Kincsem is three days out of Falmouth and we are approaching Cape Finisterre, the Northwest corner of Spain. As of 0900 this morning, we have covered 480 of the approximately 1450 naut ...

We’re in Falmouth and the big news is that the genoa furler broke last Sunday. Whenever we tack, we need to partially furl the genoa since it needs to pass between the forestay and t ...

On a boat in the center of London. That’s what the St. Katherine’s marina is all about. We’re with all the tourists but then we’re not. They wander on the path in front of the re ...

The time Kincsem spent in Hamburg was put to great use for boat projects and visits with friends and family. Kincsem now has a second hydrogenerator, the missing wind generator was replaced ...

Having dropped the Admiral at the Edinburgh airport, it was back to sailing. A crossing of the North Sea to Helgoland was next and I had just the right crew to accompany me for the 450 ...

Corpach Sea Lock The first time I passed through the Caledonia Canal was in 1976 – East to West on my parent’s Salaminia II, a Camper & Nicholson 38 ketch. My recollec ...