Thx to Marsaudon Composites for the great job!
Before...
Friday, 18 December 2015
Friday, 2 October 2015
Interesting racing and busy September
The race gave a good vision on where we can improve and what needs to be done next.
All in all a fun trip with a superb crew!!
Drifting at the start line:
Find us ;)
Always stacked properly:
Tschüss fog & rain !!!
And being at home?
Some time off with friends :))
Heading to Isle de Groix for the Godille Worlds with Laure, Cath and Lady Moullec:
serious racing: women's world champion Sandrine Bertho agains "Maman":
And enjoying the summer in Brittany with everything being able to float (specially Cath's TOPPER!) 
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And finally getting back on the job list for NIVEA's refit in September!
Saturday, 15 August 2015
- 14 h
14 hours before the start.... Side to side with our worst enemy, the Spanish Tales Mafia! Spying each other since our arrival in Monday. Great boat great crew! We'll see;)
The boat is empty and dived - we gained 5 cm of freeboard....
We had a proper last dinner and are now in our bunks for a good night of sleep, zooming into the next days. A light start, difficult transitions and a very
eager and really nice team.
Thanks to Miranda Merron and Tanguy Leglatin for coming!!
Follow the NIVEA boat on Yellow Brick: http://yb.tl/l/fastnet2015?class=class40
Fastnet Race 2015
Together with Miss Merron we are en route again, heading westwards to Cowes, ETA this afternoon, Monday, 10th August...
The purpose?
Fastnet Race 2015 :)
Start: 16.08
More to follow soon.
Leaving Kiel...in summer gear...
Siesta...before...
...listening to Sunday church ;))
Significant improvement of meteo-conditions alongside the English coast...
All in all we're proceeding well and are looking forward some beers in a couple of hours!!! And finally some SUNSHINE!!!!
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Med -> Atlantic -> North Sea -> Baltic
So after some very busy weeks me and NIVEA finding ourselves now together with two Vikings (Peter Gustafsson & Mikael Ryking) in the Swedish Bay of Biscay as Peter Gustafsson (www.blur.se) just explained me. We are on our way to Stockholm in order to take the departure of the Round Gotland Race (http://www.ksss.se/en/AFOR/) upcoming Sunday, 28th of June.
With 3 m draft it sounds like a very nice challenge to get the boat through the rocks forming the Swedish archipelago.
Follow us on http://www.ksss.se/en/AFOR/!
But what actually happened before we came to the Baltic See?
The timeline in pix:)
March:
Leaving Palma de Mallorca - on board with me: the famous Luis Duc, new role model for NIVEA Men 48 h Stress Protect.After stops in Portimao and Cascais we are forced to visit the Argonautas in La Coruña - due to heavy weather conditions, off course. Luis' Spanish knowledge increased significantly thx to very charming Monica.
Than I became AUNT for a third time - sending kisses to Mariana buhuhuuuuuuhuu!!!!!!!
End of March NIVEA arrived in Lorient, supposed to recover from the winter in the Med;)
After a month of work, we headed off again.
April:
This time accompanied by two mermaids, Valerie Tisseraud and la grande Julie Gerecht....and food for appr. two transats!!!!
Three days of downwind :))
At Terschelling, Holland, we are crossing (and overtaking hehehe) my friend Herman van Lindschoten who is a about to bring his Kofttjalk JAN HUYGEN to Hamburg.
May:
A fast delivery of in total 4 days (including Kiel Canal) is bringing us to Kiel, beginning of May. The weather started to look promising...
And the first sail in the Baltic, early "summer" (this is not me on the picture!!!) is really enjoyed;)
June:
Quiet quickly after a family cruise for the opening weekend of Kieler Woche we are now - as initially said - on our way to Stockholm.
Peter is enjoying the helm and ... because we can.... we having WiFi!!
THX for that, Mikael!!!!
Oh - and in the meantime I had another quick delivery:
:))))))))
More to follow soon!
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