Category: Life on board

Rainy Season on the Rio Dulce

It’s pouring rain along the Rio Dulce: It’s the rainy season, and that means it’s also lightning season. We’re working on the boat and plan to fly home for vacation next week—a grueling journey of over 42 hours.

Homepage: Lost in the war of IT systems

Building our homepage is making me break a sweat. Three systems are getting in each other’s way. The artificial intelligence ChatGPT helps, but in the end it has me consult another AI—and when that doesn’t help, a human. Still: the site sailing-amira.de is now online.

Diving on Utila

We’re diving off Utila

Utila is considered a diving paradise. Together with Belgian sailing friends, we head into the underwater world. Marian Van Roy captures our dive in pictures. Here are the photos.

The dead cockroach drifts in the sea—as if it were swimming.

Little Monsters on the Boat

At the Cayos Cochinos, one of the most beautiful anchorages in the world, we discover them: cockroaches! The battle against these creatures, which can transmit diseases and trigger allergies, begins.

Rainy Season on the Rio Dulce

It’s pouring rain along the Rio Dulce: It’s the rainy season, and that means it’s also lightning season. We’re working on the boat and plan to fly home for vacation next week—a grueling journey of over 42 hours.

Homepage: Lost in the war of IT systems

Building our homepage is making me break a sweat. Three systems are getting in each other’s way. The artificial intelligence ChatGPT helps, but in the end it has me consult another AI—and when that doesn’t help, a human. Still: the site sailing-amira.de is now online.

Diving on Utila

We’re diving off Utila

Utila is considered a diving paradise. Together with Belgian sailing friends, we head into the underwater world. Marian Van Roy captures our dive in pictures. Here are the photos.

The dead cockroach drifts in the sea—as if it were swimming.

Little Monsters on the Boat

At the Cayos Cochinos, one of the most beautiful anchorages in the world, we discover them: cockroaches! The battle against these creatures, which can transmit diseases and trigger allergies, begins.

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