Christmas with 15 boats in East London!

The Buffalo Yacht Club is just nice and friendly!

Arrived in Richards Bay with a broken engine.

Yesterday we arrived @ Le Port in Reunion.

The passage was a low win one. Most of the 130nm we motorsailed.

All good on Sabir, looking forward to find fresh baguettes!

Sabir is ready to leave beautiful Mauritius tomorrow.

Next stop will be Reunion only 130 nm away. This will be our last island in the Indian before heading to Southafrica. The sailing in this ocean is a mess, but all the islands are worth to visit! Many greetings, good luck and fair winds to all our friends on the way south to beautiful NZ! Ilja & Stefan

Yesterday we arrived on Mauritius! The three days out there we not to bad. Light winds and just a small swell all the 350nm. We are in the town marina for two night to get some fresh water....

Tomorrow we will leave for Gande Baie, here they are expecting a group of boats in a rush... ;-)

Rodrigues is an great island! The passage from Cocos to here was bumpy with a bit of everything. The first 1000nm were hard, strong winds and big seas from different directions made living on the boat hard...

Anyway, this bloody long leg is behind us, Rodrigues and the locals are great! We love this little island!!! So sorry that we have not more time...

We arrived yesterday safe and sound at Cocos Keeling!

This is a real paradise! Reminds us to the Tuamotus!

All is well on the blue boat!

Ahoy!

Since last Tuesday we are on Christmas island. On the way from Darwin we stopped at Ashmore Reef for 2 nights! Really nice there, a marked channel brings you to the moorings!

We had a broken lower stay, now it's new!

We can recommend Edgar from yachtrigging.com.au in Perth and Drew from freightshop.com.au also in Perth!

Within 50 hours they made 2 new stays for us and delivered them to Christmas! All good again!

Today we leave for Cocos Keeling! In 4-5 days we should be there!

All the best to you guys,

Ilja & Stefan on Sabir

Smith point overnight.

Finally we are at our last port in Australia: Darwin!! Wooohoooo!

Nice little marina, very friendly stuff. It was a really long way along the coast, happy to be back in civilisation! One week is planed here, next stop will be Christmas island!

At the fisheries jetty for hull inspection. Stayed overnight there, a diver checked the hull for marine pests. All for free, sadly he didn't scrubbed it....

Overnight stop at two island bay. Beautiful spot!

Anchored in Seisia. We found some bread and fresh fruits. Tomorrow we will continue our way to Darwin!

All good on the blue boat!

For one hour at Cape York. Was windy, a bit wet and the best of all: It's behind us!!! Now we go west!

Cape grenville!

Portland road. Also a good anchorage!

One night on Morris island! Great anchorage!

Owen channel also for one night only.

Bewick island for one night.

Lizard island is just great! We climbed up to Cooks lookout and snorkeled the reef!

Overnight stop at Low Islets. Next island will be Lizard tomorrow...

All well, but many sharks around the boat!

We are for 3 days at Marlin Marina in Cairns. Cleaning the boat and us, oil is changed, Sabir is full with food and drinks for the way to Darwin. Leaving tomorrow for Lizard Island. 150nm to go over night.

All well in town and on Sabir!

Just anchored for the night. No crocs so far!

Anchored at Dunk Island. We saw more Whales on the way.

All well on Sabir!

Anchored since Friday afternoon at Magnetic Island.

The way from Airlie was nice in day trips. We saw more Whales, Mantarays, Dugongs... Yesterday we found some Koalas and Rock- Wallabies on this beautiful island! All well on board, tomorrow we keep on moving north...

Hello from Airlie Beach!

After we left Mackay we sailed to the Whitsunday Islands. At Brampton Island, Shaw Island and Whitsunday Island we anchored.The highlight in three days with light winds and Gennaker sailing were a group of humpback whales. Now some civilisation in this nice and touristy town. Sunday we move further north...

100% sunny - 26 degrees - no wind

Save and sound in Mackay!

Was an interesting passage, a bit of everything! Tuesday was a big one, 4m waves with 30+ from the south. We never had so much water on deck before... Bundaberg was not possible for us, so we changed the plan.

Today we check in and then: Aussie Aussie Aussie!

Thanks for posting our positions, you guys are doing a great job there in NZ!

Only 80nm to Mackay so will arrive this evening. Happy landfall

ETA thursday afternoon

On passage Noumea to Mackay. Originally this was Bundaberg but wind direction caused a change. The wind direction will ease after tomorrow to S then SE. ETA Thursday as 320nm to go.

Ahoy!

Yesterday we checked out here in Noumea/ NC, leaving today to Bundaberg in Australia. We hope our Radio is OK and we can talk to you on the passage!

All is good in Noumea! They closed the Harbour on Monday afternoon and pulled up the black flag. Diver brought long lines to the Cyclone chains, and we brought out some more ropes. Sabir was looking like caught in a "spidernet"! At the end Donna was far away, some stronger gust came down, some rain, but nothing bad! We had luck!

Now sunshine is back and we move out to the islands!

Good luck to our friend in NZ for the passage!

We are in Marina Port Moselle and we're waiting for Donna!

Actually the "Red Warning" is up, maybe this afternoon they change to black.

100% cloud, 1012 baro, 26degrees, 75% humidity 25-30kn ese

All well on Sabir so far.

Sabir is safe and sound in New Cal! Weather on the way was ok, except Friday. This little bloody low destroyed the day, but at the end the steering was ok again and the autopilot worked for the rest of the trip. 3.5m wave and only 5-7sec period are definitely not comfortable!

Greetings from Noumea,

Ilja & Stefan

Sabir is ready to leave New Zealand for Noumea in New Cal!

We just checked out! This leg will be the first one on our way back to Germany!

Greetings from Opua,

Ilja & Stefan

Yesterday we arrived back in the Bay of Islands - NZ!

9 days from Sydney to Opua with a bit of everything!

We are happy and a bit proud to be back...

All good with the crew and the boat!