Author: Paul

  • Sailing the Finish archipelago (movie #13)

    Sailing the Finish archipelago (movie #13)

    Hello there! It’s been quiet on here for way too long. We have been busy with many big and small projects the last two years (!), but now that the winter darkness is back and we are dreaming ourselves away and back on board of Désireé, we have finally managed to put together another video,…

  • The high coast

    The high coast

    It has been a while since our last blogpost and that is for a good reason. We have been sailing pretty much every day with little spare time to reach our next destination which is also probably our northernmost point, the Swedish high coast. The high coast is geologically a very interesting place. 20.000 years…

  • Enjoying the Island life

    Enjoying the Island life

    Since our arrival to Bornholm several things have changed. Starting with the crew, Johannes a friend from Dresden arrived and will stay with us until we are back to mainland Sweden. Furthermore we had Clara visiting for two days, she is also from Dresden and currently on an interrail trip. What a nice coincidence that…

  • Work Sail balance

    Work Sail balance

    Life onboard Desiree is busy these days. Either we sail or we work on one of the unfinished refit projects. But slowly we are starting again to take some time for things that we use to do in our free time, unrelated to the boat. When we moved onto the boat most of the necessary…