Communication on board is the most important feature. Different systems will bring Vast Floating online: some can simply be bought in a store and are ready to go: satellite phones, or WLAN systems for close-to-land operation for example. For the important ham radio (SSB) you need a license – in Germany it’s called „Amateurfunkzeugnis“. The learning…
Second visit of shipyard Boréal in Tréguier, France. This time sailing „Manava 2“, a very nice Boréal 44. Great sailing conditions and a dolphin… more than expected.
The first idea was to build a boat close to our home base in Hamburg – but yards and builders in Germany and Holland turned out to be very expensive. And the most important thing besides the price of course, was the request list for our future boat. So, we started to check other vendors in the market,…
Well, there is a lot to do: The crew must be trained navigationally, medically and technically. Some training runs directly on the baltic sea: sailing miles and miles, at night an in bad weather conditions. Anchoring and obligatory repairs will be practiced, and so on. To chose the boats equipment, fairs have to be attended,…
Vast Forward’s Projekt Vast Floating, what’s that? Vast Floating is a sailing project of Vast Forward, connecting Vast Forward to the world – by boat. Starting in spring 2015 Vast Floating means meeting new and known clients in Europe and, well, we’ll see. OF course the idea is to delivering efficient digital production for international…
Ein langer Törn, unsere erste Nachtfahrt mit der Black Molly, als es non stop nach Bornholm ging. Stationen: Heiligenhafen (D), Bornholm Rønne (DK), Bornholm Allinge (DK), Utklippan (S), Kristianopel (S), Kalmar (S), Schären bei Oskarshamn (S), Borgholm (S), Kalmar (S), Sandhamn (S), Utklippan (S), Karlshamn (S), Simrishamn (S), Ystad (S)