mariusfebruary

The Journey Continues

Dear Friends, After three years of quasi-silence, I think I found what I was looking for in a social platform. My nostr key is npub18kmu5s4gaq7qf02je6pk4xqckm5s...

Late Night Arrival At Gedser

After eleven hours of good sailing we arrived at 9 PM in Gedser (Denmark). This marina was almost empty and so we docked Maranea at the head of the landing stag...

Sailing From Helgoland to Vlieland

This shot has been taken with Leica Apo-Telyt-R 1:4/280 at 53º 41.04' N, 6º 30.34' E. Shortly afterwards the sun started to set we sailed through the night just...

Critical Encounter At Sea ;-)

I have just completed a 550 sm leg from Makkum in The Netherlands via Germany and Denmark to Gothenburg in Sweden. Now I have a few days in the Lilla Bommen mar...

On Route From The Netherlands To Sweden

Three days ago I left Makkum in The Netherlands to travel through the North Sea To Helgoland and onto Brusbüttel at the entrance of the Kiel Kanal (connecting t...

Impressions Of Harlingen

It seems that blogging for me is a winter activity. In summer there is so much going on that I don't spend much time on the keyboard. But I still take pictures ...

Lightning Sats Giveaway

Hello Hifivers, I got really fond of lightning payments (explained). For example, I use Bitrefill to load my pre-paid SIM cards when travelling - it is just ama...

Quiet, Peaceful Waters

I have added the bitcoin tag as a symbol for the time before the next bull run. Now is the time to get ready. (This image works well as wallpaper on my Mac. Per...

Lemmer By Night

Judged by the activity this picture looks like it has been taken at 2 AM but instead, it was 9 PM. I would really like to go back in one year, same date same ti...

Sunrise On The Water

Yesterday, I left the marina in Medemblik at 6 AM to catch favorable winds. It was very calm, and I enjoyed a beautiful sunrise on the water. Du to travel restr...

Sailing To Coronempty Harbors

Dear Hivefriends, since one month I am living on my ship Maranea. So corona-wise I have more than passed the quarantine here in The Netherlands. Luckily, many m...

Have A Great Day

This is a quick post, essentially just this image. There are hundreds of small things that need to be done every day but sometimes they all make sense and the j...

Getting Ready For (My) Sea Trials

April is amazingly rich in weather in Northern Europe. Mist and coat in the morning and short sleeves and sun screen in the afternoon. After two weeks of work, ...

Ship Naming Ceremony For: MARANEA

(metal plate with the ship's former name, bottle of Champagne, one silver dollar to be placed under the mast, flags of the host country (The Netherlands) and my...

Worried About Bitcoin (BTC) Price Volatility - This Makes You Feel Much Better. Promised.

(src) I am in the crypto space since 2014. This means I missed the first four years even though I was a software entrepreneur then. The reason that I am not (ye...

DTube is now compatible with Hive Blockchain

Dear DTubers, We had an overwhelming amount of requests to make DTube compatible with Hive blockchain. We value what our community wants, and we have listened t...

Shoot For Your A-Plan

(this post is not referring to Plan-₿ - which ironically is my A-plan) (Leica Apo-Telyt-R, 280 mm, 1:4) This is a brief reminder that there are not risk-free av...

Enjoying (Almost) Empty Beaches and Quiet Walks

These days I read a lot and go for solo walks. Social isolation is not very difficult when there is almost nobody in sight. ... wait: This man is pushing sand o...

Travelling To Makkum, Holland

Yesterday I traveled from Switzerland to Makkum (Holland). I was driving, and so it was straightforward to comply with the social distancing guidelines. The onl...

Starting Over

In the last three months, I have gone through a divorce. It was coming pretty unexpectedly, for both of us. My ex-wife and I have reached a mutual agreement ami...