Real time update (June 25, 2020) | While Kim stucks in Germany, James is back on the water. He is sailing with the crew of s/v Te Vega, a 1984 Mason 63, from Hawaii to California. They’ll heading north towards Alaska before turning to the east to ride the northern trades into the mainland. OverallContinue reading “Pacific Crossing – Sailing with the Ketch „Te Vega“”
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Boat shopping: Lafitte 44
Zingaro is on the HUNT! James tours a Bob Perry designed Lafitte 44 monohull sailboat. He says: The boat is trying to speak to you, all you have to do is listen…
Livestream About Zingaro’s Accident
Zingaro suffered catastrophic damage in a storm on route to Hawaii. In this live stream we will update You about our current situation.
Zingaro Arrived in Kona (Hawai’i)
The boat is in a disastrous shape. All the cross stringers in the starboard hull are broken, bridgedeck is ripped to centerline, most bulkheads are broken. Basically the starboard hull ripped off.
The Amazon: Kim’s Solo Travel Adventure – Ep. 63
James attempts to scale the Chimborazo and Kim heads to the Amazon, taking a camera and capturing some amazing scenes of her travels.
Sailing Zingaro on Fanning Island (Kiribati)
Fanning Island – beautiful atoll in the Pacific
James’ Private Anchorage
Halfway from Easter Island to Pitcairn – Recent News
Halfway from Easter Island to Pitcairn: Broken spinnaker block @ 13Kts. Ripped a stanchion clean out. Using soft shackles from now on.
Currently: We are Sailing to Easter Island
Departure: March 8, 2019 at 3 pm, Puerto López (Ecuador) Distance: 2,500 nm / 4,600 km March 12, 2019: autopilot problems :/ Half way: March 17, 2019 🙂 Estimated arrival: March 27 ⛵️ Find out our current position …
Berliner Banause packt aus: A Young Berliners First Impression on Cruising
Berliner Banause packt aus: Lucie tells You about what it is like to be traveling onboard of Zingaro.
Want to meet up Sailing Zingaro in CA?
We are flying up to the States for a month. James’ brother is getting married and we are going to visit the Spectra Watermakers manufacturing facility and show you guys INSIDE and pick up our new watermaker!
Looking for a new anchor chain in Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Looking for a new anchor chain in Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Currently: Exploring beautiful Ecuador
After cruising up and down the Ecuadorian coast we want to visit Ecuador mainland. James is going to climp Chimborazo (6,267 m) and Kim is going to visit Ecuador’s Amazon Rainforest – one of the most bio diverse places on the planet.
New chart table is coming
Currently we’re in Ecuador, taking Zingaro apart. All of a sudden we’ve got quite a bit of space here. We’re going to put a chart table/editing table in.
Turtle Rescue | Sailing Zingaro shorts
130 miles out to sea we found a turtle caught up in a fisherman’s long line. We jumped in to help the little guy out.
Sailing Zingaro in Jacó (Costa Rica)
Hauling out the boat in Costa Rica
We haul out the boat in Costa Rica. Lots of work to do, paint, repair, straighten the bent rudder and bent port strut.
Rainbow in Panama
Costa Rica – the world’s first decarbonised country?
Carlos Alvarado, Costa Rica’s new President said: “Decarbonisation is the great task of our generation and Costa Rica must be one of the first countries in the world to accomplish it, if not the first.” The small country in Central America is well-known for its environmental commitment: Costa Rica already generates more than 99 percentContinue reading “Costa Rica – the world’s first decarbonised country?”
Just arrived: Mermaid Kimmi shirts …
Our new Zingaro crew-shirts – designed by Kim. Every purchase goes toward a watermaker for Zingaro, so we can check out some of the more remote areas of the world (Chile, Easter Island …).