We are Astrid & Jörg.
Since February 2019 we are sailing the world on our sailing catamaran JAMS.
The first two years, we sailed the Med, preparing the boat and us for long ocean crossings while exploring the south of France, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, the Baleares and the south of Spain and Portugal.
In October 2021 we left the European continent in Lisboa and sailed west.
We sailed to the Canary Islands, crossed the Atlantic Ocean to reach Barbados, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Martinique and Panama.
In March 2022, we took the Panama Canal to reach the Pacific. We crossed the Pacific Ocean sailing to the Galápagos Islands and French Polynesia where we visited the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Society Islands. We continued, sailed to Fiji, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji again, Vanuatu and Papa New Guinea.
In August 2024 we reached the Indian Ocean sailing through the Torres Strait between PNG and Australia.
From September 2024 until January 2026 we sailed through Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
We left from Phuket, sailed to the Maldives, crossed the Indian Ocean towards Yemen, stopped in Socotra, sailed through the Gulf of Aden to Djibouti. After a short break, discussing the options with other sailors, we decided – despite the Iran War – to cross the strait of Bab al-Mandab and headed north through the Read Sea to Suez. We crossed the Suez Canal end of March and are back in the Mediterranean Sea.
After
• 35.541 nautical miles
• 2.080 days
• 250 trolleys of groceries carried to the boat
• 67.420 liter drinking water produced (with one set of membranes of the water maker)
• 1 Gennaker UV damaged and ripped
• 1 Spinnaker ripped and repaired
• 2 times Main sail repaired
• 4 times sail bag repaired and design changed/enhanced
• 4 times dinghy cover repaired and at least 20 patches added
• 2 new Topping Lifts
• 2 new Main halyards
• 2 new Genoa furler lines (on one day)
• 2 Cockpit cushions, 1 hat and 2 caps lost to the sea
• 1 new outboard carburetor and 4 new impellers
• 1 autopilot failure 2 days before we reached Tonga
• 5 times diesel engine maintenance, 1 water pump failure, 2 heat exchangers fouled
• 4 times fresh water pump repaired and 2 new ones installed
• 67 squalls and thunderstorms
• 1 lightning strike
• …
we closed the loop off Kyparissia, crossing our own wake.
One lap around the planet. A lifetime of stories and memories of all the beautiful people, locals and fellow sailors we bonded with.⛵🌍✨