Segelküche
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Hej! I'm Daniela,
sailor and ship's cook.
On my website segelkueche.de I write about my sailing experiences and life on board during trips. I also write about simple cooking and baking with limited space, on sailing boats and at home. Always there with me: a wink and a smile and of course Emil, my faithful sourdough starter.
If you had asked me just before this sailing trip on the Adriatic whether I was a good sailor, my answer would have been "Of course".
I was full of expectations and plans: sailing, learning harbour manoeuvres, trying out the dinghy, taking photographs, fishing and swimming. But the sailing trip on the Adriatic, which was meant to last 13 days, was suddenly over after a week. A voyage with so many possibilities took me to fantastic places, but for me the trip remains without an ending.
Exhausting, stressful and with very short nights: that's how I had imagined my SKS sailing trip. A huge amount of material that all participants must learn within a week, full days with lots of practical exercises, a tight schedule and a tough exam at the end – no, it wasn't quite that bad! We learnt and practised a great deal and did indeed get up early, but it was a wonderful, interesting and sunny week that I look back on fondly.
Sailing for free, palm trees, sunsets and cocktails in the net over the catamaran. That's probably how one imagines hand for a bunk in Thailand.
This isn't a travel report, but my genuine experience, my unique journey. I'll tell you about arriving for the first time, the work on the sailing boat, about surprises, conflicts and shared compromises. And about an uncomfortable decision I made for myself.