From the Dutch IJsselmeer out onto the Wadden Sea and on across the North Sea to the mouth of the Elbe. Then across the Kiel Canal into the Baltic Sea. Then across the Belt heading north towards the Kattegat and finally back to the North Sea via the Limfjord: what is already a considerable trip with many challenges during the normal sailing season can sometimes turn into quite an adventurous endeavour in winter.
YACHT author Philipp Hympendahl experienced this first-hand. Strong tides, lots of wind, plenty of swell, low temperatures and short days were his companions. He sailed the route single-handed with his "African Queen" when the vast majority of local sailors had long since put their boats ashore.
The solo skipper has captured what and, above all, how he experienced his journey, the special charm of the winter stage destinations and the effect of being alone on his own consciousness in impressive pictures and a moving text - now available for reading in the new YACHT (issue 6/2022, available now in magazine shops and as a digital edition in the YACHT app, and can be ordered directly here).
