It's been almost five years since the sailing boys, still four at the time, set sail: A lot has happened since then - the sailors, who started out as absolute greenhorns, now have 40,000 nautical miles in their wake and are richer in knowledge and experience. Since the beginning of 2020, Tim Hund (25) and Vincent "Vince" Goymann (23) have been travelling in pairs, but occasionally have guests on board.
This afternoon at around 1.30 p.m., the 57-foot aluminium yacht "Arrya" crossed its original course and arrived at its destination port of Port-Saint-Louis in France. The duo have experienced a lot together. Shortly before their arrival, YACHT spoke to them about "getting away" and "arriving", but also about their plans for the future.
YACHT: What did your families think about the idea of the four of you travelling the world's oceans and getting to know countless new places, people and cultures?
Tim: They said "Go for it!" When it became more concrete and we had our first boat, the "Eira", in sight, we sat down together and discussed everything. We just had the desire to go away. This made it easier for us to overcome the major hurdles, such as financing the trip.
If you pursue the dream seriously and try to find a solution to all the problems, you will succeed" - Tim Hund
YACHT: In retrospect, what would you describe as the biggest challenge on your tour?
Tim: Definitely learning to sail. We simply made a lot of mistakes at the beginning, for example not adhering to maintenance intervals, so we often paid a lot of tuition fees. The visits to the authorities were also very tiring in the long run, and we spent several hours on them. We also miss having a fixed social environment and continuity in everyday life in terms of where you live, the people you meet and the language you speak. It will be good to arrive ashore and, above all, to get used to everyday life ashore.
We were always on the road for five years - new places, new people, new languages - that's exhausting in the long run!" - Tim Hund
YACHT: Do you think you missed anything on land?
Tim: We can't say yet, but the coming weeks and months will certainly show that.
YACHT: Is there anything on the trip that took you a long time to digest?
Tim: Sri Lanka has kept me very busy, you simply realise that people are plagued by a poor supply situation. But you also have to learn to deal with that. On our trip, we learnt how people's lives work in different parts of the world and also how well off we are in Europe, especially in Germany.
YACHT: What agreements and rules did you have for your everyday life together on board? Was there anything at all?
Tim: We have agreed three things together: Personal responsibility, self-control and looking out for each other. We knew that if we stuck to these three things, nothing would happen to us. Going overboard would have been the worst thing that could have happened to us. But over time on board, you develop a feeling for knowing what the others are doing, even if you don't see each other. I also trusted everyone who accompanied us on the trip. We only really had one rule: "The last person still on board when the anchor drops has to drink a beer!"
YACHT: And what are your plans for the future?
Tim: We definitely want to remain independent and active on social media. Our content will logically change, but we have some ideas and could also imagine producing educational sailing videos, for example. We are also planning to record our trip in a cinema film and market it. First of all, there will be a family party at our home, and we can also imagine a kind of meeting with our community. We're also planning a tour of Germany, where we want to give presentations in Germany's biggest cities. There are so many things that we haven't been able to put into videos or stories that haven't been told or haven't been told to the end yet.
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