Category: English Blog Posts (30 results)
A different type of cooking
On board of a three-mast-topsail-schooner the crew works hard to keep the system running. While working, the human body burns a lot of energy which must be absorbed again. That’s why every ship has a galley, a kitchen on the… read more
Clean, cleaner, the cleanest…
Blue, green, yellow, white, black and red buckets and different colored rags… Everybody knows what that means! It means it’s time to clean the ship again…! In order to guarantee that every part of the ship is as clean as… read more
Five square metres of problems?
Today’s blog is about something that small it didn’t even feel like one page would fit in it when I first came here. It is about the life in our cabins and our bunks, what the challenges are, how we… read more
Another Planet?
Have you ever been to another planet? Where nothing seems to grow and rocks formed in strange shapes dominate the landscape. Almost no sound can be heard, except of the slight whistling of the wind. Sometimes there is the rustling… read more
Day and night, on deck there’s light – watches on board
As we saw the Thor Heyerdahl for the first time, some weeks ago at the wharf in Kiel, many of us felt a great admiration for such a magnificent and complex ship. We couldn’t imagine to know the names and… read more
Seasickness – I´m going to be sick
Rough – that was how you could describe the sea in the past few days. After leaving Kiel we travelled through the Kiel Canal and headed towards the North Sea. During this time everybody was still excited that our big… read more
Special Stories from the North Sea and the English Channel
Sailing the North Sea and the English Channel was a very nice time for me. Because of that I´ll tell you some of my favourite days and situations. The first day on the North Sea was the 15th of October.… read more
What is home?
Home.The place you spend every single day and every single night.An important place, emotionally and physically. For me, realizing that this ship, the Thor Heyerdahl, now is my new home did take its time.I guess the first mental step was… read more
Leaving to a new world
„Borders. I have never seen one, but I have heard they exist in people’s minds.“ ~ Thor Heyerdahl Thus began the journey of our lifetime. On Sunday morning, 13th of October, we were woken up by the sound of Hannah’s… read more
Before we can start …
Our journey officially began on Sunday morning, but before we could set our sails, loads and loads of work had to be done. Some parts of the ship had to be repaired, it had to be cleaned in detail, donations… read more