About us
We grew up in California, went to public schools receiving four year degrees from UC Berkeley, got married, worked for 20 years child free, are now retired and sailing around the world.
Sailing Interlude
The Adventures of Kurt & Katie Braun while sailing the world aboard the yacht Interlude
Sailing Interlude
The Adventures of Kurt & Katie Braun while sailing the world aboard the yacht Interlude
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Day 7
After more broad reaching with genoa and full main, we timed our landfall in the Vavau Goup perfectly at sunrise. We had company with the flagship of the Oyster Rally the 90 ft ‘Satori II’ showing on AIS…
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Day 6
With our increasing latitude, temperatures are finally cooling off and we may even start wearing clothes! The sea temp reads 82F (down from 88F). Winds have been nice trades (15 – 20 kn) and no squalls or lightning…
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Day 5
Its Tonga time! Last night we decided to do an early hyperspace jump over the dateline and change the ships time and date to Tonga (UTC +13). A friend tracking our progress asked: “Are you sure you are…
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Day 4
This morning a really big fish broke our 80lb test line and took a good lure and steel leader. We are now fishing with the rod and reel again but also a 300 lb hand line on one…
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Day 3
After a rude but brief 30 kn rain squall this morning our conditions have settled in to a nice 17 kn trade wind with Interlude beam reaching at 9 kn. We sailed thru more Korean fishing activity but…
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Day 2
We caught a small wahoo yesterday. Also known as ono in Hawaiian, it was so sneaky that it took all the line off the reel to the bitter end before we noticed it was on. By then it…
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Day 1
We spent ten days in Penrhyn and enjoyed the smooth water of the lagoon anchored off the eastern motus. We socialized with islanders and cruisers alike making new friends from around the globe. We will post a separate…
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Day 18: Land Ho!
This morning we saw the familiar sight of palm trees on the horizon reassuring us that the earth is not flat and everything is where it is supposed to be. Penrhyn (Tongareva to the Cook Islanders), is a…
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Day 17
We had good conditions reaching with main and genoa until this afternoon when the forecasted light wind area finally overtook us. Interlude is now motoring and most likely will continue under power until we anchor sometime around noon…
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Day 16
With the wind dying yesterday afternoon we redeployed the Code Zero and managed to keep it up during some nighttime squalls. This morning however the sail had had enough and ripped leech to luff. We furled the tattered…
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