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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Atlantic Crossing Day 13
Another 24 hours of easy downwind sailing but going too slow to fish now with the wind down to 11 kn. We hope Santa brings us some breeze for Christmas. It is getting really hot and humid and…
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Atlantic Crossing Day 12
We have set ships time back one hour twice so far (every 15d longitude: 15×24=360). Starting to get jet lagged. Other astronomical occurrences of interest include an eclipse of the moon night before last. We unfortunately had too…
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Atlantic Crossing Day 11
As of noon yesterday we have finally gotten classic tradewind conditions. Noon to noon: 155nm 252d T. 12-20-10 noon pos: 15d 11′ N, 36d 16′ W. Since we are a little late with this email we also have…
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Atlantic Crossing Day 10
The wind slowly built yesterday as we sailed wing and wing on port jibe down to 15 degrees N. Just before a great wahoo fajita dinner we jibed to Starboard and are now wing and wing making our…
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Atlantic Crossing Day 9
After motoring all day and half the night in calm conditions we are now trying to sail downwind in 8 kn of Easterly. At around 0130 this morning the newly replaced main engine fuel filter (spin on FRAM)…
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Atlantic Crossing Day 8
We had another lovely day yesterday under full sail on a close reach in 6-9 kn of wind. The wind died at sunset and we have been motoring all night. Kurt changed all fuel filters in preparation for…
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Atlantic Crossing Day 7
After sailing in mostly light wind for the past two days, riding a high pressure ridge to keep the wind ahead of the beam and enjoying some increased wind speed, we are now motoring again this morning in…
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Atlantic Crossing Day 6
We have been having a great sail on a close reach in light winds using our biggest headsail the Code 0. Katie calls this the jewelry sail because the whole rig with furler, spectra sheets and halyard costs…
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Atlantic Crossing Day 5
We had some excitement yesterday with three orcas swimming around us for a short time. We happened to be under sail gliding along at eight knots in smooth seas when they came to investigate. Orcas are known to…
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Atlantic Crossing Day 4
We are still enjoying warm clear skies but with little wind have remained under power for the past 24 hours. Tried to fish yesterday but no luck. A couple ships last night: ‘Chestnut’ & ‘Growth Ring’ (?) and…
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