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 5
We have so far now spotted two ships visually (five total using AIS or RADAR). The one this morning, the 299m ‘Saga Discovery’, saw us first from a range of 10nm and hailed us on VHF channel 16.…
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Day 4
25 years after his death and sailing his ashes around the world, we scattered Harry, Kurt’s dad just outside the Golden Gate on May 6. Aboard Interlude were Kurt’s brother, sister and Katie. After anchoring at Angel island…
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Head South and Turn Right When the Butter Melts
Although this saying was coined by sailors in the Atlantic heading for the New World it has some merit for the passage to Hawaii or the South Pacific. As the May 14 photo of us off the…
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Day 3
It did take us about an hour to rig the Code Zero (we were a little out of practice) but it has been well worth the effort. This sail is now 20 years old and has been bent…
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Day 2
After six years of downtime the old Skanti SSB radio is back to working. A last-minute effort that included swapping some components with other old radios has got Interlude and Kurt KG6HFA back on the air with the…
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Day 1
After two months preparing Interlude to sell or to sail to New Zealand, fate has decided that we should take another voyage to the South Seas. We are now underway again with our next planned port of call…
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Heading for the South Pacific Again!
We plan to arrive in New Zealand sometime in September with possible calls into the Northern Cooks and Tonga. Stay tuned!
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Polynesia Postponed
Due to family matters we are postponing cruising the south pacific and are cruising a bit closer to home on the west coast of North America (Canada & Mexico).
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Prepping for Polynesia
We are now in the throws of prepping for the Pacific Puddle Jump. Interlude has new PPG ABC3 bottom paint, Propspeed, zincs and Awlcare on her Dupont Imron clearcoat topsides thanks to the good folks at KKMI in…
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Latitude Interlude
We have a series of articles in Latitude 38 magazine (October, December and January) conveying some thoughts regarding our circumnavigation and the cruising lifestyle. For the complete Report ready for download follow this link: Circumnavigation Interlude
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