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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Aruba Arrival
We took our time getting into port, slowing down to arrive at dawn. On final approach we turned on our new LED spreader and cockpit lights to gybe the reefed mainsail and were soon spotted and hailed by…
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Underway Day 3
With another squally night forecast and no reason to hurry into port for a night arrival, we shortened sail to stays’l and reefed main. With this combination we are still making a respectable 7 to 8 kn and…
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Underway Day 2
Motoring a few hours last night got us through some squally shifty rainy areas but on the whole it has been a pleasant sail in 10 to 20 knot East winds with slight to now moderate seas. We…
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Underway Day 1
With no tropical storms forecast between the BVI and Aruba, we decided to make a run for the lower latitudes and get out of the Hurricane zone. A ‘huka’ dive on Interlude’s bottom reveiled no surprises, only a…
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Peter Island with Peter
With the safe passing of T.S. Rafael to the east of us, Kurt’s brother Peter and his crew on their chartered motor yacht were finally allowed to leave their charter base marina and with only one day left on…
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Birth of a Hurricane
Last night the center of tropical storm Rafael passed 20 miles to the east of us (heading north to Bermuda). Most of the wind and rain was on the eastern side (40 kn) and we only saw 5-15…
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Reunion & Rafael
We had a nice family reuinion afloat with Kurt’s brother, nephew and the rest of the crew on their chartered 56 ft motor yacht. We hit many of the usual haunts here in the BVI but with it being…
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Land Jo (st Van Dyke)
We arrived at Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke at around midnight dropping the hook well outside the mooring field before moonrise in pitch blackness (18d26.36’N, 64d45.08’W, 50 ft). We had been there before many times and so knew…
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Underway Day 8
We have been motoring for nearly 24 hours in light headwinds. Looks like we may not be able to lay our course sailing for the rest of the passage. In an optimistic moment we rigged the Code Zero…
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Underway Day 7
After two straight days of sailing we are now under power in light and variable conditions. There has been some rain and shifty wind all night and we may have to motor for a few hours until what…
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