Welcome to MS Cava.

We are on a mission. Not a mission from God, as in one of El Capitano’s all-time favorite movies, The Blues Brothers, but on a mission to free ourselves from habitual thinking and meaningless pseudo-activities. We know, that we are at risk of ending up as secluded, strange, and frowned-upon hermits/weirdos — but we’ll take that chance.

MS Cava is our project to spend time together in calmness as we — once retirement and funding allow — travel the inland waterways of Europe at a slow pace with the sole purpose of waking up new places, meeting new people, and experiencing the marvels of nature – and in doing so keeping Il Capitano busy ensuring the boat is in tip-top shape while Chief Stewardess can entertain, Wine and Dine you.

We are so much looking forward to that journey, and invite you to tag along.

All the best

Chief Stewardess and Il Capitano

Tune in..

Between navigation classes and ten days of celebrating the chief stewardess’s birthday, Little Red was fitted with a new antenna. It turned out to be quite a comprehensive operation. But now we hear you loud and clear on the “new” Blaupunkt.

Wo sind Ihre Genehmigungen?

In preparation for cruising and navigating the inland waterways, another checkbox was ticked off. This time, it was a permit to operate motor/powerboats up to 15 meters.

A fun (and quite cold) winter day spent in Køge Bugt with captain M. W.

We both passed with flying colors!

Back to school

In Denmark, you can purchase a boat up to 15 meters and sail without any formal requirements. However, if you wish to travel the inland waterways in Europe, you need a certificate for radio and navigation/handling.

It’s always a good idea to keep your theoretical knowledge updated, and it serves as the first step towards obtaining the necessary certificate for the canals. This also aligns with one of the seven good habits: ‘sharpen the saw.’

The course is offered by our local sailing club in Korsør, led by three skilled and experienced sailors.

Shopping around

One of the many crucial tasks of the CRO (Chief Rebuilding Officer) is shopping around. Not for those fancy bespoke parts, of course—no, we’re talking about a trip to the woodshop at Solbjerglund. Here, we make the parts cut to size and tailored to our needs for a fraction of the cost.

Living on a shoestring

Many things come to mind when writing about our MS Cava project: sailing the seven seas (or at least parts of Europe).

We just spent the most wonderful weekend ‘practicing’ living aboard.

It’s amazing how fulfilled one can feel after a day of sailing, a brisk walk, and a toastie.

As you can see from the picture, we are down to the absolute basics—and we love it!

A day out

Once again. One in may similar posts. Enjoying a late fall day with sunny skies. Taking us from Korsør to Omø for the night, next day to Skælskør for a short coffee break, and then back home to Korsør.

The weather was fantastic in many ways. Sun. Calm seas. Dense Fog. High winds and swells.. a condensed mix of everything at sea.


Winterproject#2

Gently nudged by Sir David, Il Capitano has kickstarted one of many winter projects: setting up datalogging and alarms on the boat. Fortunately, we found a selection of Arduino components for sale nearby. (Arduino is a small computer.)

The plan is for the computer to monitor water levels, pump activities, and more. Data will be stored on the website, and SMS alerts will be generated if unexpected events are detected.

A proof of concept was created in less than half a day. This would have taken weeks in the past when one relied on printed books and had no AI-generated code.