Germany to Denmark

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to sail from one country to another? Well, Nico Prien (Starboard / NeilPryde) didn't just think about as he recently undertook the mission, along with Gunnar Asmussen (Starboard / Severne Sails), to sail from Germany to Denmark, whilst documenting all of it and lets just say it wasn't all plain sailing...

Nico Prien: "Baltic Sea Crossing. Another tick on my bucket list.

Since so many years, whenever I would go sailing in my home spot, I couldn’t help, but imagine to keep sailing until you arrive at the other side. You can’t see it, but a look on the map shows that Denmark is not too far.

The wind forecast aligned (well, sort of) and a couple of phone calls & a day later we found ourselves in Kiel to launch over to Denmark.

We sailed a total of 110km, which in itself is not a lot but Gunnar Asmussen and I faced a couple of challenges, which made the trip an unforgettable memory. Sometimes childhood dreams do come true – this was one of them.

0:00 Intro
0:34 Planning the Adventure
2:33 Tuning and Preparation
3:10 Meet the Speed Champ Gunnar
4:08 Getting Ready
5:22 The Journey Starts
7:25 Off to Denmark
8:30 Challenge #1… the Wind.
10:10 Breaking my Board
10:50 Finally flying across the Baltic Sea
11:45 Challenge #2… Finding the right Beach.
13:25 Denmark in Sight
15:07 Waterproof Cases (ad) + Giveaway
16:02 Back to Germany 
16:50 Struggles of the Crew
17:40 We made it!!
19:23 About the Adventure
20:10 What’s next?”

You can see Nico Prien’s latest adventure @ https://youtu.be/DvNYlKpVp0Q