An exciting trip
Starting from the small port of Kapfelberg on the banks of river Danube the trip leads to the city of Lübeck, from where the course will be set to east Sweden. Crossing the Gulf of Bothnia and passing the Aland islands they will reach Finland. Along the south coast the trip continues to Vyborg in Karelia, Russia. Passing the Saimaa canal the stage Lappeenranta in Finland will be reached.

Internal power supply
Here begins an endless lake country with exciting nature which will be explored. But not only nature is of peculiar interest. Testing several kinds of equipment, regarding renewable energy systems on permanent inhabited small ships and the security are targets of this journey,

Power consumption
Working together of solar panels and wind generator will cover the daily power consumption in the future. An additional sail will help travelling and give more possibilities in outlying areas.

Cleaner for freshwater
A special water filter system gives the possibility to fill up all kinds of fresh water, no matter if dirty or not. So it is not necessary to take with water bottles, which cannot be disposed of in the wilderness. All that shall help living in harmony with nature.

Smelne Vlet 1100 OC – Gypsy Life
The Smelne Vlet 1100 OC is the smallest expedition ship, which crossed the North Atlantic twice within 15 month, 10.000 nautical miles or about 18.520 kilometres.

Read the current log of the special experiences on the site of Harald Paul.