I took off… hoisted sails… why you haven’t seen me quite a while… yes a chapter of endras journey has been closed… yeah almost… the way to her starting point is still long… But meanwhile her sails were flying. 

That is to say, the build is accomplished. Years have been passed, labouring in a somber workshop, joining pieces of wood, and questioning and answering why making a boat. 

A boat isn’t particularly useful or comfortable, in fact a boat is concept to leave comfort in chasing something. Something what couldn’t be tangible in world unveiled but must be an imaginary place. 

In my struggles to adapt in our modern environment, I was seeking a way to escape it. That’s why I built Endra. 

That‘s probably naive, but those who know know, it’s worth it. 

Worth overcoming all the obstacles. The one to come and the one behind me. 

And they’re numberous. I couldn’t even say what challenged me to most. Sure it wasn’t constructional issues, like getting skills I haven’t had, more finding the moral and financial support to carry through. 

My original point of publishing these videos on YouTube, following Leo how he brought Tally Ho back so handsomely. 

Yet I had to juggle work, family and rebuilding my life after a unfortunate twist. 

Some day I washed up in a pretty old town near the river Rhine. God, I‘m so grateful for that place to settle and the river, which recalled me continuously of the world out there. 

People who marvel at my persistence and courage, might not presume my fears. The perils of a journey through Africa are sometimes so real before my eyes, that I startle. 

But then, it calls again, and louder as before… and I see myself where I feel chez moi. 

Warm winds and currents my carrier through a wild continent so foreign and yet so familiar.

As mentioned, there’s still a way to go, if the way is not what it is all about. 

Improvements have to be made. Smaller ones like adding a backstay and a bit more substantial ones, like replacing the deckplanks. The larch planks strain meanwhile so much, partially detach, the seams open. 

Yet what is more pressing is spending some serious thoughts how to set up the big journey. Getting familiar with tides and weather. 

With these uncertainties ahead a new chapter has begun. 

A overwhelming mountain of uncharted territory is before me and I‘m very much aware, I don’t have means and matter to succeed, but the will. And strange… good people do have faith in me… not only… they stand by me, why I don’t turn a lonesome sailor.

… so I accept that fact that I don’t have enough resources to pull that project through, but just enough to continue. That’s sufficient.