Nicky's Page

Nicky

I am Nicky and I am the little guy on Namani. I like to play Lego which I have five boxes of, and I like macaroni. I also like big boats (that “big” is over 100 ft). But I also like racing sailboats and snorkeling.

My bunk on Namani used to be on the pilot berth above the starboard settee in the salon. But now I’ve grown too tall for that and I have moved into the quarter berth. If we make overnight passages I sleep in the cockpit (if it’s not raining). I like my bunk and my stuffed animals are: Frodi, Mr. H (I didn’t name him) and Fluff Egg (because he is made of fluff).

I like living on a boat because you see so many things that are different: First day in the middle of the ocean, second day you’re seeing 500 fish…

I do wish we could have a faster boat because our cruising speed is five knots. I do like being on Namani but not when the bow rises 2 meters out of the water. I’m nine years old and sometimes we meet other kids who I play with.

For school I go to the Mama and Papa School on Namani. Below you will find links to some of the things I reported on for school and also some of the other little projects I do around Namani.

Life on a Boat
This is a video I put together from a bunch of short video clips my parents took aboard Namani. I tried to cover most of the aspects of living aboard... Read more →
Namani goes 3D
Below you can see an animated 3D model of our Dufour 35, Namani. The model is very accurate since I modeled the boat from some blueprints, but the blueprints are... Read more →
Power on Namani
This is my report on how we generate and use electrical power on Namani: 1. Intro Smell that melted charger! Look at that whirling wind genny! Hear those blades spin!... Read more →
Taveuni Time Travelin'
Below you will find Nicky’s report about our recent visit to the island of Taveuni in the north-east of Fiji. As an experiment, after he was done with the report,... Read more →
New Zealand to Fiji
A passage documentary by Nicky On the passage from New Zealand to Fiji we took some video clips. I cut and edited them into a four-and-a-half minute movie that you... Read more →
Opua School Visit Report
Introduction Because I went to Opua School recently, I decided to write an essay comparing it to MIS (Munich International School). I got to go to Opua School because we... Read more →
Auckland Museum Report
This is a short essay about my favorite carving in the Pacific cultures section of the Auckland museum: a pointy figurehead of a shark from the Solomon Islands (part of... Read more →
Motuihe: Volunteering to help plants
On the sunny, peaceful island of Motuihe we did a number of helpful things for the Motuihe Project Group. Motuihe is a small, grassy island near busy Auckland in New... Read more →
The Pleiades: A Look Into Maori Art and Culture
Some cultures, like the Maori, had interesting beliefs about stars. They saw people, gods, and animals in clusters of stars billions of miles away. Here is some research I did... Read more →
Boat life - the kid's perspective
While we were in Tauranga (NZ North Island) for some boat work, Nicky made friends with Katie and William from the sailing vessel "Alouette". We gave them a little assignment... Read more →
How to Clear Out of Tonga
To clear out of Tonga successfully, you have to go three different offices: Immigration, Port Captain, and Customs. First, we took a white taxi to Immigration. It was very funny... Read more →
Mapping Anchorage Island in the Suwarrow Atoll
We are anchored at Suwarrow, an atoll in the South Pacific, that has some small islands sticking out inside its lagoon. The biggest of these islands is is called “Anchorage... Read more →
Dots, Stripes, Swirls: I Paint Like the Post-Impressionists
In this art assignment, I painted a boat sailing in the style of Gauguin, Seurat, Van Gogh, and Rousseau, the Post-Impressionists. They worked after the Impressionists. The Post-Impressionists painted in... Read more →
Galapagos Islands: Hot Spot in the Tropics
The Galapagos are a volcanic archipelago in the east part of the south Pacific.The four inhabited islands are: Santa Cruz, Cristobal, Floreana, and Isabela, but there are many uninhabited islands... Read more →
Life on a Sailboat: Sailing in the Open Ocean
Planes. Dolphins, water and waves! These are some of the things I see on Namani when we are in the middle of nowhere. Right now, we are on our way... Read more →
It Gets You Across: The Panama Canal
The Panama Canal connects two oceans: the Alantic and Pacific. Big ships cross the the canal constantly because it is much, much less hazardous and shorter than going around Cape... Read more →
Visit Jupiter!
One of my recent assignments was to write a commercial for people to visit the planet Jupiter. Here it is: Jupiter is Moony! It’s cheap! It’s great! It’s out of... Read more →
Portobelo, Panama
In 1502, Columbus „discovered“ and named Portobelo, Panama. Here in Portobelo, the Spaniards made many buildings and forts because it was an important gold place: they stole the gold from... Read more →
Kuna Island Camp
Here in the Lemon Cays (Panama), we found a Kuna island camp. It was nothing like my home in Germany. How do they build their homes? The Kunas take posts... Read more →