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12-07-2013, 04:17 AM
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Newbie
City: Vienna
Vessel Name: DIDO
Vessel Model: Albin 25 AK
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 2
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Hello from Vienna, Austria, Europe
Hello everyone, 
When registering I felt a bit like little Benji going out to spend the afternoon with the grown-up brother and his friends. 
We have an ALBIN 25 AK, which - with some self-confidence - one might call a pocket trawler, although she might well fit as the captain's launch to some of the ships here in the Trawler Forum. 
Nevertheless we are quite proud of her. 
"We" stands for my wife, our three kids (5 to 12), and me.
Our A25 "DIDO" is berthed at the River Danube close to Vienna (Austria) most of the year. July & August we spend on the Adriatic, which is some 12 hrs trailering from where we live.
This is also the major reason why we hardly can go beyond the size of our Albin.
As the typical "silent reader" I spent quite a couple of hours here finding and consuming so much valuable information and reading interesting stories. Great place here! 
Regards from Vienna, Austria
Andreas
Our Albin 25
Our Albin 25 "DIDO" & Crew in Croatia
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12-07-2013, 05:40 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Chicago, IL
Vessel Name: Bay Pelican
Vessel Model: Krogen 42
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,993
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Welcome aboard. Many of us dream of taking a river cruise on the Danube. In the meantime we will live through your stories.
Marty
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12-07-2013, 12:12 PM
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Guru
City: Sidney BC Canada
Vessel Name: RochePoint
Vessel Model: 1985 Cheer Men PT38 Sedan
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,740
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Welcome aboard, looks like you are enjoying the boating as much as we do......
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12-07-2013, 04:27 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Welcome. I love to see a boat used and enjoyed like that. Great picture. Please post more.
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12-07-2013, 04:47 PM
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Senior Member
City: Hampton Bays, N.Y.
Vessel Name: Grand Yankee
Vessel Model: 1981 49' Grand Banks Classic
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 328
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Th Best Of Europa
Every minute I have spent in your city has been my best time in Europa. Great city, great people, great river. Also very good food and beer. Welcome to our forum.
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12-07-2013, 04:50 PM
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Dauntless Award
City: Wrangell, Alaska
Vessel Name: Dauntless
Vessel Model: Kadey Krogen 42 - 148
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 2,820
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Welcome Andreas,
Having done the Austria to Adriatic drive many times, I do not envy you with a trailer and 25' boat.
I hope to make an Atlantic passage next July and then possibly bring the boat south, though the french canals in oct 2014.
If I do that, will keep it in the Adriatic, as I want to be close to my friends in the Veneto and Friuli.
We shall have to stay in touch.
Richard
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12-07-2013, 06:11 PM
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Senior Member
City: Foley, Alabama
Vessel Name: GITANA
Vessel Model: Sea Ranger 47 Pilothouse
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 314
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Welcome Andreas. We look forward to sharing your adventures in a beautiful part of the planet!
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12-07-2013, 06:23 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,332
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Greetings,
Welcome aboard. NO need for embarrassment AT ALL!
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RTF
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12-07-2013, 06:52 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,112
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Welcome Andreas, from Vienna, my favourite city in Europe, from which my father`s family came to Australia. I hope you enjoy your time on TF.
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BruceK
2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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12-07-2013, 07:28 PM
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Hospitality Officer
City: Pittwater
Vessel Name: Sarawana
Vessel Model: IG 36 Quad Cabin
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,882
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Yes welcome indeed,Dido looks a fine vessel.
And of course you have some of the finest skiing on the planet.An old friend from Lech once told me that Austria was like Switzerland, with a sense of humour!
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12-07-2013, 08:30 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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I just have to mention one of the greatest movies of all time--------
The Third Man
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12-07-2013, 11:05 PM
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Guru
City: Powell River, BC
Vessel Name: Northern Spy
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 26
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,054
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Might be the first non-white hulled Albin 25 I've ever seen. Certainly the first red one. Looks good. I'm a big fan of the 25. Came close to buying one myself. Nice to have another little guy around as my boat is dimensionally challenged as well. Welcome aboard!
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12-07-2013, 11:26 PM
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Guru
City: Cowiche, WA
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 662
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Welcome aboard. Our first "trawler" was a 1970 A25. We trailered it a lot and loved the boat. We often talk about getting another one, it was a very freeing vessel for us. Here is a blog we wrote about one of our trips aboard her in 2010.
princesslouisa2010.blogspot.com
Nice to have you aboard.
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Keith Olive
1974 Grand Banks 36-427
Vashon Island, WA
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12-08-2013, 05:04 AM
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Member
City: Vienna
Vessel Name: DODO
Vessel Model: Selene 40
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 19
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Hi Andreas,
DODO from Vienna greets DIDO!
Great you joined the TF. A while ago I have read with great interest about your DIY watermaker. Good job! You should share your experince at the TF.
Karl
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12-08-2013, 06:21 AM
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Hospitality Officer
City: Pittwater
Vessel Name: Sarawana
Vessel Model: IG 36 Quad Cabin
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,882
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Hang on, Diddo & Dodo? Is this an Austrian thing?
"I just have to mention one of the greatest movies of all time--------"
The Third Man
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Don on Moonstruck
Just for you.
AKA Harry Lime, cue the zithar
Anton Karas - The Third Man Theme - YouTube
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12-08-2013, 07:43 AM
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Senior Member
City: Palmetto Bay
Vessel Name: Sunshine
Vessel Model: Island Pilot DSe 12m Hybrid
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 268
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I am a fan of Vienna (visited in 2010) and in pocket cruisers. I find that Europeans get away with far less than us Americans and applaud you. A family of 5 cruising on a 25 footer is unheard of here.
Welcome to the forum!
BTW, Sunshine's diesel-electric motors are Steyrs, made in Austria.
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Reuben Trane
"Sunshine" - Island Pilot DSe 12m
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12-08-2013, 09:00 AM
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Senior Member
City: newfoundland
Vessel Name: E.E.S.
Vessel Model: 38' Northumberland
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 140
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy G
Hang on, Diddo & Dodo? Is this an Austrian thing?
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Hey Andy We're thankful you didn't call yourself "Dingo"
Welcome to TF Andreas, it would be nice to see some pics of your cruising areas .
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12-08-2013, 09:37 AM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,276
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Thanks Andy G. Anton Karas, who wrote and performed the theme music for The Third Man on the zither, was truly a talented one man orchestra.
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12-08-2013, 11:19 AM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,720
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Hi Andreas,
Our first trawler was an Albin 25 too and I miss her. Her name was Trawlerette .. that just said small trawler. Almost nobody liked the name and I got tired of writing it down. Next boat (avatar) has a shorter name .. Willy.
Actually it looks like you're having MORE fun than anybody here and assume you'll bring some of that fun into the forum. I think most however will be looking for photos of your far away boating places.
Looks like from your photo w the fender on the bow stem you are protecting your bows (that's what the English say) from your anchor and if so I'm calling that a very clever thing to do and original as far as I know.
I'm a member of the Albineers of British Columbia in far western Canada. And like Spy haven't seen a maroon red Albin either. We had one chap in the club that did have an Albin with red/maroon trim .. lots of it.
I'd much rather see/hear about pocket boats than monster boats. To be really fun and useful a boat needs to be "handy". We do have an active member here that has a boat 2' shorter than yours and every inch a trawler .. as your Albin is.
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Eric
North Western Washington State USA
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12-08-2013, 11:26 AM
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Newbie
City: Vienna
Vessel Name: DIDO
Vessel Model: Albin 25 AK
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 2
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Thank y'all for the cordial welcome!
I'll contribute as much as I am able to, both regarding our cruises here in the area and elsewhere, and the things I've got to do to maintain Dido (there's always something to do, as you all know. )
I admit that we don't go that far on the Danube, rather a couple of miles up to some nice places for swimming and staying overnight with the kids. The Danube is "running" downstream with some 4 knots and more. Our 25-footer's cruising speed is approx. 5.5 to 6.5 knots.
This simply means: retired old ladies in their eighties would overtake us with their walking frames while going upstream. 
Our whole club is making a mock of Dido, as there are only very few displacement boats on the river.
5 on board of Dido might give you the impression that it is a little bit crowded. Something we hardly can deny.
On the other hand: Do you know these tiny little Fiat-cars in Italy? And the crowd of kids that sometimes crawl out of these cars?
The Albin 25 seems to be of that kind, somehow.
More space inside than one would expect ... 
BR Andreas
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