Blue Water sailing
30-12 01:05 board time Today was a true Blue Water sailing day. When I came on watch just before noon,.
30-12 01:05 board time Today was a true Blue Water sailing day. When I came on watch just before noon,.
29-12 01:50 board time Rounding of Cape Horn and changing weather This morning at 04:28 board time (08:28 UTC) we.
28-12 01:55 board time From blowing half a gale to dead in the water for 10 hours Another low pressure.
27-12 00:20 board time If you would have been zapped on board this afternoon and would not have known where.
Logboekje: 15-12 01:17 board time We were getting somewhat tired of the waves rocking us side to side, us working.
We’ve passed 40 degrees South! All the shorts are gone and the oilskins are on. The sea has turned from.
13-12 01:15 board time Today was, again, a super day sailing! The waves have gradually increased to about 2,5 meters.
This also meant that we had already done over 200 miles of our 3000 and we are now officially doing everything in our power to make this an official Cape Horn rounding, sailing 3000 miles uninterrupted and crossing the 50'South on both the pacific and South Atlantic side.
11-12 01:30 board time WIND! We started sailing again in the early hours of the past day. Setting the mainsail.
It looked promising, a breeze picked up that we had not seen on the weather forecast and as we turned of the engine, we set the mainsail and nr 1 jib, doing about 6 knots under sail! What a relieve. Silence for a few hours and as the waves had calmed down, it was really pleasant on deck. I even took out a big Cuban sun hat, as there were hardly any clouds.
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