Author: Jesper
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Following the Sun and the Milky Way. South.
I spent the last evening at the helm using the billions of stars of the Milky Way as my steering mark. Barefoot. And now, as we steer into the sun we just passed 20°C in the water according the the very precise Oceansearch sensors. This makes me think back on the last two winters,…
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Fair winds and following seas
Someone said we needed to get less adventurous. And as I like to accommodate peoples wishes, now we are… Getting out of Figueira was significantly less challenging than getting in. And now we are heading south along the coast in beautiful sunshine and light winds. Almost straight downwind actually, so for comfort we are…
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Oceansearch tracker – Oops…
During our last leg from A Coruña to Figuiera the Oceansearch system had one unit that was not switched on. So no track from that part I am afraid. Last position in now up to date, however.
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Biscay tries to get the last word, almost succeeds.
Weather forecasts. Love them or hate them. We sat in A Coruña for 3 days waiting for a low to pass, and then all forecasts from the three different institutes that I use showed a nice 30 hour window for reaching down Portugal. We knew we would have upwind coming around Finisterre, but that should…
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Todays fix: Stopping more noise.
Now that we are sailing, work on the boat is not as turbo hectic as it was during the building stages. But I still want to fix at least one small issue every day as long as we are in harbour. Today it was the kicker (or vang as it is called in some places).…
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Noise from the rudders are not good…
Right now the forecast is for zero wind the next two days and then too much wind… So we’re doing some fixing work while waiting. On the last leg there was some noise from the rudders, which is of course not very good to hear when you are on a long crossing. We did an…
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A Coruña
So we crossed the infamous bay… Pretty nice sailing at times, especially the first 20 hrs. The we had a little too little wind and had to motor for 9 hrs. The occasional rain shower too. But the end was sunny and nice. A Coruña is a favourite place. The RCNC Marina Real is located…
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Half way through the bay
I looked around, but couldn’t find anything interesting to take a picture of, so this little story about the first half of or Bay of Biscay crossing will be nothing but words… We started out with a forecast of 15 knots for the first 30 hrs. The evening was very nice sailing, all along passed…
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Preparing for the fish
Lucas and I decided to get busy fixing the fishing rods, now that we are getting to waters where fishing starts to become fruitful. I hadn’t used them since my last long journey 11 years ago, so they needed a bit of care and grease, plus new lines, to get in shape. Now we are…