Even een kort bericht. We zijn gister middag voor anker gegaan bij Zapata, noord Tenerife.
We liggen tussen hoge kale rotsen. Met alleen een paar kleine (vissers?) huisjes. Het is hier warm, ongeveer 26 graden en ook het water is hier lekker warm, dat houdt in, dat er veel gezwommen wordt. Er is ook een zwart strandje, bij laag water, waar met de bal gespeeld kan worden. Iedereen geniet met volle teugen. Nyske loopt weer rond, zwemt of wil een douche, alleen vanmorgen werd ze even door een golf onder water getrokken, dat vindt ze dan even minder leuk. Ons program rond de Canarische eilanden staat nog niet helemaal vast, maar als het weer zo blijft, moet het niet moeilijk zijn er een goede tijd van te maken.
Just a short report. We dropt anchor at Zapata, north Tenerife, yesterday afternoon. We are anchored between high, bald rocks. With only a couple of little (fisherman?) houses. It is hot, about 26 degrees, also the sea is nice warm, that means that there is a lot of swimming. If the tide is low, there even is a little, black, beach, where you can play with the ball. Everybody has a good time. Nyske is walking around again, she swims or asks for a shower, this morning she was caught by a swell and she went completely under water, she did not like that!
Our program around the Canary Islands is not definitive, but when the weather stays like this, it can not be difficult to have a nice time here!
maandag, november 16, 2009
30 01’ N 15 03’ W 13 november
Nog 103 mijl voor we op de plek zijn waar we anker willen gooien. De wind is inderdaad westelijk geworden, maar zo weinig dat we er niets aan hebben. De zeilen staan nog wel, maar ook de motor met 800 toeren. Weer een giga sterrennacht. We proberen ze te herkennen, maar er zijn zoveel sterren! Orion is goed herkenbaar, met z’n drie felle sterren als riem. Grote Beer idem. Maar of we nu de Eenhoorn zien of Cassiopeia wordt al moeilijker.
Het varen op de motor is en blijft vervelend. Iedereen wordt er onrustig van, de vraag hoe lang nog, is dan ook regelmatig te horen. De temperaturen van water en lucht worden zo aangenaam, water temperatuur nu 23 graden, dat iedereen nu wel graag wil zwemmen en langs een strand slenteren. De zeilpakken hebben we in de kast gehangen en vanaf ‘s morgens een uur of half tien, kan er een korte broek aan. ‘s Middags is er een zwem stop. Ook nu, 9 uur ‘s avonds, is het nog zeer aangenaam buiten. Het enige dat een beetje tegen valt is, dat het zo snel donker is. We zijn verplicht binnen te eten, want met een maanloze avond, wordt het eten op het achterdek te moeilijk (lees:rommelig) Onze kleur op benen en armen begint al weer aardig op onze Charlston kleur te lijken en daar zijn we natuurlijk erg tevreden mee. Morgen middag hopen we ergens voor anker te gaan bij Tenerife en dan beginnen we aan ons laatste stukje expeditie. Lopen, zwemmen, bananen, papaja, zwarte stranden……ik verheug me op een winter Canaren!
Still 103 miles to go before we drop anchor. The wind is now westerly, as the weather forecast already was saying, but so less that it is of no use. The sails are still up, but also the engine with 800 turnings. Again a gigantic star night. We try to recognize them, but there are so many! Orion, you can recognize very well, with its three clear stars as a belt. Also the Great Bear is no problem. But whether we see the Unicorn or Cassiopeia is already more difficult.
Sailing with engine is and will be always annoying. Everybody gets a little bit restless, the main question is all day : how long still to go? The temperatures of water and sea are getting very pleasant now, water temperature 23 degrees, so every body longs to swim and stroll along the beach. The sailing suites are in the closet now, and in the morning about 9.30 o'clock we put on our shorts. In the afternoon we have a swim stop. And even now, 21.00 hours, the temperatures are still very pleasant. The only thing we can complain about, is the short days, at 19.00 hours, it is dark. So we are forced to eat in site, because with a moonless night, it is difficult (read: sloppy) to eat at the aft deck. Our legs and arms get Charlston colors again and we are very pleased with that.
Tomorrow afternoon we will drop anchor near Tenerife and then the last part of the expedition will start. Walking, swimming, bananas, papayas, black beaches…..I am looking forward to a winter on the Canaries!
Het varen op de motor is en blijft vervelend. Iedereen wordt er onrustig van, de vraag hoe lang nog, is dan ook regelmatig te horen. De temperaturen van water en lucht worden zo aangenaam, water temperatuur nu 23 graden, dat iedereen nu wel graag wil zwemmen en langs een strand slenteren. De zeilpakken hebben we in de kast gehangen en vanaf ‘s morgens een uur of half tien, kan er een korte broek aan. ‘s Middags is er een zwem stop. Ook nu, 9 uur ‘s avonds, is het nog zeer aangenaam buiten. Het enige dat een beetje tegen valt is, dat het zo snel donker is. We zijn verplicht binnen te eten, want met een maanloze avond, wordt het eten op het achterdek te moeilijk (lees:rommelig) Onze kleur op benen en armen begint al weer aardig op onze Charlston kleur te lijken en daar zijn we natuurlijk erg tevreden mee. Morgen middag hopen we ergens voor anker te gaan bij Tenerife en dan beginnen we aan ons laatste stukje expeditie. Lopen, zwemmen, bananen, papaja, zwarte stranden……ik verheug me op een winter Canaren!
Still 103 miles to go before we drop anchor. The wind is now westerly, as the weather forecast already was saying, but so less that it is of no use. The sails are still up, but also the engine with 800 turnings. Again a gigantic star night. We try to recognize them, but there are so many! Orion, you can recognize very well, with its three clear stars as a belt. Also the Great Bear is no problem. But whether we see the Unicorn or Cassiopeia is already more difficult.
Sailing with engine is and will be always annoying. Everybody gets a little bit restless, the main question is all day : how long still to go? The temperatures of water and sea are getting very pleasant now, water temperature 23 degrees, so every body longs to swim and stroll along the beach. The sailing suites are in the closet now, and in the morning about 9.30 o'clock we put on our shorts. In the afternoon we have a swim stop. And even now, 21.00 hours, the temperatures are still very pleasant. The only thing we can complain about, is the short days, at 19.00 hours, it is dark. So we are forced to eat in site, because with a moonless night, it is difficult (read: sloppy) to eat at the aft deck. Our legs and arms get Charlston colors again and we are very pleased with that.
Tomorrow afternoon we will drop anchor near Tenerife and then the last part of the expedition will start. Walking, swimming, bananas, papayas, black beaches…..I am looking forward to a winter on the Canaries!
vrijdag, november 13, 2009
32 21.380 N 13 37.840 W Le 12-11-'09
Bonjour, je m'appelle Bogdan, j'ai 17 ans et je fais actuellement partie de l'equipage du Tecla.
Ca fait depuis le 15 septembre que je suis a bord et j'ai beaucoup de plaisir. Jan, Jannette et Gijs sont de tres bons capitaines et Jannette fait tres bien la cuisine. J'apprecie beaucoup les regles et l'environnement du Tecla.
J'aurai pour ma part fini mon voyage le 25 novembre mais ca ne sera pas la derniere fois que je serai sur le Tecla.
J'aime beaucoup le monde marin et le Tecla, j'aimerai revenir a bord lors d'une course qui se deroulera en 2010.
Nous avons commence la journee avec un vent de force 2. Vers 3h00 le vent baisse et nous allumons le moteur. Actuellement, nous naviguons toujours au moteur et comme la mer est tres calme nous avons pu en profiter pour passer
une journee assez tranquille. Les quarts ont ete tres sympas, dans le mien que je commence a 8h00, Jannette nous a appris mes collegues de quart et moi, a nous reperer a l'aide d'une carte marine. L'apres-midi a ete consacre au nettoyage du bateau. Cela s'est passe dans la bonne humeur et a la fin le bateau etait niquel. Les capitaines ont ete tres contents et ont arrete le bateau pour que nous puissions nous baigner en plein milieu de l'Atlantique.
Ca nous a fait du bien parce qu'il faisait tres chaud et nous avons eu beaucoup de plaisir. Le bateau redemarre en direction de Tenerife ,les quarts recommencent et la journee poursuit son cours tranquillement.
Nous sommes actuellement a 255 miles nautiques de notre destination et suivons le cap de 205.
Hello, my name is Bogdan, I'm 17 years old and I am actually part of Tecla's crew.
I am on board since the 15th of September and I'm having a lot of pleasure. Jan, Jannette and Gijs are very good captains and Jannette cooks very well. I do appreciate a lot the rules and the environment of Tecla. I will for my part, finish my trip on the 25th of November but it won't be the last time I will come on Tecla. I like the sailing world a lot and the Tecla, I would like to come back on board for a race that will take part in 2010.
We have started the day with a wind force 2. By 3:00am the wind decreased and we turned the engine on. At this moment, we are still navigating by engine and since the sea is calm we managed to have a quiet day. The watches have been very nice, in mine which I start at 8:00am, Jannette taught my watch colleagues and I, how to position ourselves on a sea chart. The afternoon was dedicated to cleaning the ship. That was in a good atmosphere and at the end the ship was as new. The captains were very happy and stopped the ship so that we could swim right in the middle of the Atlantic. That was very nice because it was very hot and we had a lot of pleasure. The ship's engine is on again towards Tenerife, the watches have started again also and the day continues quietly.
We are now at 255 nautical miles from our destination and our course is 205.
Ca fait depuis le 15 septembre que je suis a bord et j'ai beaucoup de plaisir. Jan, Jannette et Gijs sont de tres bons capitaines et Jannette fait tres bien la cuisine. J'apprecie beaucoup les regles et l'environnement du Tecla.
J'aurai pour ma part fini mon voyage le 25 novembre mais ca ne sera pas la derniere fois que je serai sur le Tecla.
J'aime beaucoup le monde marin et le Tecla, j'aimerai revenir a bord lors d'une course qui se deroulera en 2010.
Nous avons commence la journee avec un vent de force 2. Vers 3h00 le vent baisse et nous allumons le moteur. Actuellement, nous naviguons toujours au moteur et comme la mer est tres calme nous avons pu en profiter pour passer
une journee assez tranquille. Les quarts ont ete tres sympas, dans le mien que je commence a 8h00, Jannette nous a appris mes collegues de quart et moi, a nous reperer a l'aide d'une carte marine. L'apres-midi a ete consacre au nettoyage du bateau. Cela s'est passe dans la bonne humeur et a la fin le bateau etait niquel. Les capitaines ont ete tres contents et ont arrete le bateau pour que nous puissions nous baigner en plein milieu de l'Atlantique.
Ca nous a fait du bien parce qu'il faisait tres chaud et nous avons eu beaucoup de plaisir. Le bateau redemarre en direction de Tenerife ,les quarts recommencent et la journee poursuit son cours tranquillement.
Nous sommes actuellement a 255 miles nautiques de notre destination et suivons le cap de 205.
Hello, my name is Bogdan, I'm 17 years old and I am actually part of Tecla's crew.
I am on board since the 15th of September and I'm having a lot of pleasure. Jan, Jannette and Gijs are very good captains and Jannette cooks very well. I do appreciate a lot the rules and the environment of Tecla. I will for my part, finish my trip on the 25th of November but it won't be the last time I will come on Tecla. I like the sailing world a lot and the Tecla, I would like to come back on board for a race that will take part in 2010.
We have started the day with a wind force 2. By 3:00am the wind decreased and we turned the engine on. At this moment, we are still navigating by engine and since the sea is calm we managed to have a quiet day. The watches have been very nice, in mine which I start at 8:00am, Jannette taught my watch colleagues and I, how to position ourselves on a sea chart. The afternoon was dedicated to cleaning the ship. That was in a good atmosphere and at the end the ship was as new. The captains were very happy and stopped the ship so that we could swim right in the middle of the Atlantic. That was very nice because it was very hot and we had a lot of pleasure. The ship's engine is on again towards Tenerife, the watches have started again also and the day continues quietly.
We are now at 255 nautical miles from our destination and our course is 205.
woensdag, november 11, 2009
Wednesday 11th of November, 34'16.8 N - 12'33.8 W
Good evening everybody! My name is Sophie and I am 25. I finished my architecture studies in France last year and decided to do a gap year preparing and participating in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge with the two French class B schooners, Etoile and Belle Poule. This gap year is getting more and more extended because I am now sailing on Tecla since almost two months... Already! Time really flies away when you are having good fun somewhere. But my trip is almost finished because I am leaving next week, a few days before all the youngsters on board; and the only thought of it in my mind makes me sad. Hopefully I still have a few very nice and sunny days left, which will maybe be the best, who knows!
The first time I really met Tecla was last year in Vigo (Spain) in the beginning of the Atlantic Challenge. I was sailing on Etoile as the "communication officer" and so I could hear and be in contact with Tecla daily for the race control positions. I first met Jet and Gijs on a party given by the Urania in Tenerife (Canaries) and then we met in each race port call. During the last race between Halifax (Canada) and Belfast (Ireland) my captain received an email from Tecla asking if I would eventually be interested and available in sailing on Tecla, as a translator for a group of young Swiss...
Of course! who would have thought that would really happen? Me, sailing on the every time winning ship? THE ship who would always cross the finish line before us, all sails set and full of wind on both ships; with whom we would always compare our positions and try to get more miles on her daily... But that of course Tecla didn't know: she was already far ahead to see us behind!
So of course, I accepted this once in a life offer with a lot of joy! Who wouldn't have?
And that is how it all started for me here on board...
Here I try to do my best to be efficient on the deck with either holding the helm, helping in the kitchen, translating; even though most of the young try now to speak English by themselves and sometimes do not want to be helped anymore. If at sea the first hours (or more depending on the swell as you know the last few days were quite terrible!) I am sometimes seasick, there is always things to do to keep my mind off of it and smile: Jannette has a lot of little games to play to know the rigging better for the young either with words or drawings and we have to get what it is and where. I must say some drawings are not very easy to understand sometimes but then that's what makes the game funny and difficult at the same time!
On a ship like this, if you put your heart in it, you might get quite poly valent afterwards... If you like cooking, you just have to stay in the kitchen, putting yourself at work, all together, cutting and learning all the secrets of Jannette's delicious soups or Jan's Chinese meal like we had this evening: " Succulent" like we say in France for a 3 stared Michelin restaurant... Either you can stay on the deck, in the nice warm sun, to sew! Today we continued our ditty bags sewing and stitching; trying to help each other and see how one has done his to do the same and get the good ideas out. It is nice to see how some young really get involved in choosing their colored thread, the way they want the stitches to be seen... and how doing something all together during the workshop makes a day well fulfilled!
In fact to be a good sailor we have to learn all of these jobs at the time: cook out of nothing wonderful meals, sew to repair a ripped sail, to make time joyful and nice for everyone have a lot of humor and good stories.... we have still a lot to learn from the Tecla Family! But then these are only the extras. Most of all we learn how to sail: finding the wind, even if we don't feel anything breeze; the direction of the swell, even if it seems to come from everywhere; holding the helm and staying on the correct course, even if the waves makes the compass turn in all directions; being outside watching the horizon for a ship, even if it is cold and rainy and our eyes are begging to close... but then comes the shiny sun waking up in the east and going to sleep in the west, the dolphins, the falling stars, the silence of the ocean... anything you can get on a ship but not on land that makes this trip unforgettable!
Thank you for all. For sure I will do my best to come back, even if I have to sleep in the cellar or attached on a rope hanging behind the ship!
Our course is this evening 210, heading directly to the Canaries. We are at an average speed of 5,5 knots and have still 378 miles to go before arriving. This night we will be half way since we left Cascais
The first time I really met Tecla was last year in Vigo (Spain) in the beginning of the Atlantic Challenge. I was sailing on Etoile as the "communication officer" and so I could hear and be in contact with Tecla daily for the race control positions. I first met Jet and Gijs on a party given by the Urania in Tenerife (Canaries) and then we met in each race port call. During the last race between Halifax (Canada) and Belfast (Ireland) my captain received an email from Tecla asking if I would eventually be interested and available in sailing on Tecla, as a translator for a group of young Swiss...
Of course! who would have thought that would really happen? Me, sailing on the every time winning ship? THE ship who would always cross the finish line before us, all sails set and full of wind on both ships; with whom we would always compare our positions and try to get more miles on her daily... But that of course Tecla didn't know: she was already far ahead to see us behind!
So of course, I accepted this once in a life offer with a lot of joy! Who wouldn't have?
And that is how it all started for me here on board...
Here I try to do my best to be efficient on the deck with either holding the helm, helping in the kitchen, translating; even though most of the young try now to speak English by themselves and sometimes do not want to be helped anymore. If at sea the first hours (or more depending on the swell as you know the last few days were quite terrible!) I am sometimes seasick, there is always things to do to keep my mind off of it and smile: Jannette has a lot of little games to play to know the rigging better for the young either with words or drawings and we have to get what it is and where. I must say some drawings are not very easy to understand sometimes but then that's what makes the game funny and difficult at the same time!
On a ship like this, if you put your heart in it, you might get quite poly valent afterwards... If you like cooking, you just have to stay in the kitchen, putting yourself at work, all together, cutting and learning all the secrets of Jannette's delicious soups or Jan's Chinese meal like we had this evening: " Succulent" like we say in France for a 3 stared Michelin restaurant... Either you can stay on the deck, in the nice warm sun, to sew! Today we continued our ditty bags sewing and stitching; trying to help each other and see how one has done his to do the same and get the good ideas out. It is nice to see how some young really get involved in choosing their colored thread, the way they want the stitches to be seen... and how doing something all together during the workshop makes a day well fulfilled!
In fact to be a good sailor we have to learn all of these jobs at the time: cook out of nothing wonderful meals, sew to repair a ripped sail, to make time joyful and nice for everyone have a lot of humor and good stories.... we have still a lot to learn from the Tecla Family! But then these are only the extras. Most of all we learn how to sail: finding the wind, even if we don't feel anything breeze; the direction of the swell, even if it seems to come from everywhere; holding the helm and staying on the correct course, even if the waves makes the compass turn in all directions; being outside watching the horizon for a ship, even if it is cold and rainy and our eyes are begging to close... but then comes the shiny sun waking up in the east and going to sleep in the west, the dolphins, the falling stars, the silence of the ocean... anything you can get on a ship but not on land that makes this trip unforgettable!
Thank you for all. For sure I will do my best to come back, even if I have to sleep in the cellar or attached on a rope hanging behind the ship!
Our course is this evening 210, heading directly to the Canaries. We are at an average speed of 5,5 knots and have still 378 miles to go before arriving. This night we will be half way since we left Cascais
10-11-2009 underway again!
Maar het werd geen Madeira de volgende dag. De boodschappen waren binnen, de was gedaan, de watertanks vol en de laatste avond stappen voor de jongeren. En dat stappen werd een beetje een rommeltje, dat later toch even goed besproken moest worden en dat duurde dus even. Maar nu zijn we dan toch weer onderweg. Gistermiddag hebben we Cascais achter ons gelaten, met een vervelende hoge zee en te weinig wind om de Tecla fijn door de golven te laten snijden. Gelukkig kwam de beloofde wind kracht 4 a 5 uit noordelijke richting 20 mijl uit de kust en konden we genieten van Tecla waardige snelheden, 9.5 tot 10.5 knopen. Een geweldige, maanloze, sterren en melkweg nacht, vol zeil, een oud kluivertje als bezaan stagzeil, geen vissers op ons pad, waar we voor uit moeten wijken, denderen we de nacht in. De vermoedelijke tijd van aankomst, 12 november 20.30 uur. De jongeren verbazen zich dat we er zo snel zijn! Er worden al plannen gemaakt wat we allemaal kunnen gaan doen op de Canaren, nu we wat extra tijd gaan krijgen door deze geweldige snelheden. Maar, wij hebben de weerberichten gezien en weten dat dit maar van korte duur zal zijn, als we niet opschieten, krijgen we zelfs een zuidwester tegen! Al voor middernacht neemt de wind aanzienlijk af en krijgen de golven weer meer en meer vat op ons. Dit houdt weer in dat er velen niet, of nauwelijks kunnen werken tijdens de wacht. De ochtend begint grijs, niet koud, 20 graden, net als de watertemperatuur, de zon komt er pas in de middag bij, als de wind zo noord oost is geworden, dat we met de gehele bemanning (die niet ziek zijn) de topzeilen (en stagzeil) er afhalen, gijpen en daarna alles weer zetten. Deze koers is aanzienlijk aangenamer, bijna alle zieken krijgen weer kleur en willen weer eten. Gijs hangt de hangmat aan de giek van de bezaan en een ieder die daar in wil liggen, is verplicht een verhaal te vertellen. De korte broeken komen te voorschijn, al hoewel er nog wel hoestdranken en anti griep tabletten uitgedeeld worden, want het natte weer van de laatste tijd, heeft voor een vervelende verkoudheid gezorgd onder de bemanning. Onze vermoedelijke tijd van aankomst is nu 14 november 19.35 uur maar als de wind weer een dipje heeft wordt het al snel een dag later, we genieten al weer van een sterren nacht, vol vallende sterren. Onze wensen , die we niet hard op mogen zeggen, zal een ieder wel kunnen raden, voorlopig genieten we van het zeilen en van de sfeer aanboord, die aanzienlijk beter is geworden.
But, their was no going to Madeira the next day. We did the shopping, we had fresh clothes, the water tanks full and then came the last night in the city for the monsters. And that went not that well. We needed for that more then just an hour talk together. Happely now we are on the "road" again. Yesterday waternood, we left Cascais behind us, with an awful high sea and not eenoog wind to let the Tecla sail slotlied through the swell. Luckely the prommist wind force 4 to 5 from northerly directions came 20 miles out of the coast and we could enjoy the smooth Tecla speed of 9.5 up to 10.5 knots. A marvelous, moonless, star and milky way night, full sail, an old jib as mizzen stay sail, no visserman to give way to, we rumble in to the night. Estemated time of arrival, 12 november 20.30 houres. The young are asthenische about the quick arrival! Plans are made what we all can do on the Canaries, now we get a lot of extra time with this marvelous speed. Bud, we saw the weatherforcasts for the next days, and that this will only stay for a short time, if we donnot hurry, we will even have to face a southwest wind against us! Befor midnight the wind drops heavely, the swell gets more grib on us. This means that a large part os the crew is noet able todo enything during the watch. The morning starts grey, not cold, 20 degrees, the same temperature as the ocean, the sun comes out in the waternood , by that time the wind is gone more to the north east, so we have to gype , lower the topsails (and mizzen staysail) and set every sail again at the other site. This cours is a more comfortible one with this swell, most of the ill get collar again and want to eat again. Gijs puts the amok under the boom of the mizzen and evrybody who wants to lay in it, has to tell a nice story. The shorties come out, together with the cough drinks and tablet. The wet weather brought an awful cough and cold by a lot of the crew members. Our eta is now, november the 14 th 19.35 houres, but as soon as the wind has a dip again, it takes a day extra. We are enjoying our seconde starnight, this time with a lot of falling stars. The wishes we can not say lout, every body can gues, for the time being, we enjoy the sailing and the athmosfere on board, witch has improved a lot.
But, their was no going to Madeira the next day. We did the shopping, we had fresh clothes, the water tanks full and then came the last night in the city for the monsters. And that went not that well. We needed for that more then just an hour talk together. Happely now we are on the "road" again. Yesterday waternood, we left Cascais behind us, with an awful high sea and not eenoog wind to let the Tecla sail slotlied through the swell. Luckely the prommist wind force 4 to 5 from northerly directions came 20 miles out of the coast and we could enjoy the smooth Tecla speed of 9.5 up to 10.5 knots. A marvelous, moonless, star and milky way night, full sail, an old jib as mizzen stay sail, no visserman to give way to, we rumble in to the night. Estemated time of arrival, 12 november 20.30 houres. The young are asthenische about the quick arrival! Plans are made what we all can do on the Canaries, now we get a lot of extra time with this marvelous speed. Bud, we saw the weatherforcasts for the next days, and that this will only stay for a short time, if we donnot hurry, we will even have to face a southwest wind against us! Befor midnight the wind drops heavely, the swell gets more grib on us. This means that a large part os the crew is noet able todo enything during the watch. The morning starts grey, not cold, 20 degrees, the same temperature as the ocean, the sun comes out in the waternood , by that time the wind is gone more to the north east, so we have to gype , lower the topsails (and mizzen staysail) and set every sail again at the other site. This cours is a more comfortible one with this swell, most of the ill get collar again and want to eat again. Gijs puts the amok under the boom of the mizzen and evrybody who wants to lay in it, has to tell a nice story. The shorties come out, together with the cough drinks and tablet. The wet weather brought an awful cough and cold by a lot of the crew members. Our eta is now, november the 14 th 19.35 houres, but as soon as the wind has a dip again, it takes a day extra. We are enjoying our seconde starnight, this time with a lot of falling stars. The wishes we can not say lout, every body can gues, for the time being, we enjoy the sailing and the athmosfere on board, witch has improved a lot.
vrijdag, november 06, 2009
38 42 N 09 25 W 5 november
En de wind bracht ons naar Cascais. Een oude stad aan de west kust, 30 minuten met de trein naar Lissabon. Met een NNW wind, af en toe een beetje zoekend en af- en aantrekkend, was het een prima stuk zeilen. In 33 uur lagen we weer voor anker naast de marina van Cascais. Na 6 weken merk je, dat alle jongeren nu aardig ingewerkt raken. Iedereen heeft zo zijn of haar favoriete plek tijdens het zeilen en opdoeken. Ook beginnen velen zich te bekommeren om het netjes opschieten van de touwen, gaffels die in lijn moeten staan etc. Dat maakt, dat alles ook veel sneller staat en klaar is, zodat er koffie, chocolade melk of cola gedronken kan worden. Tijdens deze tocht worden de weerberichten wel steeds vreemder. Wij merken dat de zee steeds hoger wordt, golven van meer dan 3 meter, terwijl de wind niet boven de 4 beaufort komt. Op de navtex krijgen wij berichten binnen van havens aan de west kust, die gesloten worden. Eerst de kleinere havens, dan de grotere havens, zoals Aveiro, waar we vorig jaar de race Funchal 500 zijn begonnen, mogen schepen kleiner dan 15 meter niet meer naar binnen. Daarna gaat Porto dicht en mogen schepen kleiner dan 35 meter de haven van Aveiro niet meer binnenlopen. Het weerbericht praat nu niet alleen meer over wind, maar ook over zware golven. De wind blijft vooral boven de oceaan en de Golf van Biskaje , NW 9, maar de golven zijn nu langs de gehele kust, tot aan Casablanca.
Wij gaan een plekje in de marina bespreken. Er moet water getankt worden, boodschappen aan boord voor een week en natuurlijk de was. Buiten liggen de container schepen voor anker, ze gaan van boord naar boord. Wij liggen tussen de grote motor jachten met drie dubbele verdiepingen, dubbele motoren, poetsvrouwen etc een beetje vreemd, maar dat went snel. Cascais is een goed onderhouden stad. Mooie oude huizen, een vestingmuur, met binnen de muren de oude huizen, die gerestaureerd worden. Overal zijn kleine strandjes met inhammen en rotsen. De vissersboten zijn hier vrij klein en werken vooral met potjes en korven, aan de kade hebben ze allemaal keurig een eigen stukje kade voor opslag. Wij bekijken meerdere weerberichten, vooral om te weten te komen of de golven ook af zullen nemen en natuurlijk wanneer. Zoals het er nu uit ziet, kunnen we morgen weer vertrekken, op dit moment staan er golven van rond de 8 a 10 meter, het zal afnemen, zegt ons weerbericht. Dat hopen we dus maar, alhoewel het geen straf is hier te zijn, Madeira wacht op ons.
And the wind brought us to Cascais. An old city, on the west coast, 30 minutes with the train, to Lisbon. With a NNW wind, a bit searching sometimes and getting more and less again, it was a very nice sail. In 33 hours we where at anchor, next to the marina of Cascais. After being 6 weeks on board now, the youngsters know their job better and better. Everybody has a favorite spot during the working on board, by setting and folding. Also, some start feeling the pride of getting the ropes really turned perfect, or the gaffs in line!. That makes the work easier and faster, so we are ready for the tea, coffee and coca cola more rapidly every time. During our trip, the weather forecast getting stranger by the hour. We notice that the swell is building up to more than 3 meters, by a wind of not more then 4 Beau fort. On the navtex we read that ports are closing along the west coast. It starts with small entrances, but after that the bigger once also. Aveiro, the port where we last year started the Funchal 500 Race, closes for ship up to 15 meters. After that, Porto closes for all ships and soon after Aveiro less than 35 meters. The weather forecast now does not only speak about wind, but mainly about the sea state: heavy waves. The wind is mainly over de Bay of Biskay, and the Atlantic Ocean, NW 9, but the waves are along the total west coast, all the way up to Casablanca.
We are going to get a berth in the marina. We have to take in water, a lot of eating's for a week and of course clean cloth. Out site, in the bay, container ships are at anchor, we see them go from port to starboard, they have eating problems now. In the marina we lay next to the big white motor yachts. Three double deck, double engine, double cleaning women etc. it is a little bit strange, but we get used to it very quickly. Cascais is a friendly clean town. There is a fortress with old buildings in it, witch they are restorating at moment, every where you find little beaches with rocks in the town. The fishing boats are rather small, they mainly fish with lobster traps and pots for crabs, earlier baked ones, now made of plastic. On the quay every fisherman has his own spot for all his gear. We try to find as much weather forecasts as possible, to know what the swell will do tomorrow. As it looks now, we can leave tomorrow, most of the swell must have been gone by then. Now the swell is 8 till 10 meters. We will see, it is not a disaster to be here, but Madeira is waiting for us.
Wij gaan een plekje in de marina bespreken. Er moet water getankt worden, boodschappen aan boord voor een week en natuurlijk de was. Buiten liggen de container schepen voor anker, ze gaan van boord naar boord. Wij liggen tussen de grote motor jachten met drie dubbele verdiepingen, dubbele motoren, poetsvrouwen etc een beetje vreemd, maar dat went snel. Cascais is een goed onderhouden stad. Mooie oude huizen, een vestingmuur, met binnen de muren de oude huizen, die gerestaureerd worden. Overal zijn kleine strandjes met inhammen en rotsen. De vissersboten zijn hier vrij klein en werken vooral met potjes en korven, aan de kade hebben ze allemaal keurig een eigen stukje kade voor opslag. Wij bekijken meerdere weerberichten, vooral om te weten te komen of de golven ook af zullen nemen en natuurlijk wanneer. Zoals het er nu uit ziet, kunnen we morgen weer vertrekken, op dit moment staan er golven van rond de 8 a 10 meter, het zal afnemen, zegt ons weerbericht. Dat hopen we dus maar, alhoewel het geen straf is hier te zijn, Madeira wacht op ons.
And the wind brought us to Cascais. An old city, on the west coast, 30 minutes with the train, to Lisbon. With a NNW wind, a bit searching sometimes and getting more and less again, it was a very nice sail. In 33 hours we where at anchor, next to the marina of Cascais. After being 6 weeks on board now, the youngsters know their job better and better. Everybody has a favorite spot during the working on board, by setting and folding. Also, some start feeling the pride of getting the ropes really turned perfect, or the gaffs in line!. That makes the work easier and faster, so we are ready for the tea, coffee and coca cola more rapidly every time. During our trip, the weather forecast getting stranger by the hour. We notice that the swell is building up to more than 3 meters, by a wind of not more then 4 Beau fort. On the navtex we read that ports are closing along the west coast. It starts with small entrances, but after that the bigger once also. Aveiro, the port where we last year started the Funchal 500 Race, closes for ship up to 15 meters. After that, Porto closes for all ships and soon after Aveiro less than 35 meters. The weather forecast now does not only speak about wind, but mainly about the sea state: heavy waves. The wind is mainly over de Bay of Biskay, and the Atlantic Ocean, NW 9, but the waves are along the total west coast, all the way up to Casablanca.
We are going to get a berth in the marina. We have to take in water, a lot of eating's for a week and of course clean cloth. Out site, in the bay, container ships are at anchor, we see them go from port to starboard, they have eating problems now. In the marina we lay next to the big white motor yachts. Three double deck, double engine, double cleaning women etc. it is a little bit strange, but we get used to it very quickly. Cascais is a friendly clean town. There is a fortress with old buildings in it, witch they are restorating at moment, every where you find little beaches with rocks in the town. The fishing boats are rather small, they mainly fish with lobster traps and pots for crabs, earlier baked ones, now made of plastic. On the quay every fisherman has his own spot for all his gear. We try to find as much weather forecasts as possible, to know what the swell will do tomorrow. As it looks now, we can leave tomorrow, most of the swell must have been gone by then. Now the swell is 8 till 10 meters. We will see, it is not a disaster to be here, but Madeira is waiting for us.
dinsdag, november 03, 2009
40 24.6 N 009 21.2 W
Het heeft inderdaad lang geduurd, om precies te zijn 53 uur, dat we, na vele malen overstag en een constant draaiende en afnemende wind, Leixoes, binnen konden varen. Toch was het geen saaie tocht. Met een iets meer dan halve maan, dus geen mooie sterren nachten, maar wel erg veel dolfijnen, waar we dus ook ‘s nachts volop van konden genieten. Binnen kort zullen we de foto’s in het logboek zetten. En omdat je met zo’n klein windje ook met en klein groepje overstag kunt, gebeurde dit zeer regelmatig, zonder iedereen te hoeven wekken. Leixoes is een voorstad van Porto. En het spijt me te moeten zeggen, maar het verdient niet de schoonheids prijs. Als je aan komt varen zie je eerst een giga branding, die tegen en over de golfbrekers/muren aan slaan, daar moet je dus eerst door. ( de tafel die gedekt was voor het middag eten, werd snel weer terug gezet!) En dan kom je in een grote kom, waar links de olie haven is, rechts visserij, dichter bij de brug de containers, daarna de veerboten, en achter een grote muur, de jacht haven. Wij willen natuurlijk een plekje aan de wal, even lekker slapen, maar dat vindt de haven meester niet, wij zijn te groot en dus niet welkom in de jachthaven. In de commerciële havens kunnen we niet liggen, want dan hebben we een agent nodig enzovoort. Gijs wil echt lekker slapen, dus blijft even door zeuren met als resultaat dat we buiten op de muur kunnen gaan liggen en niet voor anker in de kom. Er liggen al drie enorme fenders tegen de muur, dus we zijn helemaal blij. Tot we merken hoe de swell toch ook in de haven merkbaar is, na een knal, een gebroken Urania lijn, onze allerdikste lijn gezet, maar we zijn niet blij, zo slaapt niemand lekker! Het kraakt, zuigt en gaat heen en weer als een gek. Tja dus toch maar voor anker, maar dan wel met twee achterlijnen naar de wal en 40 meter ketting voor, zodat we er ‘s nachts alleen maar uithoeven om even te kijken of het allemaal nog goed gaat met het schavielen. Als we helemaal klaar zijn begint de mist hoorn, en kunnen we de ingang niet meer zien, we hebben geluk gehad, met dit zicht hadden we liever niet binnen willen varen. De groep neemt de bus naar Porto en Nyske mag het strand verkennen. Het strand is geweldig, behalve het afval dat overal ligt, er is een soort boulevard en er zijn zeer moderne strandtenten, ook is er een zwembad in de oceaan gemaakt, maar dat ziet er vervallen en verlaten uit. Aan de andere kant van de straat staan de welbekende appartementen annex hotelcomplexen, leeg en verlaten, verdwaalde kledingwinkels en erg veel restaurantjes, waarvan de helft dicht en vervallen. Zo is de hele stad een beetje, geweldig mooie oude hoge koopmanshuizen met houtsnijwerk en tegels, maar zeer vervallen, tussen de meest vreselijke nieuwbouw, waarvan de helft ook vervallen is en leeg staat. Omdat de groep in Porto blijft eten, zoeken wij een sfeervol restaurantje. En dat vinden we in zo’n oud vervallen koopmanshuis. Italiaans, smaakvol (geen plastic stoeltjes op witte tegels met de tv aan) maar een wand bekleed met de huid van een schip, oude foto’s aan de muur, wijnrekken tot aan het plafond, jammer dat je weet dat de resterende drie verdiepingen op instorten staat, onze handen beginnen te jeuken, maar we zijn nog niet op zoek naar een nieuw project, tijdens het terugwandelen, door de verlaten straten, maken we al weer druk plannen waar de wind ons morgen naar toe kan brengen.
It took us a lot of time, 53 hours to be exact, before we could, after a lot of tacking and turning winds, enter the harbor of Leixoes. But it was not a boring journey. With a little bit more then half moon, we did not have a great star sky, but for that, we good spot the lots of dolphins very good, even by night. We will put the photo's in the logbook as soon as possible. And with a small wind you can tack with a small crew, so we did that a lot, without waking up the whole group. Leixoes is a suburb from Porto. I am sorry to say, but it will never win the price for nicest city. If you come near the harbor, you see a lot of breakers against and over the sea breaker/wall, you have to go through it if you want to enter the harbor. So we had to clean the lunch table again (we did not have the lunch yet!) to make not too much damage downstairs. After entering you sail into a bay. On port side the oil harbor for tankers, starboard the fishery harbor and more to the big bridge the container ships and ferries. Behind a big wall is the marina, and that is the harbor we want to go alongside, to have all a good nights rest. But we are to tall, they say, to come in, we should go at anchor in the bay. Gijs, who really wants a long night sleep, complains as long till the harbor master agrees we go alongside the bay side wall. So we do, big fenders are already hanging there, so we are very pleased, till one of our Urania ropes gives a gig bang and is gone, we take our orange heavy weather land-line, but the ship keeps shaking and making strange noises. So we decide to drop anchor, 40 meters, but with two lines ashore at the aft, so we only have to look after the lines a few times at night . As we are finishing the last lines, the fog signal starts to blow the horn, we can not see the entrance anymore! We are lucky, it would have been very difficult to enter the port with this weather. The group takes the bus to Porto, and Nyske is going for a beach walk and swim. The beach is beautiful, except the all waste that is lying around, Next to the beach is a kind of boulevard, on the beach are several very modern beach-bars and even a swimming pool in the ocean of grey concrete, desolated, ram shackled. At the other site of the street arise a lot of high apartment/hotel buildings, most of them empty, between this all, some lost shops for cloth or shoes, and the rest is restaurant, most of them empty, or closet and forgotten. And that is how the rest of he city looks like. Next to beautiful old merchandise houses, with fine woodwork's and tiles, but ram shackled, ugly new buildings, often as ram shackled and empty as the old ones. As the group is staying for diner in Porto, we are looking for a nice restaurant, without the plastic chairs on white tiles with a lout tv. We find a nice Italian restaurant, in one of the old merchandise houses, tasteful, a wall made of a piece of an old ship, old pictures on the wall, whine storage up to the ceiling, it is strange to know that the other three floors are all most falling down, our hands start to itch, but we are not looking for a new project yet, during the walk to the ship, through the desolated streets, we already are busy planning where the wind can bring us tomorrow.
It took us a lot of time, 53 hours to be exact, before we could, after a lot of tacking and turning winds, enter the harbor of Leixoes. But it was not a boring journey. With a little bit more then half moon, we did not have a great star sky, but for that, we good spot the lots of dolphins very good, even by night. We will put the photo's in the logbook as soon as possible. And with a small wind you can tack with a small crew, so we did that a lot, without waking up the whole group. Leixoes is a suburb from Porto. I am sorry to say, but it will never win the price for nicest city. If you come near the harbor, you see a lot of breakers against and over the sea breaker/wall, you have to go through it if you want to enter the harbor. So we had to clean the lunch table again (we did not have the lunch yet!) to make not too much damage downstairs. After entering you sail into a bay. On port side the oil harbor for tankers, starboard the fishery harbor and more to the big bridge the container ships and ferries. Behind a big wall is the marina, and that is the harbor we want to go alongside, to have all a good nights rest. But we are to tall, they say, to come in, we should go at anchor in the bay. Gijs, who really wants a long night sleep, complains as long till the harbor master agrees we go alongside the bay side wall. So we do, big fenders are already hanging there, so we are very pleased, till one of our Urania ropes gives a gig bang and is gone, we take our orange heavy weather land-line, but the ship keeps shaking and making strange noises. So we decide to drop anchor, 40 meters, but with two lines ashore at the aft, so we only have to look after the lines a few times at night . As we are finishing the last lines, the fog signal starts to blow the horn, we can not see the entrance anymore! We are lucky, it would have been very difficult to enter the port with this weather. The group takes the bus to Porto, and Nyske is going for a beach walk and swim. The beach is beautiful, except the all waste that is lying around, Next to the beach is a kind of boulevard, on the beach are several very modern beach-bars and even a swimming pool in the ocean of grey concrete, desolated, ram shackled. At the other site of the street arise a lot of high apartment/hotel buildings, most of them empty, between this all, some lost shops for cloth or shoes, and the rest is restaurant, most of them empty, or closet and forgotten. And that is how the rest of he city looks like. Next to beautiful old merchandise houses, with fine woodwork's and tiles, but ram shackled, ugly new buildings, often as ram shackled and empty as the old ones. As the group is staying for diner in Porto, we are looking for a nice restaurant, without the plastic chairs on white tiles with a lout tv. We find a nice Italian restaurant, in one of the old merchandise houses, tasteful, a wall made of a piece of an old ship, old pictures on the wall, whine storage up to the ceiling, it is strange to know that the other three floors are all most falling down, our hands start to itch, but we are not looking for a new project yet, during the walk to the ship, through the desolated streets, we already are busy planning where the wind can bring us tomorrow.
zondag, november 01, 2009
41 21.989 N 008 56.668 W 30 oktober
En we zijn in Vigo aangekomen! Met een afgrijselijke hobbelzee, waar ook ik, Jannette, voor het eerst dit jaar, helemaal van: voor de bijl ging!!!! De golven zijn noord west en de wind is zuid/zuidwest. Grijs, buien, af en toe een stormachtige wind, heel veel regen (ook qua hoeveelheid) alleen ....het is niet koud! En dat was dus allemaal al weer ruim een week geleden. Vigo is, gedeeltelijk,een zeer oude stad. De visserij haven is groot, in de haven waar we met de schepen van de TSAC race gelegen hebben, liggen nu veel sleepboten, klaar om ingezet te worden bij het manoeuvreren van grote containerschepen, die verder op een eigen haven hebben. Wij liggen aan de buiten kant van de marina, vrij dicht bij het centrum van de oude stad. Hier krijg de groep bezoek uit Zwitserland en zijn we dus ruim 2 dagen blijven liggen, want echt zeilweer was het niet. Veel buien, af en toe een stormachtige wind uit de zuid-west en op zee golven van 4 tot 6 meter. Onze wens was ooit eens de omgeving van Vigo te verkennen, want alle baaien zien er zeer aantrekkelijk uit en ook de Islas Atlanticas de Galicia, een Parque National, zien er zeer aanlokkelijk uit. Gelukkig komt een trainee van de TSAC race, Vigo/Teneriffe, langs voor een kopje koffie en zo weten dat je een vergunning kunt krijgen om de eilanden te bezoeken. Het kost even een behoorlijke wandeling en dus wat tijd, maar met de vergunning aanboord vertrekken we weer, richting Archipielage de Cies, waar we bij een stormachtige wind en veel regen, voor anker gaan. Er wonen een paar mensen, er zijn verschillende wandelroutes, de hond mag niet mee, maar het is er schitterend, alleen jammer dat na het beklimmen van de hoogste rots, 175 meter, de nevel bezit heeft genomen van het uitzicht. Ook de dag erna nog steeds harde zuidwester en zeer nat. We gaan weer opzoek naar een andere baai. Dat wordt Aguete, gelukkig kunnen we dit zeilend doen. Ook hier weer prachtige strandjes en tuinen met druiven en over de grond allemaal kleine mini tomaatjes. Hier krijgen Jan, Nyske en ik het noch even heel er nat en ons verse brood ook, de hele hemel lijkt leeg te lopen en waarschijnlijk is dat ook gebeurt, want de volgende dag zitten we in de zon, kunnen we zwemmen, de oefening met de man overboord met immursion suit doen, onze natte kleren drogen en veel weerberichten bestuderen, want eigenlijk willen we wel verder, maar geen wind, mist en hoge golven is niet wat we nodig hebben om naar Porto of Lissabon te gaan. Dan maar een klein stukje richting ons doel, Bayona. Een hele sympathieke stad. Een echte kasteelmuur met een vrij nieuw hotel en geweldige tuin er omheen, nauwe, steile straatjes, smalle diepe huizen, klooster met nonnen, mooie oude kerken, en buiten een schuimende branding op het strand. Dat werd dus even surfen voor JB en Gijs. En nu zijn we dus op weg naar Porto? Lissabon? Zuidwest tot zuidoost 2 tot 5, lange golven, en een snelheid van 1 tot 6 knopen. We zijn nu nu al weer 36 uur onderweg, het gaat heel erg langzaam, maar we zeilen weer!
We arrived at Vigo!! With a horrible swell, where even I, Jannette, the first time this year!, was one of the very ill persons. Swell coming from the northwest and wind from the south/south west! Grey clouds, showers, a stormy wind and a never ending rain, falling down by lots and lots..but not cold! And that I wrote more then a week a go. Vigo is party a very old town. The fishing harbor is large, in the harbor we where berth with the TSAC race, now are many towing ships, waiting to help maneuvering the big container ships, witch have there own harbor a little bit more east. We are berth at the outer site of the marina , quit near to the center of the old city. Her our group gets a visitor from Swiss on board, so we stay for almost three days, because it is no nice sailing weather outside. A stormy south/southwesterly and rough to high seas, 4 up to 6 meters. We had the wish of seeing more of the surroundings, sinds the first time we were in Vigo, there are so many beautiful beaches and villages and of course the Islas Atlanticas de Galicia, the Parque National, that now we had the chance to see more of this all. Happelly one of our trainee from the TSAC race Vigo/Tenerife, comes by for a coffee and tells us that it is possible to get permission to anchor and to visit the islands, so after a long walk and a lot of time, we leave Vigo, with on board the licence, to visit the Archipielage de Cies, where we drop anchor, with a stormy wind and a lot of rain again. On the island live a few people, there are a few houses, and many walking routes. So we take the longest, without the dog, no dogs allowed, up the highest hill, 175 meters, in the rain. It is realy beautiful, the only missing thing was the few, up the hill, a big cloud took us the few! So the next day we leave again, with the rain and the stormy wind, but also with the sails up, for the bay of Aguete. And again, a beautiful bay, gardens full of whine trees and little tomatoes crowing on the ground. Here Jan, Nyske and I get one time again a very wet suit! It is as if the sky pours out, all the rain there is in heaven ! And I think that really happened, because the next day is dry, sunny and warm! A good day to do a man over board exercise with the immersion suit and the rest of the training. After that of course swimming time, jumping of the jib boom etc. We dry our wet cloth and study the weather forecasts, fog, no wind, rough seas, no good conditions to sail to Porto or Lissabon, where we ant to go. So we decide to go a little bit more south again to Bayona. A very sympathetic town. A real big castle wall, with in it a newer build hotel, surrounded by a big beautiful garden, an very old monastery with nuns, churches, steep narrow streets with narrow deep houses, and looking over the sea, the big white swell, falling against the stones. A good sea to surf JB and Gijs decide and so they do that afternoon. Now we are on our way to Porto?Lisboa? With a south-west/south-east wind, force 2 to 5, speed 1 to 6 knots. We are 36 hours on our way now, it goes very slowly. But we sail again!
Pedro, if you read this, we will let you know where we are going as soon as we know where we are going!
We arrived at Vigo!! With a horrible swell, where even I, Jannette, the first time this year!, was one of the very ill persons. Swell coming from the northwest and wind from the south/south west! Grey clouds, showers, a stormy wind and a never ending rain, falling down by lots and lots..but not cold! And that I wrote more then a week a go. Vigo is party a very old town. The fishing harbor is large, in the harbor we where berth with the TSAC race, now are many towing ships, waiting to help maneuvering the big container ships, witch have there own harbor a little bit more east. We are berth at the outer site of the marina , quit near to the center of the old city. Her our group gets a visitor from Swiss on board, so we stay for almost three days, because it is no nice sailing weather outside. A stormy south/southwesterly and rough to high seas, 4 up to 6 meters. We had the wish of seeing more of the surroundings, sinds the first time we were in Vigo, there are so many beautiful beaches and villages and of course the Islas Atlanticas de Galicia, the Parque National, that now we had the chance to see more of this all. Happelly one of our trainee from the TSAC race Vigo/Tenerife, comes by for a coffee and tells us that it is possible to get permission to anchor and to visit the islands, so after a long walk and a lot of time, we leave Vigo, with on board the licence, to visit the Archipielage de Cies, where we drop anchor, with a stormy wind and a lot of rain again. On the island live a few people, there are a few houses, and many walking routes. So we take the longest, without the dog, no dogs allowed, up the highest hill, 175 meters, in the rain. It is realy beautiful, the only missing thing was the few, up the hill, a big cloud took us the few! So the next day we leave again, with the rain and the stormy wind, but also with the sails up, for the bay of Aguete. And again, a beautiful bay, gardens full of whine trees and little tomatoes crowing on the ground. Here Jan, Nyske and I get one time again a very wet suit! It is as if the sky pours out, all the rain there is in heaven ! And I think that really happened, because the next day is dry, sunny and warm! A good day to do a man over board exercise with the immersion suit and the rest of the training. After that of course swimming time, jumping of the jib boom etc. We dry our wet cloth and study the weather forecasts, fog, no wind, rough seas, no good conditions to sail to Porto or Lissabon, where we ant to go. So we decide to go a little bit more south again to Bayona. A very sympathetic town. A real big castle wall, with in it a newer build hotel, surrounded by a big beautiful garden, an very old monastery with nuns, churches, steep narrow streets with narrow deep houses, and looking over the sea, the big white swell, falling against the stones. A good sea to surf JB and Gijs decide and so they do that afternoon. Now we are on our way to Porto?Lisboa? With a south-west/south-east wind, force 2 to 5, speed 1 to 6 knots. We are 36 hours on our way now, it goes very slowly. But we sail again!
Pedro, if you read this, we will let you know where we are going as soon as we know where we are going!
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