<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119</id><updated>2012-01-31T15:51:14.308+01:00</updated><category term='ramsgate'/><category term='canrisch eiland netherlands ship sail zeilen'/><category term='dolphins'/><category term='schotland scotland'/><category term='pilot whale canary island siesta'/><category term='verslag tecla race ruyter'/><category term='race of the classics de rees'/><category term='zeilen canarische eiland canary islands tecla'/><category term='Tecla  Wales Engeland zeilen Bristol Festival'/><category term='funchal madeira tecla holland nederlands logger reis zeilen'/><category term='anniversary'/><category term='canary islands netherlands canarische eilanden nederlands'/><category term='tecla'/><category term='den helder'/><category term='canary islands'/><category term='sailing'/><category term='sluik'/><category term='winter onderhoud'/><category term='klauw'/><category term='madeira holland netherland'/><category term='bodyboarders canary island sailing tecla sluik'/><title type='text'>Tecla</title><subtitle type='html'>Fair winds and royals all the way!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>admin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>332</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-4772237077837829236</id><published>2011-01-17T12:50:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T12:53:59.794+01:00</updated><title type='text'>New website Tecla!</title><content type='html'>The Tecla has a new website!!! address is still the same. www.tecla.nl&lt;br /&gt;From now on you will the blog or logbook will be kept inside the website. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tecla.nl/wordpress/?cat=3"&gt;LOGBOOK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is the link to the new logbook! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sign in for our newletter and stay up to date! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tecla.nl/wordpress/?page_id=219"&gt;NEWSLETTER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hope you like the new website!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;greetings from the Tecla Crew!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-4772237077837829236?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/4772237077837829236/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=4772237077837829236' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4772237077837829236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4772237077837829236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-website-tecla.html' title='New website Tecla!'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-7628556884661679099</id><published>2010-11-15T11:52:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T11:56:02.634+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Interviews on board the Tecla</title><content type='html'>During the Tall Ships Races 2010, the leg from Kristiansand to Hartlepool, we had a journalist on board, Jennifer Allen, who made a radio raport about all that was happening on board. The programm was to be send out on the Irish radio, Beat 102-103.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Through this link you will be able to hear all about it (in english) as it has been put up on the internet as well!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://beatdocumentaries.podomatic.com/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://beatdocumentaries.podomatic.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!!! I did! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-7628556884661679099?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/7628556884661679099/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=7628556884661679099' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7628556884661679099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7628556884661679099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/11/interviews-on-board-tecla.html' title='Interviews on board the Tecla'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8667332433415530314</id><published>2010-10-06T11:49:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T11:49:13.672+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>53'50.8N 002'22.8E 16:41 UTCWind increased again so last night we reeved the mainsail and took down the big jib and replaced it with the small jib. It was a lot of work for a small crew, but with a plan and all the power they could give it was a successful event. We are coursing for Terschelling still, wind is mostly south and now 4/5 bf. It really is October, it is cold and wet out here. We saw a glimpse of sun this morning and again this afternoon, but it promises to be a cloudy and cold night. Sailing home is new experience for the group. Sailing towards the end of this trip, wondering when we will arrive in Enkhuizen. That time is the only time and place that is already set, Friday midday we will be back, hopefully after a nice visit on Terschelling.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De wind nam afgelopen nacht weer toe en dus hebben wij het grootzeil gereefd en hebben wij de grote kluiver voor de kleine verwisseld. Het was een hoop werk voor een kleine bemanning, maar met een plan en de wil om er een succes van te maken werd dit het ook. We zeilen nu op Terschilling wind is nu meest zuid en kracht 4/5.Op zee is het duidelijk oktober, koud en nat. Naar huis zeilen is een nieuwe ervaring voor de groep. We zeilen naar het einde van de trip en zij vragen zich af wanneer we in Enkhuizen aan zullen komen. Niets staat vast in het zeilen, maar dat wel, vrijdag middag zijn wij weer terug in Enkhuizen, hopelijk met een mooie tussen stop op Terschelling.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8667332433415530314?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8667332433415530314/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8667332433415530314' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8667332433415530314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8667332433415530314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/10/5350.html' title=''/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-5274584123587387408</id><published>2010-10-05T08:02:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-05T08:02:38.093+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>54'32.5N 000'16.8E  16:25 UTC&lt;br /&gt;We are on our way again. We arrived in Whitby on Saturday morning, around 10:00 board time (08:00 UTC). We had some rough weather sailing up from Lowestoft, wind increased to a 6/7 and the waves increased as well. Part of the crew was sick, but held up very well. The wind was not so bad though.. but is was raining like somebody was pouring buckets of water out of the sky. Around midnight the wind died out and left us with the waves.. we started the engine and did the last 40 miles on motor and sail. &lt;br /&gt;Whitby was very nice. During the day everybody stretched their legs and in the evening a few of us went to the pub with a colleague of ours, Steve from the Maybe. It was really nice to see him again! The Sunday was spend with a communication style training. Again the rain was falling from the sky, so staying inside was not so bad! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Today was a very beautiful day. A nice breeze from the south east, which makes it difficult for us to sail straight back to Holland. We are about to tack, going a bit more south, hoping to find some south westerly winds.. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;We zijn weer onderweg. Op zaterdag morgen zijn we rond 10:00 uur boord tijd (08:00 UTC) in Whitby aan gekomen. We hadden wat zwaar weer onderweg omhoog van Lowestoft met toenemende wind tot 6/7 en opbouwende golven. Een deel van de bemanning was ziek, maar heeft zich er goed doorheen geslagen. En de wind was niet het ergste... de bakken met water die uit de hemel kwamen vallen waren veel vervelender! Rond middernacht viel de wind weg en draaide naar het westen waardoor wij de laatste 40 mijl motor zeilend hebben volbracht. &lt;br /&gt;Whitby was erg leuk. De eerste dag is iedereen aan wal geweest om de benen te strekken en s avond zijn we met een groepje naar de pub gegaan. We hadden ook bezoek van een collega van ons van de Maybe, Steve, wat het een hele leuke speciale avond maakte. De zondag hebben we stil gelegen en hadden wij een trainer aan boord die de groep een communicatie stijlen training heeft gegeven. Onder tussen kwam de regen met bakken uit de hemel, de binnen zitten was helemaal niet erg. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Vandaag was een hele mooie dag. Een lekker briesje uit het zuid oosten wat het moeilijk voor ons maakt recht op Nederland af te koersen. We gaan straks overstag om een beetje meer zuid te maken, daar hopen wij dan ook de zuid wester wind te vinden..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-5274584123587387408?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5274584123587387408/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=5274584123587387408' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5274584123587387408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5274584123587387408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/10/5432.html' title=''/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-4990091933017936192</id><published>2010-10-02T10:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-02T10:28:10.356+02:00</updated><title type='text'>52'38.1N 001'46.0E 06:40 UTC</title><content type='html'>Vertrokken uit Oude Schild met een mooie snelheid hebben wij een geweldig mooie nacht gezeild. Rond 20:00 uur boord tijd begon het weer een beetje te verslechteren. Van een mooie zonnenige namiddag ging de avond over in motregen en later in buien. De wind nam wat toe, wat ervoor zorgde dat we rond 23:00 uur het topzeil weg hebben gehaald. We liepen op dat moment nog een mooie 8 a 9 knopen en stormden zo op Lowestoft af. Onze bemanning had wat last van zeeziekte, maar sloeg zich er dapper door heen, ondanks de regen zaten we aan dek met een kopje thee of koffie om warm te blijven. Het was een uitzonderlijk donkere nacht. Geen maan en geen sterren, alleen de navigatie verlichting en de schepen om ons heen. &lt;br /&gt;Voor de kust van Engeland nam de wind weer wat af en draaide naar het westen, precies waar wij heen wilden.. op 8 mijl voor Lowestoft hebben wij de zeilen laten zakken en zijn het laatste stuk op de motor naar binnen gevaren, waar wij rond 06:30 boord tijd langs de kant lagen. De groep werd rond 8 uur wakker en heeft na het ontbijt de stoute schoenen aangetrokken om Lowestoft, onze eerste Engelse haven te gaan bezoeken. Hier zijn lekkernijen gekocht, de mac donalds bezocht en fish and chips gegeten. S avonds hebben we lekker samen gegeten, is nogmaals het stadje bezocht en zijn de meesten vroeg naar bed gegaan. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Vandaag zijn wij vroeg begonnen, 05:30 wakker, 6:00 aan dek, rif gestoken in grootzeil en bezaan en rond 07:00 waren wij weer buiten de pieren van Lowestoft en hebben wij het grootzeil en de fok gehezen. We zijn imiddels voorbij Great Yarmouth, gaan zo de kluiver en de bezaan zetten als wij de hoek om gaan en zetten dan koers op Whitby, zo'n 140 mijl noordelijker. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;--------------------------&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;We left Oude Schild with a beautiful and sailed into a wonderful evening. Around 20:00 hours board time the weather got less good, some drizzle that turned into showers. The wind increased and therefore we took down the topsail around 23:00 hours. We where doing 8/9 knots at that time and where on a roll towards Lowestoft! Our crew has some trouble with seasickness, but battled through it and even in the rain they where on the deck drinking a cup of tea with us. It was a very dark night, no moon, no stars, just our navigational lights and the other vessels around us. &lt;br /&gt;At the English coast the wind lessened and turned against us.. At 8 miles from Lowestoft we lowered the sails and went on motor for the last bit, we where moored around 06:30 board time. The group woke up at 08:00 and after breakfast put on their walking shoes and went to explore our first English harbor. They got a taste of real England with fish and chips and some went to the mac donalds. That evening we had a beautiful meal together, some went to visit the town again and most where in bed very early! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This morning we got up early at 05:30, around 06:00 everybody was on deck, we reeved mainsail and mizzen and where outside of the peers of Lowestoft at 07:00. We set mainsail and forestaysail. By now we have passed Great Yarmouth and are about to set jib and mizzen for some more speed. Our course is set for Whitby, about 140 miles from here.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-4990091933017936192?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/4990091933017936192/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=4990091933017936192' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4990091933017936192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4990091933017936192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/10/52381n-001460e-0640-utc.html' title='52&apos;38.1N 001&apos;46.0E 06:40 UTC'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2311996472829299854</id><published>2010-10-02T10:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-02T10:27:09.863+02:00</updated><title type='text'>vacation</title><content type='html'>52'36.6N 002'53.9 E 21:35 UTC&lt;br /&gt;After 4 weeks of vacation the Tecla is sailing again. Port of departure&lt;br /&gt; is Enhuizen, with destination Enkhuizen. We have 12 days to go where&lt;br /&gt;ever we want and how ever we want. No race this time, not even against&lt;br /&gt;the clock. The crew is a mixture of people from the municipal of&lt;br /&gt;Enkhuizen. They have been granted this opportunity by the local&lt;br /&gt;government.&lt;br /&gt;On the 27th of September the wind is light and variable. This does not&lt;br /&gt;seem to be a problem for our new arrivals. We set the main, jib and&lt;br /&gt;staysail and leave with out use of the engine. Later the mizzn and&lt;br /&gt;topsails follow. We continue this slow start and after a small detour&lt;br /&gt;make for the old fishing harbor of Den Oever. Before we can enter the&lt;br /&gt; harbor, we have to pass the Stevin lock that keeps the salt water of the&lt;br /&gt;Wadden Zee from entering the IJsselmeer. All goes well, and satisfied we&lt;br /&gt;belay the last mooring line to call it a day at 18:00.&lt;br /&gt;The next day the wind is still very weak. We try the best we can but&lt;br /&gt;this time she totally abandon's us. When the tide threatens to take us&lt;br /&gt; out to sea, we have start the engine. Once in Oude Schild, the main port&lt;br /&gt;of the island of Texel, we are surprised by the amount of ships in the&lt;br /&gt;harbor. Most of them flat bottom ships who used to trade general cargo&lt;br /&gt;around Holland, Scandinavia, and the UK. This makes for a nice and cosy&lt;br /&gt;atmosphere.&lt;br /&gt;That evening we decide that the next port of call will be Lowestoft,&lt;br /&gt;England. The eb tide won't be running befor 13:00 the next day, leaving&lt;br /&gt;us plenty of time to do some last shopping. All goes as planned. The&lt;br /&gt;wind SE force 4 bf and with all sails set we are making good progress.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2311996472829299854?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2311996472829299854/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2311996472829299854' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2311996472829299854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2311996472829299854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/10/vacation.html' title='vacation'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-7495970319851652814</id><published>2010-09-22T10:44:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T10:47:43.428+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Next trip</title><content type='html'>This Friday the Tecla will be leaving her dock in Den Helder to set sail to Den Oever and onward to Enkhuizen. In Enkhuizen we will pick up a group for a special cours, ErVaar. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we hope to most some travel blogs beginning on Monday, to keep you updated on where we are, and what we are doing.. For now, the sun is shining in Holland, nice weather to go sailing! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;Deze vrijdag verlaat de Tecla haar ligplaats in Den Helder en vaart zij naar Den Oever en daarna door naar Enkhuizen. In Enkhuizen zullen wij een nieuwe groep van een speciaal project aan boord nemen, ErVaar. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dus vanaf maandag zullen er weer berichten verschijnen over waar de Tecla is en wat er aan boord gebeurd! Op dit moment is het geweldig weer in Nederland, hopen dat het zo blijft!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-7495970319851652814?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/7495970319851652814/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=7495970319851652814' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7495970319851652814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7495970319851652814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/09/next-trip.html' title='Next trip'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1233554575304799107</id><published>2010-09-04T09:15:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-09-04T09:26:52.151+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla in Den Helder</title><content type='html'>The Tecla is now moored up in Den Helder. After a bussy SAIL2010 in Amsterdam the Tecla crew was split up for a bit. Jan and Jannette sailed the Tecla to Den Helder, Gijs went with the Wylde Swan to Bremerhaven and then with the Maybe to Whitby and I (Jet) went with Frank on the J.R. Tolkien to Bremerhaven and stayed during Sail Bremerhaven. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Tecla will stay in Den Helder for the next two weeks. Here are some pictures send to us by Kenny when he stopped by and we where not there... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/TIHzSTB7GwI/AAAAAAAABzI/72g_jBnbipo/s1600/CIMG2567.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/TIHzSTB7GwI/AAAAAAAABzI/72g_jBnbipo/s320/CIMG2567.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512954914549734146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/TIHzR2-lUmI/AAAAAAAABzA/pxAuPqYVNOE/s1600/CIMG2566.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/TIHzR2-lUmI/AAAAAAAABzA/pxAuPqYVNOE/s320/CIMG2566.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512954907019530850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/TIHzRlV-YRI/AAAAAAAABy4/et49A5Zw5h4/s1600/CIMG2564.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/TIHzRlV-YRI/AAAAAAAABy4/et49A5Zw5h4/s320/CIMG2564.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512954902285803794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/TIHzRYaUvyI/AAAAAAAAByw/fLtAkJJgd5Q/s1600/CIMG2562.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/TIHzRYaUvyI/AAAAAAAAByw/fLtAkJJgd5Q/s320/CIMG2562.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512954898814385954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1233554575304799107?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1233554575304799107/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1233554575304799107' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1233554575304799107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1233554575304799107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/09/tecla-in-den-helder.html' title='Tecla in Den Helder'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/TIHzSTB7GwI/AAAAAAAABzI/72g_jBnbipo/s72-c/CIMG2567.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8861317878723280012</id><published>2010-08-17T07:45:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-17T07:45:40.723+02:00</updated><title type='text'>53'52.9N 004'42.2E 17:42 UTC 16/8</title><content type='html'>The race has ended. To bad for us we got becalmed about 2 miles before the finish line and drifted backwards to 3.1 mile from the finish line, where we ended the race at 13:30 UTC. Becoming 1st in our class was not to hard.. how far this last day has gotten us in the overall position we do not know yet..&lt;br /&gt;We are now underway (using engine) towards IJmuiden, where we hope to arrive in the morning. The mood on board is good. Last night we had some strong winds again but everybody is happy that we sailed until the last minute of the race.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De race is afgelopen. In de laatste mijlen voor de finish raakten wij echter in een kalmte terecht en dreven wij van 2 mijl tot 3.1 mijl van de finish af, daar eindigde de race om 13:30 UTC. Eerste worden in onze klasse was niet zo moeilijk meer, maar waar wij staan in het overall klassement weten we nog niet..&lt;br /&gt;We zijn nu onderweg (op de motor) richting IJmuiden, waar we morgen ochtend hopen aan te komen. De sfeer aan boord is goed. Gisteravond kregen we nog wat harde wind over, maar iedereen is blij dat we tot de laatste minuut van de race hebben gezeild.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8861317878723280012?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8861317878723280012/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8861317878723280012' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8861317878723280012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8861317878723280012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/08/53529n-004422e-1742-utc-168.html' title='53&apos;52.9N 004&apos;42.2E 17:42 UTC 16/8'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2248080346505150519</id><published>2010-08-16T12:09:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-16T12:09:41.647+02:00</updated><title type='text'>54'19N 005'06E 18:21 UTC 15/8</title><content type='html'>Waypoint day! We passed loads of waypoints today, H I J K L and we are now on our way to N!! The wind has picked up to a strong breeze, with accompanying waves. Cooking downstairs was a bit of a trick, eating the soup we made, was even more of an challenge! Other vessels are finishing now, we are trying to get some last miles before the end of the race, make up for what we lost the 24 hours we drifted back and forth.&lt;br /&gt;We did a lot of sail handling today, we gibed a few times, set an old wife and reeved the main and the mizzen. All went very well with the effort of our crew!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Waypoiny day! We zijn vandaag een hele zoot waypoints voorbij gegaan, H I J K L en nu zijn we onderweg naar N!! De wind is toegenomen tot een sterke bries, met bijbehorende golven. Koken beneden was wat ingewikkeld, de soep die wij hadden gemaakt op eten was nog een grotere uitdaging. Andere schepen zijn nu aan het finishen, wij proberen nog wat laatste mijlen te maken voor morgen, goed maken wat we die 24 uur heen en weer drijven verloren zijn.&lt;br /&gt;We hebben veel zeil handelingen gedaan vandaag, een paar keer gehalst, een oud wijf gezet, een rif in het groot en een rif in de bezaan gezet. Het verliep allemaal soepel met de inzet van onze bemanning!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2248080346505150519?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2248080346505150519/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2248080346505150519' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2248080346505150519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2248080346505150519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/08/5419n-00506e-1821-utc-158.html' title='54&apos;19N 005&apos;06E 18:21 UTC 15/8'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-506712254202086227</id><published>2010-08-15T18:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-15T19:01:05.244+02:00</updated><title type='text'>56'00N 002'11E 17:43 14/8</title><content type='html'>After more then 24 hours of drifting, we are underway again! The sun is shining and we have a little breeze that gives us a speed of about 5/6 knots, very nice! We have past waypoint G and are heading for H now. All the seasick are better now, I think it is the sun that has cured them! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Na 24 uur drijven zijn we nu weer onderweg! De zon schijnt en we hebben een klein briesje dat ons 5/6 knopen laat lopen, heel erg fijn! We zijn waypoint G voorbij en zijn onderweg naar H. Alle zeezieken zijn weer beter, ik denk dat de zon hen genezen heeft!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-506712254202086227?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/506712254202086227/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=506712254202086227' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/506712254202086227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/506712254202086227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/08/5600n-00211e-1743-148.html' title='56&apos;00N 002&apos;11E 17:43 14/8'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2654975587155635381</id><published>2010-08-14T08:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-14T08:56:05.487+02:00</updated><title type='text'>56'05.2N 001'55.3E 18:12 UTC</title><content type='html'>&lt;pre&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NO wind, big waves, flapping sails,&lt;br /&gt;riddle games and rain.. Today was a bit of a disappointment. We are the&lt;br /&gt;last vessel left in the B class.. The other 6 did not start the race or&lt;br /&gt;retired during the race. So we are number one in our class and where 6th&lt;br /&gt;overall this morning. 36 hours of a lot of wind is now followed by no&lt;br /&gt;wind. We are drifting with only the jib and forestaysail up. We dropped&lt;br /&gt;the mainsail around 12 oclock and set her again when a small breeze&lt;br /&gt;picked up. But that only lasted for on hour and then we had to drop her&lt;br /&gt;again. A good thing about today was the food! We had pancakes for&lt;br /&gt;lunch and Indonesian rice table Jet style (..tja) for dinner.&lt;br /&gt;With fresh coconuts!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geen wind, grote golven, flapperende zeilen, raadsle&lt;br /&gt;spelletjes en regen.. Vandaag was een beetje een teleurstelling. We&lt;br /&gt;zijn het laatste schip in de B klasse.. De andere 6 zijn niet gestart of&lt;br /&gt;zijn halverwegen uit de race gestapt. Dus nu zijn we nummer een in onze&lt;br /&gt;klasse en vanmorgen waren we 6de overall. Na 36 uur wind hebben we nu&lt;br /&gt;geen wind meer. We drijven met alleen kluiver en fok omhoog. We hebben&lt;br /&gt;rond 12 uur vanmiddag het grootzeil laten zakken en even later weer&lt;br /&gt;gezet omdat we dachten dat er een briesje op stak.. maar dat was van&lt;br /&gt;korte duur, een uur later hebben we haar weer laten zakken.&lt;br /&gt;We hebben vandaag wel heerlijk gegeten! Tijdens de lunch hadden we&lt;br /&gt;pannekoeken en voor het avond eten heb ik een Indonesische rijst tafel a&lt;br /&gt;la Jet (..tja) gemaakt. Met verse kokosnoten!!&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2654975587155635381?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2654975587155635381/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2654975587155635381' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2654975587155635381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2654975587155635381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/08/56052n-001553e-1812-utc.html' title='56&apos;05.2N 001&apos;55.3E 18:12 UTC'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1494455262530669457</id><published>2010-08-13T08:17:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-13T08:17:49.930+02:00</updated><title type='text'>56'00.4N 000'51.3E 18:13 UTC 12/8</title><content type='html'>What a night and morning! Strong winds,  showers and even some hail! This is not what one expects from a summers  day of sail, although it is what you would expect on the North Sea..  Last night winds kept changing, we got to far away from our course line  and had to tack a few times to get round the waypoint. Maybe got ahead  of us, but the Gallant and the Wylde Swan where still behind. Just  before the waypoint a seem of the jib tore so we had to change her for  the smaller one. We have not had the chance to repair her yet, and are  regretting that now as we are stuck in light weather and big waves. All  around us there are still showers, so winds might pick up at any time..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Half of the trainees is seasick or amazed at waves, rain and wind.  Staying downstairs to do dishes has proven a difficulty and takes up to  1,5 hours.. Going downstairs, coming up for air, someone else takes over  and after 10 minutes comes out for air as well. During the watch the  younger ones lie on top of each other like small lion cubs in heat  (although they might cover each other to stay warm here), arms and legs  stretched out in every direction and only small movements show that they  are awake, or when they ask what time it is. Luckily I do not wear a  watch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wat een nacht en morgen! Harde wind, regen buien en soms  zelfs hagel! Dit is toch niet wat je verwacht van een zomerdag zeilen,  maar het is precies wat je verwacht van zeilen op de Noord Zee..  Vannacht bleef de wind veranderlijk. We verloren hoogte en hebben nog  een aantal slagen moeten maken om bij het waypoint te komen. De Maybe  ging voor ons uit, maar de Gallant en de Wylde Swan bleven achter ons.  Vlak voor het waypoint bleek een naad van de kluiver gescheurd, dus  moesten we haar wisselen voor de kleine kluiver. We hebben de grote  kluiver nog niet kunnen maken en nu we vast zitten in een gebied met  weinig wind is dat erg jammer. Om ons heen zijn echter nog steeds veel  buien, dus wie weet neemt de wind zo wel weer toe!&lt;br /&gt;De helft van de  trainees is ziek of verbaast door golven, regen en wind. Benenden de  afwas doen is een hele opgave en kan wel 1,5 uur duren.. De ene gaat  naar beneden, komt weer omhoog voor wat lucht en wordt afgewisseld door  de volgende die ook weer binnen 10 minuten weer buiten staat om frisse  lucht te scheppen. De jongeren van de groep liggen tijdens de wacht over  elkaar heen als een groep jonge leeuwen in de hitte (niet dat het hier  heet is! Zal wel tegen de kou zijn..), met armen en benen die alle  kanten op steken en de enige manier dat je merkt dat ze nog wakker zijn,  zijn kleine bewegingen of de vraag hoe laat het is. Gelukkig draag ik  geen horloge.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1494455262530669457?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1494455262530669457/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1494455262530669457' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1494455262530669457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1494455262530669457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/08/5600.html' title='56&apos;00.4N 000&apos;51.3E 18:13 UTC 12/8'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1274317510592116921</id><published>2010-08-12T08:23:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-12T08:24:00.339+02:00</updated><title type='text'>55'06N 001'06W 17:55 UTC 11/8</title><content type='html'>&lt;pre&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have left Hartlepool harbor for the&lt;br /&gt;second time. Yesterday we sailed in the sail parade, it was rainy in the&lt;br /&gt;beginning, but the sky cleared after a while. It was dry as we entered&lt;br /&gt;the harbor for the night, so we had dinner on the deck.&lt;br /&gt;This morning&lt;br /&gt;we left the quay under sail. The wind was on the head so we set the&lt;br /&gt;mainsail to halfway and set the forestaysail on the windward side. This&lt;br /&gt;pushed us of the quay, we set the rest of the mainsail and off we went!&lt;br /&gt;No motor, no hassle. We are now heading for waypoint B, wind drops and&lt;br /&gt;picks up with every shower. Our new trainees are settling in, trying to&lt;br /&gt;get used to the movement of the Tecla, getting into their watch rhythm&lt;br /&gt;and getting to know each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hebben de haven van Hartlepool vandaag voor de tweede keer verlaten.&lt;br /&gt;Gisteren hebben wij mee gevaren in de sail parade die in het begin&lt;br /&gt;regenachtig was, maar later droog en met een lekker windje. Na de parade&lt;br /&gt;werden wij de haven weer ingelaten om lekker buiten te eten en goed te&lt;br /&gt;slapen. Vanmorgen zijn wij onder zeil van de kade vertrokken. De wind&lt;br /&gt;stond op de kop, we hebben het grootzeil eerst half gehezen, toen de fok&lt;br /&gt;aan de (door ons gekozen) hoge zijde gehezen. De fok drukte ons van de&lt;br /&gt;kade af, het grootzeil werd helemaal gezet en daar gingen we! Geen&lt;br /&gt;motor, geen gedoe! En nu zijn we weer gestart en onderweg naar waypoint&lt;br /&gt;B. De wind is veranderlijk met iedere bui. Onze nieuwe trainees zijn hun&lt;br /&gt;weg aan het zoeken en proberen gewend te raken aan de bewegingen van&lt;br /&gt;het schip, aan het wachtritme en aan elkaar.&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1274317510592116921?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1274317510592116921/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1274317510592116921' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1274317510592116921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1274317510592116921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/08/5506n-00106w-1755-utc-118.html' title='55&apos;06N 001&apos;06W 17:55 UTC 11/8'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2132924679360876283</id><published>2010-08-08T13:10:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T13:14:14.346+02:00</updated><title type='text'>tecla in hartlepool</title><content type='html'>The Tecla is in Hartlepool. The last stretch of the race was without wind and we became 3rd in our class and 4th overall! We are moored in the Marina, through a very small lock. The Festival has been very good so far. Today we have the crew parade, price giving and the crew party! On tuesdau we have the sail out and on wednesday the next race will start!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2132924679360876283?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2132924679360876283/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2132924679360876283' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2132924679360876283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2132924679360876283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/08/tecla-in-hartlepool.html' title='tecla in hartlepool'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-348069583908488482</id><published>2010-08-05T07:47:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-05T07:48:37.219+02:00</updated><title type='text'>57'05N 000'27E 16:28UTC4/8</title><content type='html'>Wind, we have wind! After to many hours of drifting along, we are on our way to the waypoint again. Last night the wind was a bit weak and changing all the time. During the night watch we played some guessing games. I got some riddle cards from Nele from a game where you get a sentence of what happened and trough questions you have to find out what the story is behind the card. We had a lot of fun! &lt;br /&gt;We went down in the race, this morning we where 4 in class and 6 overall. But with this wind picking up, we hope that we have at least our 3rd place back! Pegasus is on the horizon, coming closer! The race will stop tomorrow at 12:30 for the class B vessels. For the vessels who have not yet crossed the finish line this will mean a finish at sea. After that we plan on continuing our race as we only have to be in the harbor on Saturday! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Wind eindelijk hebben we wind! Na te veel uur drijven varen we nu dan toch weer op het waypoint af. Afgelopen nacht was de wind zwak en veranderlijk. Tijdens de wacht hebben we een raadsel spel gespeeld. Nele heeft raadsel kaarten achter gelaten waarop een gebeurtenis staat beschreven in 1 zin en door vragen moet de rest dan uitzoeken wat er precies gebeurd was. We hebben heel veel lol gehad. &lt;br /&gt;In het klassement waren wij vanmorgen weer gezakt, 4 in onze klasse en 6 overall. Maar nu de wind weer toe is genomen hopen wij dat wij onze 3de plek snel weer terug hebben! Pegasus is al aan de horizon verschenen en komt steeds dichterbij. De race zal morgen om 12:30 gestopt worden voor klasse B schepen. Voor de schepen die nog niet over de finish zijn zal dit een finish op zee betekenen. Wij zijn van plan daarna gewoon lekker door te zeilen aangezien wij pas op zaterdag in de haven hoeven te zijn!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-348069583908488482?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/348069583908488482/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=348069583908488482' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/348069583908488482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/348069583908488482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/08/5705n-00027e-1628utc48.html' title='57&apos;05N 000&apos;27E 16:28UTC4/8'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-3897077291162924978</id><published>2010-08-03T10:21:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T10:21:52.844+02:00</updated><title type='text'>57'20N 006'11E 16:49 UTC 2/8</title><content type='html'>Last night we lost the wind. The Pegasus and the Jolie Brise sailed away from us with the little wind we did get every now and then and in the morning report we where number 3 and 10 overall. Slowly today the wind picked up. Around 12 oclock we where doing 4 knots again. Steering and enjoying the scenery was very easy!&lt;br /&gt;The youngsters started fishing this morning, as there was no wind and not a lot going on. They caught a few mackerels and we decided to keep them for dinner. The big ones where killed and gutted although one was thrown back when one of the trainees had trouble deciding to kill it or wait for someone else to do it.. Gijs made filet's, I backed them and the crew ate them. &lt;br /&gt;The wind has picked up now and we are doing 7 knots.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Vannacht hadden we helaas geen wind en met het beetje wind dat we wel hadden zeilden de Pegasus en de Jolie Brise bij ons weg. Tijdens de ochtend uitslagen waren wij 3de in onze klasse en 10de overall. Gedurende de dag nam de wind wat toe en rond 12 uur liepen wij weer 4 knopen. Het sturen en het genieten van het uitzicht was heel gemakkelijk!&lt;br /&gt;Vanmorgen hebben de jongeren vis gevangen, makrelen. We besloten ze te houden voor het diner, de kleine gingen weer terug, de grote werden schoon gemaakt, op 1 na, die werd terug gegooid toen een van de jongens moest kiezen tussen zelf dood maken of op iemand wachten.. Gijs heeft de vissen gefileerd, ik heb ze gebakken en de bemanning heeft ze heerlijk opgegeten. &lt;br /&gt;De wind is nu nog wat meer toe genomen en wij gaan nu weer 7 knopen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-3897077291162924978?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/3897077291162924978/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=3897077291162924978' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/3897077291162924978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/3897077291162924978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/08/5720n-00611e-1649-utc-28.html' title='57&apos;20N 006&apos;11E 16:49 UTC 2/8'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-3626576952055293244</id><published>2010-08-02T18:11:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-02T18:11:37.218+02:00</updated><title type='text'>57'57N 007'43E 18:02 UTC 1/8</title><content type='html'>We have started the race to Hartlepool about 2,5 hours ago! The wind is about 3 bf and coming from the SW. &lt;br /&gt;Our new trainees are still a bit shaky. We are now 13 in total, 3 have sailed on the Tecla or other vessels in the last two legs, the rest is new at sea and new to the Tall Ships Races. We have a group of hardworking trainees, they seem to like tacking, setting sail and playing around with the sail just before the start a lot, a promising sign! Dinner is done by now, white watch is downstairs doing the dishes and the white watch is just getting instructions on steering, compass courses and sailing close hauled. Night will fall just before my watch starts and the sun will probably rise before the watch ends, I am looking forward to seeing some stars! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;We zijn 2,5 uur geleden gestart met de race naar Hartlepool! De wind is nu zo'n 3 bf uit de zuid west. &lt;br /&gt;Onze nieuwe trainees zijn nog wat wankel. We zijn nu met z'n 13en, 3 van de trainees hebben al op de Tecla of andere schepen gevaren, de rest is helemaal nieuw in op zee en in de Tall Ships Races! Het is een hardwerkende groep, ze lijken het erg leuk te vinden om overstag te gaan, zeilen te zetten en met wat lijnen te spelen vlak voor de start, een goed teken! We hebben net het eten op, de witte wacht is nu de afwas aan het doen en de blauwe wacht krijgt nu instructies over sturen, kompas koersen en aan de wind zeilen. De nacht zal even voor mijn wacht vallen en de zon zal nog voor het einde van mijn wacht weer op komen, ik heb wel zin om weer een paar sterren te zien!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-3626576952055293244?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/3626576952055293244/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=3626576952055293244' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/3626576952055293244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/3626576952055293244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/08/5757n-00743e-1802-utc-18.html' title='57&apos;57N 007&apos;43E 18:02 UTC 1/8'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-5138103019037986617</id><published>2010-07-30T12:30:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-30T12:31:57.887+02:00</updated><title type='text'>kristiansand</title><content type='html'>The Tecla is alongside in Kristiansand. This afternoon is the crew parade and party. Sunday we leave for the next race from kristiansand to Hartlepool!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-5138103019037986617?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5138103019037986617/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=5138103019037986617' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5138103019037986617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5138103019037986617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/kristiansand.html' title='kristiansand'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-5586789142984957509</id><published>2010-07-28T12:29:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-28T12:33:22.835+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Mandal</title><content type='html'>The Tecla is currently alongside in Mandal. Today everybody gets the time to wonder around and have a look at Norway. Tomorrow early in the morning we will be setting sail to Kristiansand. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last night we entered the harbor under sail, just main sail and forstaysail. The main was lowerd into what we call in dutch an old wief, an old lady, boom in the middel and a round and full sail. We where hoping to get to our berth without using motor, but with the river current against us and the wind dropping in the first turn in the harbor we had to use engine any way. We where moored around 00:00 local time, so we had a late breakfast this morning. The weather is good, grey, but dry, so most of the crew are out hiking.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-5586789142984957509?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5586789142984957509/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=5586789142984957509' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5586789142984957509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5586789142984957509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/mandal.html' title='Mandal'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1796525875113081327</id><published>2010-07-27T22:22:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-27T22:25:25.672+02:00</updated><title type='text'>57'00.7N 008'00.2E 10:57 UTC</title><content type='html'>Yesterday evening we arrived in Lemvig around 18:00 hours. After taking a look in the innerharbor we decided to moor along the outside quay and have our barbecue there. And round sunset the last of the dinner was finished and so was another beautiful day. We left Lemvig this morning at 06:30 and used our engine on the way out of the fjord, due to head winds. In the entrance of the fjord we set sail and then proceded under sail and engine for about and hour, this time due to no wind. Now we have the topsails up and are doing 4 knots towards Norway, without engine! We do not yet know where we are going or how long it will take us to get there, as long as we are sailing! The new crew is a bit unstable for the first day out at sea with more waves then wind, but we hope this will get better during the night. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gister zijn we rond 18:00 uur in Lemvig aangekomen, na een kijkje te hebben genomen in de binnenhaven hebben we besloten om toch maar buiten te gaan liggen en daar een mooie barbecue klaar te maken. Tegen zonsondergang werden de laatste beetje mais weggewerkt en zat er weer een geweldig mooie dag op. We zijn vanmorgen om 06:30 uit Lemvig vertrokken en zijn het eerste stuk op de motor het fjord uit gezeild, helaas hadden we tegen wind. In de fjord ingang hebben we zeil gezet en zijn we onder zeil en motor nog een stukje verder gevaren, deze keer omdat er te weinig wind was. Nu staan de topzeilen erbij en gaan we met 4 knopen richting Noorwegen, zonder motor! We weten nog niet waar we heen gaan en hoe lang het gaat duren, zo lang we maar zeilen! De nieuwe bemanning is nog wat onstabiel deze eerste dag op open water en meer golven dan wind, we hopen dat het tegen de avond beter wordt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1796525875113081327?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1796525875113081327/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1796525875113081327' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1796525875113081327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1796525875113081327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/57007n-008002e-1057-utc.html' title='57&apos;00.7N 008&apos;00.2E 10:57 UTC'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-3470946822779663281</id><published>2010-07-27T08:04:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-27T08:04:11.206+02:00</updated><title type='text'>56'35.9N 008'38.1E 12:57 UTC 26/7</title><content type='html'>Finally some news from the Tecla. We are underway (using sail!!) to Lemvig, at the end of the Limfjord. We have about 10 or 15 miles to go and a little bit more because we have to tack a few times. The Limfjord so far has been amazing! Beautiful scenery, nice corners and amazing places to stay on the quay or at anchor. Yesterday we had a beautiful sailing day and we ended up along side a small dock. The owner gave us permission to come alongside as long as we did not use to much engine, as not to blow sand in his rails underwater. So this morning we prepared as best as we could, and left the quay under sail. The man smiled and waved with a Tall Ships Race tshirt in his hand. The sun is shining and we have a changing wind (every corner is different) that is between 1 and 3 bf, we are doing 5,5 knots now heading for a bridge, the 3rd and last. Tomorrow we hope to set sail towards a harbor near Kristiansand.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-3470946822779663281?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/3470946822779663281/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=3470946822779663281' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/3470946822779663281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/3470946822779663281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/56359n-008381e-1257-utc-267.html' title='56&apos;35.9N 008&apos;38.1E 12:57 UTC 26/7'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-5882496560777138775</id><published>2010-07-18T22:25:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-18T22:28:25.743+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla in Halst</title><content type='html'>The Tecla is moored up along side in Halst a small town in the entrance torwards Aalborg. Next to us is the Maybe. We have just had a lovely dinner together, now it is time for some football!! The Tecla came in second in the race in her class, with the jens krogh in front of her..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-5882496560777138775?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5882496560777138775/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=5882496560777138775' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5882496560777138775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5882496560777138775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/tecla-in-halst.html' title='Tecla in Halst'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-6543756523622884888</id><published>2010-07-18T11:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-18T11:57:26.805+02:00</updated><title type='text'>57'34.4N 009'30.4E 17:48 UTC 17/7</title><content type='html'>Log written by the Red watch (Stef, Robine, Cedric en Koen) with help from Julie! Today there was not a lot of wind. At one point we where even going backwards and in circles. But Fortunately we did enjoy ourselves with jokes, songs and riddles. Other boats appeared behind us at the horizon. We hope that the wind will increase so we can make some speed and resume the race! Now it is starting to rain, time to go inside and get our rain clothes and see if the rain brings any wind!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vandaag was er niet veel wind. Op een gegeven moment gingen we zelfs achteruit en in rondjes! Desondanks hebben we ons toch geamusseerd. We hebben gelachen, gezongen en van de zon genoten. Op het einde van de dag kwam er een beetje wind, en verschenen en schepen aan de horizon dus we hebben de zeilen weer allemaal gehezen en proberen weer ook wat snelheid te maken.Nu begint het te regenen, snel naar binnen regenkleding aantrekken en kijken of de regen ook wind brengt!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-6543756523622884888?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/6543756523622884888/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=6543756523622884888' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6543756523622884888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6543756523622884888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/57344n-009304e-1748-utc-177.html' title='57&apos;34.4N 009&apos;30.4E 17:48 UTC 17/7'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-405361020612915426</id><published>2010-07-17T08:57:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-17T08:57:49.423+02:00</updated><title type='text'>56'27.6N 007'44.5E 18:10 UTC 16/7</title><content type='html'>This morning we where still number one in our class and now we are waiting for the results of today. The wind has died out a little only to return every now and then when showers pass us by. We had it all today, beautiful sun shine, rain, wind and now wind. We tried to butterfly our sails again, but the waves make it difficult to keep them all full. So now we are on a portside tack again doing 6 knots towards the next waypoint, about 50 miles away. The first vessels have finished the race by now, no big changes in the first 10 vessels in the race. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Deze morgen waren wij nog steeds nummer 1 in onze klasse en nu wachten wij op de resultaten voor vandaag. De wind is afgenomen, maar komt bij iedere bui nog even heftig terug. We hebben het allemaal gezien vandaag, zon, buien, veel wind en geen wind! We hebben weer geprobeerd gevleugeld te varen voor de wind, maar dit wordt bemoeilijkt door de golven die er nog staan. Nu varen wij weer over stuurboord en gaan met 6 knopen richting het volgende waypoint, zo'n 50 mijl hier vandaan. De eerste schepen zijn al over de finish. Ik denk dat er in de eerste 10 plaatsen van het klassement vrij weinig zal veranderen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-405361020612915426?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/405361020612915426/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=405361020612915426' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/405361020612915426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/405361020612915426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/56276n-007445e-1810-utc-167.html' title='56&apos;27.6N 007&apos;44.5E 18:10 UTC 16/7'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-6404752869075210300</id><published>2010-07-16T08:52:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T08:52:54.313+02:00</updated><title type='text'>53'53.5N 005'12.1E 19:38 UTC</title><content type='html'>Yesterday we started the first race in the Tall Ships Races 2010 and we started off without wind.. The start was delayed for 2,5 hours due to lack of wind. This was the calm before the storm. While starting the wind picked up and we soon did 6 knots, but as the night came so did the thunderclouds. All the vessels where still close together when the Eendracht reported windgusts up to 40 knots. We took down topsails and jib, set them again, gibed and tried to get out of the middle of all the 74 racing vessels. By morning we could not see anybody anymore. The first reports came back and we where 4th and 16th. We still had strong winds, 7 bf from the south west, gibed a few times to stay close to our course line and tried to keep as much sail up as possible. This evening the new reports came in and now we are 1 in our class and 12th overall..! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Gisteren zijn we van start gegaan met de eerste race van de Tall Ships Races 2010 en deze begon zonder wind.. de start werd uitgesteld voor 2,5 uur bij gebrek aan wind, maar dit was de stilte voor de storm. Tijdens de start kwam er steeds meer wind, we liepen al snel 6 knopen maar toen de avond viel, kwamen ook de donderwolken. Met alle schepen dicht op elkaar kregen we al snel bericht van de Eendracht dat zij 40 knopen wind hadden gemeten. We hebben de topzeilen weggehaald, weer gezet, de kluiver weg gehaald, gezet, weg gehaald, en nu dan de kleine kluiver ervoor en we na wat keer gijpen werd het weer licht. Tijdens het ochtend meld schema waren wij 4de in onze klasse en 16de overall. Maar van alle 74 schepen zagen wij bij daglicht niemand meer. De wind is hard, kracht 7 uit het zuid westen, we hebben voor de wind gijpend geprobeerd bij de koerslijn in de buurt te blijven met zo veel mogelijk zeil op! En tijdens het avond meld schema kregen wij te horen dat we nu 1ste in onze klasse zijn en 12de overall!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-6404752869075210300?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/6404752869075210300/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=6404752869075210300' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6404752869075210300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6404752869075210300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/53535n-005121e-1938-utc.html' title='53&apos;53.5N 005&apos;12.1E 19:38 UTC'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-4550761683775702512</id><published>2010-07-15T08:47:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T08:47:56.356+02:00</updated><title type='text'>51'22.5N 003'55.6W 19:02 UTC 13/7</title><content type='html'>Today we left Antwerp. We had a great time there! We arrived on the 6th at night, and moored around 00:00 UTC. We met up with the Maybe just before entering the Royen lock in Antwerp. It was amazing that starting only a day apart from each other we managed to get into the same lock after 30 days! They moored alongside us, where they stayed for the duration of the Festival. We saw a lot of old friends and had a good time in Belgium. Now we are sailing towards Vlissingen where we will pick up some last parts and then tomorrow the race will start. The start line is about 15 miles out of the shore and will first take us westward towards a waypoint. &lt;br /&gt;The new crew is very enthusiastic! The sails went up and down, we tacked, gibed and cooked dinner as if we have been sailing together for at least the last week! We are looking forward to the start of the race! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Vandaag hebben we Antwerpen verlaten, na een heerlijke tijd daar! We zijn op de 6de snachts aangekomen, rond 00:00 UTC. Vlak voordat we de sluis ingingen kwamen wij de Maybe weer tegen. Wat geweldig dat we elkaar na een maand zeilen en alleen een dag verschil in de start, we samen in de sluis lagen! Eenmaal op ons plekkie zijn zij naast ons komen liggen en zijn zij daar gebleven voor de rest van het festival. We hebben veel oude vrienden gezien in Antwerpen en een mooie tijd gehad. Nu zijn we onderweg naar Vlissingen waar we de laatste onderdelen aan boord zullen nemen en we gaan dan morgen met de race starten. De start ligt zo'n 15 mijl buiten de kust. Wij zullen eerst een westelijke koers aanhouden naar een waypoint en dan richting Aalborg gaan. &lt;br /&gt;De nieuwe crew is heel erg enthousiast! We hebben zeilen gezet, zeilen weg gehaald, we zijn overstag gegaan en samen gekookt alsof we al minstens een week samen aan boord zijn! Dat beloofd wat moois voor deze reis, we hebben zin in de race!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-4550761683775702512?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/4550761683775702512/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=4550761683775702512' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4550761683775702512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4550761683775702512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/51225n-003556w-1902-utc-137.html' title='51&apos;22.5N 003&apos;55.6W 19:02 UTC 13/7'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-745777052949259023</id><published>2010-07-12T23:37:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-13T00:26:07.521+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla in Antwerp</title><content type='html'>We have had a great time in antwerp! Tomorrow we leave the Dock at 12:30. Wednesday the race will start! Will write more soon!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-745777052949259023?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/745777052949259023/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=745777052949259023' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/745777052949259023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/745777052949259023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/tecla-in-antwerp.html' title='Tecla in Antwerp'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-5204845114932343003</id><published>2010-07-06T08:01:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-06T08:02:15.986+02:00</updated><title type='text'>50'20.2N 000'49.3E 16:34 UTC 5/7</title><content type='html'>We crossed the Greenwich Meridian again and are back on the east side. &lt;br /&gt;Last night we had some fog patches, a little bit of rain and changing winds, veering from south west to north west. We gybed a few times to stay close to the courseline and when the wind lessened and the current turned against us, we turned on the engine to keep the speed up. Now we are sailing again, we have beautiful weather and with the wind in our back we have our sails butterflyed. The mizzen on portside, the mainsail on starboard, the forestaysail on portside and the jib on starboard again. It looks amazing and we are doing almost 7 knots with the wind directly from behind! A few more miles and we will be able to luff up to the wind a little more towards Cap Gris Nez. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;We zijn de Greenwich Meridiaan weer overgestoken en bevinden ons weer aan de oost kant.&lt;br /&gt;Vannacht hadden we wat mist, wat regen en veranderlijke winden, ruimend van zuid west naar noord west. We hebben een aantal keer gegepen om dicht bij de koerslijn te blijven. Toen de wind af nam en de stroom tegen ons in draaide hebben we de motor gestart om de snelheid hoog te houden. Nu zeilen we weer, het is geweldig mooi weer en met de wind in onze rug staan onze zeilen gevlinderd. De bezaan staat aan bakboord, het grootzeil aan stuurboord, de fok aan bakboord en de kluiver weer aan stuurboord. Het ziet er heel mooi uit, we lopen 7 knopen wat uniek is voor de Tecla met de wind recht van achteren! Nog een paar mijl en dan mogen we oploeven richting Cap Gris Nez.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-5204845114932343003?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5204845114932343003/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=5204845114932343003' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5204845114932343003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5204845114932343003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/50202n-000493e-1634-utc-57.html' title='50&apos;20.2N 000&apos;49.3E 16:34 UTC 5/7'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-9018402509053608031</id><published>2010-07-06T08:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-06T08:01:33.773+02:00</updated><title type='text'>49'41.1N  002'10.7W 16:46 UTC 4/7</title><content type='html'>A beautiful Sunday sail, sun, wind, and landscape to admire. And we had some beautiful scenery today. We decided to take a gamble on wind and current and pass under Guernsey, to make a pass either through the little Russel or the big Russel passage. The wind decreased before we got to Big Russel, so we passed through little Russel. It was beautiful! The wind increased in the passage and with the current running with us we did 10,5 knots at times. Now we are sailing underneath Alderney, trying to find a counter current which will bring us to the other side of the island. So far no luck. The wind is in our back and prevents us from sailing in the precise direction we would like. The Maybe is right next to us, the race is on again! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Een heerlijke zondag, zeil, zon, wind en geweldige uitzichten om naar te kijken. Vanmorgen hebben we besloten een gok te nemen en te kijken of de wind en de stroom onder Guernsey gunstig voor ons uit zou kunnen pakken. We gingen onder het eiland land en zouden daar de keuze maken om door de kleine of de grote Russel te gaan, een passage tussen verschillende eilanden en rotsen. De wind nam af en dus namen wij de eerste afslag, little Russel. Ongelooflijk mooi! De wind nam tussen de eilanden wat toe en met een beetje stroom mee liepen we soms 10,5 knopen! We zeilen nu onder Alderney, de wind is onze rug en dus kunnen we niet precies de koers varen die we willen. We hadden gehoopt onder het eiland een neer in de stroom te vinden die gunstig zou zijn om aan de andere kant van het eiland te komen. Die hebben we nog niet gevonden. De Maybe ligt nu weer naast ons, dus we zijn weer aan het racen!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-9018402509053608031?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/9018402509053608031/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=9018402509053608031' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/9018402509053608031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/9018402509053608031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/49411n-002107w-1646-utc-47.html' title='49&apos;41.1N  002&apos;10.7W 16:46 UTC 4/7'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2085914232683722075</id><published>2010-07-04T21:41:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T21:41:36.177+02:00</updated><title type='text'>48'33.9N 004'51.4W 16:27 UTC 3/7</title><content type='html'>We have just passed Ile d'Ouessant on the east side, getting a bit of the current with us. All the lighthouses on the island gave us a good opportunity for some coastal navigation and explanation. &lt;br /&gt; There is little wind right now and we did not have a lot of wind last night. The weather reports now say that we will have a wind force 4 from the west coming, but so far it has not been more then 1/2bf. The waves are still there, it must have been some storm around Ireland! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;We zijn net Ile d'Ouessant aan de oostzijde voorbij gevaren en hebben daar een beetje stroom mee gepakt. De hoeveelheid vuurtorens gaf ons een mooie gelegenheid tot wat uitleg en uitvoer van kustnavigatie. &lt;br /&gt;Er is op dit moment weinig wind en er was gisteravond ook niet veel wind. De weerberichten zeggen dat we een westen wind zullen krijgen kracht 4 bf. Tot nu toe hebben we niet veel meer gehad dan noord 1/2 bf. De golven zijn er echter nog steeds, dat zal een pittige storm zijn geweest rond Ierland.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2085914232683722075?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2085914232683722075/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2085914232683722075' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2085914232683722075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2085914232683722075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/48339n-004514w-1627-utc-37.html' title='48&apos;33.9N 004&apos;51.4W 16:27 UTC 3/7'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8212260055780406994</id><published>2010-07-02T23:26:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T23:28:36.016+02:00</updated><title type='text'>47'10.3N 006'40.1W 17:14 UTC 2/7</title><content type='html'>We had a tough night last night. It started raining around 22:00 hours and real showers around 00:00 hours board time (UTC +2). The wind was south west force 5/6 with waves building up. As my watch came on at 00:00 hours the wind turned to the north as I was still trying to get my boots on. Sails where flapping, helmsman was confused and we had to wake up the captain. From a backstay wind to close hauled was a big difference in apparent wind. The topsails and jib where having a rough time and so we took down the topsails and planned on taking down the jib. But after we took down the topsails, the wind steadied and we left the big jib up. The blue watch went to bed and the red watch cleaned the deck, the last rope was coiled at 01:50. After that we had rain, a lot of rain. The best sailing suit could not keep the water out and so as we went to bed, we hung our wet clothes in the bathroom and stuck our feet under a warm shower.&lt;br /&gt;During the day we had light winds, with still a big swell, that has only now come below 2 meters in hight. &lt;br /&gt;This evening we listened to the World Championships on the radio! Holland won form Brazil with 2-1!!! We had a small party and orange pumpkin soup for dinner! This evening is definitely one to remember! And this in the middle of the Bay of Biscay! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Gisteravond hadden we het zwaar. Het begon rond 22:00 uur te motregenen en vanaf 00:00 uur boord tijd (UTC +2) kwam het met bakken naar beneden. De wind was zuid west 5/6 met opbouwende golven. Mijn wacht begon om 00:00 uur en toen ik mijn laarsen nog aan het aantrekken was draaide de wind opeens naar het noorden. De zeilen flapperden, de roerganger was in de war en de kapitein moest wakker gemaakt worden. Van een bakstag wind naar aan de wind was een behoorlijke verandering in schijnbare wind, de topzeilen moesten eraf en we waren ook van plan de grote kluiver te wisselen. Maar toen de topzeilen aan dek lagen en het schip minder schuin ging leek de kluiver het een stuk beter te doen. De wind was inmiddels ook iets stabieler geworden en eind kracht 4 bf. De blauwe wacht mocht naar bed, de rode wacht ging het dek opruimen, het laatste touw werd om 01:50 opgeschoten. En daarna was er de regen, heel veel regen. Het beste zeilpak had niet opgekunt tegen zoveel water! En dus hingen we nat van wacht en hebben we onze kleding in de douche gehangen en onze koude voeten nog even onder de warme kraan gestoken. &lt;br /&gt;Vandaag overdag hadden we lichte winden, maar nog steeds grote golven, pas nu in de avond zijn ze onder de 2 meter gezakt. &lt;br /&gt;En we hebben vanavond naar het Wereld Kampioenschap geluisterd op de radio! Wat een winst voor Nederland van Brazilie 2-1!!! Wij hebben een klein feestje gegeven en ter viering oranje pompoenen soep gegeten. Zeker een avond om nooit te vergeten! En dat midden op de golf van Biskaje!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8212260055780406994?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8212260055780406994/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8212260055780406994' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8212260055780406994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8212260055780406994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/47103n-006401w-1714-utc-27.html' title='47&apos;10.3N 006&apos;40.1W 17:14 UTC 2/7'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-7424736329117959749</id><published>2010-07-02T23:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T23:26:18.997+02:00</updated><title type='text'>45'16.8N 008'42.5W 16:38 UTC 1/7</title><content type='html'>Sailing!! Sailing!! Sailing!! The GPS just showed a speed of 9 knots! We are heading north on a south west wind. The wind is expected to turn to the north west, so by that time we hope to make more east. It is a bit drizzly and grey, some of the crew are worried that their tan might be fading.. the things we worry about! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Zeilen!! Zeilen!! Zeilen!! De GPS liet net een snelheid van 9 knopen zien! We varen in noordelijke richting met een zuid wester wind. Men verwacht dat de wind naar het westen en noord westen zal draaien en wij hopen tegen die tijd een beetje meer oost te maken. Het motregent een beetje en het is grijs, een aantal bemanningsleden zijn bang dat hun bruine tint aan het vervagen is.. waar we ons al niet druk over kunnen maken!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-7424736329117959749?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/7424736329117959749/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=7424736329117959749' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7424736329117959749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7424736329117959749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/45168n-008425w-1638-utc-17.html' title='45&apos;16.8N 008&apos;42.5W 16:38 UTC 1/7'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1002089223669740911</id><published>2010-07-01T09:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-01T09:09:31.967+02:00</updated><title type='text'>43'26.7N 009'17.1W 16:39 UTC 30/6</title><content type='html'>Together with the Maybe we have found our way to the Bay of Biscay! We are finally sailing, although not very fast and not really towards our goal, but without engine! We started setting sail at about 12:30 board time (10:30 UTC). We had some trimming to do with the head leach of the mainsail and the trimming lines of the jib. So all in all it took until 14:45 before everything was as we wished, topsails included. After that we has some ice cream to celebrate that we are sailing again and that we are on the Bay, with pretty nice weather so far! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Samen met de Maybe zijn we nu dan eindelijk op de Golf van Biskaje. EN! We zeilen! Niet heel erg snel en ook niet helemaal naar het doel, maar de motor is uit! We zijn vanmiddag rond 12:30 boord tijd (10:30 UTC) zeil gaan zetten. We moesten nog wat trimmen met het bovenlijk van het grootzeil en de trimlijntjes van de kluiver, maar uiteindelijk hadden we alles, inclusief topzeilen, rond 14:45 staat. Daarna hebben we heerlijk ijs gegeten om te vieren dat we zeilen en dat we op de Golf zijn, met best mooi weer tot nu toe!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1002089223669740911?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1002089223669740911/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1002089223669740911' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1002089223669740911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1002089223669740911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/43267n-009171w-1639-utc-306.html' title='43&apos;26.7N 009&apos;17.1W 16:39 UTC 30/6'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-9034020106714750798</id><published>2010-06-29T19:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-29T19:53:29.944+02:00</updated><title type='text'>42'10.9N 009'00.6W 16:31 UTC 29/6</title><content type='html'>Last night at around 20:00 board time (18:00 utc) the fog came back with a vengeance! The watertight doors where closed and a sharp look out was held. The dog went inside so that her old bones did not get to cold and the heater was turned on. But then at 22:00 we sailed out of the fog and lucky for us, it did not return this time. We set the forestaysail and the mizzen again and are currently motorsailing near Vigo. They expected north easterly winds, but so far we have only had north and north north westerly winds.. During the day we had a workshop about sail setting, handling and which course and sailsetting to what wind. Hopefully we will get a chance soon to practice the theory!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gisteravond rond 20:00 uur boord tijd (18:00 UTC) kwam de mist opeens weer hevig opzetten. We hebben de waterdichte deuren dicht gedaan een aan alle kanten mensen op de uitkijk. De hond ging naar binnen om haar oude botten te warmen en de kachel ging aan. Maar toen het 22:00 uur was, verdween de mist net zo plotseling als deze op was komen zetten. Daarna hebben we de fok en bezaan gehezen en momenteel motor zeilen we naast Vigo. De verwachting was dat er noord oostelijke wind zou komen, maar tot dus ver hebben we alleen noord of noord noord west gehad. Overdag hebben we een workshop zeilzetten, zeilvoering en koersen ten opzichte van de wind gedaan. Hopelijk krijgen we snel de kans om theorie in praktijk te brengen!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-9034020106714750798?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/9034020106714750798/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=9034020106714750798' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/9034020106714750798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/9034020106714750798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/42109n-009006w-1631-utc-296.html' title='42&apos;10.9N 009&apos;00.6W 16:31 UTC 29/6'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8344013613352309525</id><published>2010-06-29T19:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-29T19:45:11.600+02:00</updated><title type='text'>40'10.6N 009'27.7W 16:31 UTC 28/6</title><content type='html'>Today was another hazy day. Only just before dinner did the sun come out. We still have headwinds, but they have decreased in strength and during the day we hardly had any wind.&lt;br /&gt;This afternoon we did a small rope game, naming and explaining what the different ropes are used for. Turned out that there was still some room for improvement and so the pinrail diagrams (a drawing of the Tecla with all the places where the lines are belayed) showed up on deck to learn them by heart. Maybe tomorrow we try again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vandaag was wederom een mistige dag. Pas vlak voor het avondeten kwam de zon door. De wind komt nog steeds van voren, maar is in kracht afgenomen, vanmiddag was de wind er bijna helemaal uit.&lt;br /&gt;Tijdens de middag hebben we een klein touwen spel gespeeld, hoe ze heten en wat de functie is. Daaruit bleek dat er nog wel wat te leren viel en dus verschenen de pinrail diagrammen (tekening van de Tecla met waar welke lijnen belegd zijn) al snel op dek om ze uit het hoofd te leren. Misschien moeten we het morgen nog maar eens proberen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8344013613352309525?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8344013613352309525/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8344013613352309525' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8344013613352309525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8344013613352309525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/40106n-009277w-1631-utc-286.html' title='40&apos;10.6N 009&apos;27.7W 16:31 UTC 28/6'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8574908647935514115</id><published>2010-06-28T21:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T21:03:07.816+02:00</updated><title type='text'>38:32.1N 009'17.4W 16:54 UTC 27/6</title><content type='html'>Engine is still running, we still have two sails up and are staying close to the shore, where there are a little less waves and wind. Our new wind measurer says that we have between 14 and 22 knots of wind, so max 5 bf, which is very well to handle with only mizzen and forestaysail up.&lt;br /&gt;Today was Sunday, so no workshops. We saw some dolphins, bottlenose dolphins as well as common dolphins. The bottlenose ones seemed oversized after seeing so many smaller species along the way. They can grow up to 4 meters, where the common dolphine is only 2,4 meters. Fore those who have read our logbooks last year during the Trans Atlantic Challenge, we had a small banana crisis again, so after dinner we had a bananapuding with warm chocolate mouse. I could not help but think about the adventure we had last year! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; De motor loopt nog, we hebben nog steeds twee zeilen omhoog en we blijven in de buurt van de kust waar we hopen dat de wind en de golven het minste zijn. Op onze nieuwe windmeter varieerde de wind vandaag tussen de 14 en 22 knopen, dus maximaal 5bf. Met alleen de bezaan en fok omhoog is dit goed te doen.&lt;br /&gt;Vandaag was zondag, dus geen workshops. We hebben dolfijnen gezien, Tuimelaars en Gewone dolfijnen. De Tuimelaars leken opeens heel erg groot nadat wij onderweg zoveel kleinere soorten zijn tegen gekomen. De Tuimelaar kan tot 4 meter worden, waar de gewone dolfijn blijft steken op 2,4 meter. Voor de mensen die ons logboek tijdens de Trans Atlantic challenge ook hebben gevolgd: we hadden weer een kleine bananen crisis die opgelost is met een heerlijk Bananenpudding met warme chocolade saus! Ik moest toch even terug denken aan ons avontuur van vorig jaar!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8574908647935514115?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8574908647935514115/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8574908647935514115' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8574908647935514115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8574908647935514115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/38321n-009174w-1654-utc-276.html' title='38:32.1N 009&apos;17.4W 16:54 UTC 27/6'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-6543231094686427719</id><published>2010-06-28T20:59:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T20:59:40.420+02:00</updated><title type='text'>37'13N 008'58.7W 22:16 UTC 26/6</title><content type='html'>Headwinds.. we are now only a few miles out of the shore of Portugal. We passed Sagres on 4 miles, a wall where the four of us once stood, together with my grandparents looking out on sea. I don't think I was thinking of the possibility that I would be sailing there some 12 years later..! &lt;br /&gt;We have two sails up for support and are using the engine to get to where we want to go. The Maybe has been beside us for the last two days, a nice familiar site. They tried to sail this afternoon, but eventualy only did 1,3 knots trying to get up against the wind. The weatherrepors say we have some strong winds coming our way. We hope to make some miles north before this starts. Wind is now NNW and force 4/5.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tegenwind.. We varen nu een aantal mijl buiten de kust van Portugal. We zijn Sagres op een mijl of 4 genaderd, een muur waar wij met zn vieren en met mijn opa en oma ooit eens over de zee uit stonden te kijken. Ik denk niet dat ik toen bedacht dat ik daar 12 jaar later langs zou varen. &lt;br /&gt;We hebben twee zeiltjes staan voor steun tegen de golven en de motor loopt om ons daar heen te krijgen waar we heen willen. De Maybe ligt al twee dagen naast ons, een fijn bekend uitzicht. Zij hebben deze middag geprobeerd te zeilen, maar liepen bij de hoek van Sagres nog maar 1,3 knopen tegen de wind in. De weerberichten zeggen dat we wel eens wat harde winden kunnen krijgen. Wij hopen zo noordelijk mogelijk te komen voordat dit begint. De wind is nu NNW en kracht 4/5.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-6543231094686427719?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/6543231094686427719/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=6543231094686427719' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6543231094686427719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6543231094686427719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/3713n-008587w-2216-utc-266.html' title='37&apos;13N 008&apos;58.7W 22:16 UTC 26/6'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2544817484737345966</id><published>2010-06-27T11:03:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-27T11:03:59.372+02:00</updated><title type='text'>36'03.3N 006'06.2W 16:42 UTC 25/6</title><content type='html'>Finally, the Atlantic!! &lt;br /&gt;We arrived in Gibraltar on the 24st around 7:00 UTC. We first took in some fuel, then tried to get a berth in one of the ports, but there was no room for a Tecla sized vessel. We tried some more, but nobody would budge. So we decided to go at anchor on the Spanish side, only a mile further. We first had to wait with crossing the from one side to another due to 2 airplanes leaving. Strange right..? For those who have never seen Gibraltar, it is separated from Spain by an airport with a runway that crosses the highway leading into Gibraltar and ends in sea. When planes arrive and or leave, vessels have to wait until they are safely in the air or on the ground. The afternoon was spend grocery shopping, getting the Tecla ready for the next half of the journey and some swimming. At night a group went to the shore to see the second half of the Netherlands/Kameroen match, but this match was not on the television. The first half we listened to on the radio, old school style. &lt;br /&gt;Now we are finally on the Atlantic. We have headwinds, but no more short waves! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eindelijk op de Atlantische zee! &lt;br /&gt;We zijn op de 24ste rond 7:00 UTC in Gibraltar aan gekomen. Eerst hebben we getanked en daarna hebben we geprobeerd een ligplaats in een van de havens te krijgen, maar er was nergens plaats voor een Tecla formaat schip. We hebben het lang geprobeerd, maar zijn uiteindelijk toch maar voor anker gegaan in het Spaanse gedeelte, slechts 1 mijl verderop. Bijzonder was dat wij moesten wachten met oversteken van het vaarwater tot er twee straaljagers vertrokken waren. Raar toch..? Voor de mensen die nog nooit in Gibraltar geweest zijn even uitleg. Gibraltar wordt van Spanje gescheiden door een vliegveld met een vliegbaan die dwars over de weg naar Gibraltar ligt en eindigd in het water. Schepen die veilig over willen steken moeten wachten tot de vliegtuigen zijn geland of veilig in de lucht zijn. Die middag hebben we boodschappen gedaan, schip klaar gemaakt voor de tweede helft van de reis en nog wat gezwommen. De eerste helft van het voetbal hebben we lekker ouderwets op de radio geluisterd! Wereldomroep is geweldig! En de tweede helft heeft een groep in de stad geprobeerd te kijken. Maar de wedstrijd werd niet uitgezonden.. alleen Denemarken-Japan.. &lt;br /&gt;Nu zijn we eindelijk op de Atlantische zee. We hebben tegen wind, maar geen rare korte golven meer!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2544817484737345966?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2544817484737345966/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2544817484737345966' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2544817484737345966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2544817484737345966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/36033n-006062w-1642-utc-256.html' title='36&apos;03.3N 006&apos;06.2W 16:42 UTC 25/6'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-182983840406032983</id><published>2010-06-24T10:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T10:40:16.993+02:00</updated><title type='text'>36'11.2N 004'36.5W 22:25 UTC 23-06-2010</title><content type='html'>We are closing in on Gibraltar, 32 miles to go. This evening we took away the sails. There was no wind and no expectation of wind, so all is down and ready for the harbor.During the day we did some Medical drills. We lifted a fake brokenleg out of the front cabins with a stretcher and got her out to be transported with a fake helicopter. After that we some emergency procedures to help people suffocating and getting an unconscious person out of harms way. It was a hot day, so after that we did not do much more.&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow we hope to take an anchorage for the day, and if everything works out we hope to be on our way when the tide runs out of the straight again. Atlantic here we come!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We komen steeds dichterbij Gibraltar, nog 32 mijl te gaan. Na het avond eten hebben we de zeilen weg gehaald. Er was geen wind en er werd ook geen wind meer verwacht dus hebben we het dek klaar gemaakt voor de haven.&lt;br /&gt;Overdag hebben we een aantal Medische drills gedaan. We hebben een persoon met een nep gebroken been uit de voorste kamers gehaald en met de brancare naar het achterdek gebracht waar de nep helicopter ons opwachtte. En we hebben een paar noodsituaties besproken, eerste hulp bij verstikking en iemand weg krijgen wanneer deze bewusteloos is. Het was zo heet overdag dat we daarna niet veel meer hebben gedaan.&lt;br /&gt;Morgen hopen we een ankerplek te vinden en als alles lukt hopen we het tij naar naar buiten door de straat mee te pakken. Atlantic here we come!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-182983840406032983?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/182983840406032983/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=182983840406032983' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/182983840406032983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/182983840406032983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/36112n-004365w-2225-utc-23-06-2010.html' title='36&apos;11.2N 004&apos;36.5W 22:25 UTC 23-06-2010'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2078080561510600981</id><published>2010-06-23T10:58:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-23T10:58:50.311+02:00</updated><title type='text'>36'26'1N 001'48'9W 15:43 UTC 22-06-2010</title><content type='html'>After 4 hours of beautiful sailing, the wind died out as my watch started at 00:00 hours.. Today we have sailed a little bit, and made the best out of no wind by having a swimstop! At noon most of us dove into the water, Nyske also took a dip or two. After that those making a bag out of the old Tecla sails worked on their pieces of art a little more with some tips and tricks of Gijs. During dinner we saw a swortfish jumping out of the water about 300 meters from the Tecla. Some of us had seen one before, but this one really gave a show away hunting after smaller fish. &lt;br /&gt;It is still about 170 miles to go to Gibraltar. We are definitely stopping in Gibraltar for fuel and grocery shopping. Last stop before leaving the Mediterranean.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na 4 uur heel mooi zeilen ging de wind er helemaal uit toen mijn wacht om 00:00 uur starte.. Vandaag hebben we wel een beetje kunnen zeilen, maar de stukken dat er geen wind was hebben we gebruikt voor een zwem stop! Na de lunch zijn de meesten van ons het water ingedoken, ook Nyske heeft een duik of twee genomen. Na het zwemmen zijn we verder gegaan met het maken van de tassen van het oude Tecla zeil. Gijs had nog wat tips en tricks en de meeste tassen zijn nu bijna af. Tijdens het avondeten zagen we een zwaardvis opduiken, ongeveer 300 meter bij het schip vandaan. Een aantal van ons hadden al eerder een zwaardvis gezien, maar deze gaf echt een showtje weg terwijl hij aan het jagen was. &lt;br /&gt;Het is nog ongeveer 170 mijl naar Gibraltar. In Gibraltar gaan wij stoppen om gasolie te tanken en boodschappen te doen. laatste stop voordat wij de Middenlandse Zee verlaten.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2078080561510600981?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2078080561510600981/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2078080561510600981' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2078080561510600981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2078080561510600981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/36261n-001489w-1543-utc-22-06-2010.html' title='36&apos;26&apos;1N 001&apos;48&apos;9W 15:43 UTC 22-06-2010'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-7273520020989758039</id><published>2010-06-23T10:57:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-23T10:59:35.614+02:00</updated><title type='text'>37'12.0N 000'09.9E 16:15 UTC, 21-06-2010</title><content type='html'>Finally the sails are up again and we are doing 5,5 knots towards Gibraltar!! The swell stayed until this afternoon and the lack of wind made us take down the mainsail and the mizzen to prevent them from flapping all over the place. There is still a swell running from the west and one from the south east. Is this possible..? Apparently so.. &lt;br /&gt;Midsummersnight is upon us, but here in the Mediterranean there is not a big difference. And we are about to pass the Greenwich meridian, tomorrow no more East longitude, but West! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Eindelijk zijn de zeilen weer omhoog en gaan we 5,5 knopen richting Gibraltar!! De swell is nog blijven staan tot in de middag en door het gebrek aan wind hebben we het grootzeil en de bezaan naar beneden gelaten zodat zij niet te veel heen en weer zouden flappen. Er loopt nu nog steeds een swell uit het westen en een uit het zuid oosten. Is dat mogelijk..? Blijkbaar wel.. &lt;br /&gt;Midzomersnacht is vannacht, maar op de Middenlandse Zee merk je daar weinig van. Ook passeren wij vanavond de Greenwich meridiaan, morgen in plaats van een oosterlengte een westerlengte!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-7273520020989758039?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/7273520020989758039/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=7273520020989758039' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7273520020989758039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7273520020989758039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/37120n-000099e-1615-utc-21-juni.html' title='37&apos;12.0N 000&apos;09.9E 16:15 UTC, 21-06-2010'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8493918658357754883</id><published>2010-06-21T19:17:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T19:17:18.373+02:00</updated><title type='text'>37'42.1N 002'35.9E 15:45 UTC 20-06-2010</title><content type='html'>The wind stayed all through the night and only lessened this morning. This morning at 9:30 board time we tacked and went south again and around 12:00 board time the wind veered from W to NW, bringing us back on our course line. It is Sunday, so a lazy day, except for de-reeving the main sail. Not much news to report, so siting's of sea life and hardly any vessels around, only cross sea to 'amuse' us.. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De stevige wind is de hele nacht blijven staan tot in de morgen. Rond 9:30 boord tijd zijn we overstag gegaan richting het zuiden en rond 12:00 boord tijd is de wind van W naar NW geruimd, waardoor we nu weer op koers liggen voor Gibraltar. Het is zondag, dus een lekkere luie dag. We hebben alleen na de lunch het rif uit het grootzeil gehaald. Verder niet veel nieuws te melden, geen dolfijnen of vreemde vissen gezien en alleen een kruiszee om ons te 'vermaken'..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8493918658357754883?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8493918658357754883/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8493918658357754883' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8493918658357754883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8493918658357754883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/37421n-002359e-1545-utc-20-06-2010.html' title='37&apos;42.1N 002&apos;35.9E 15:45 UTC 20-06-2010'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-7952143332212308938</id><published>2010-06-21T19:15:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T19:16:22.934+02:00</updated><title type='text'>37'12.8N 003'49.4E 16:49 UTC 19-06-2010</title><content type='html'>Head winds.. first hardly any winds, about 3 hours ago up to 7bf en and now lessening by the minute. But the waves stay. &lt;br /&gt;Last night we had a beautiful watch. Even 2 hours of moonlight lit the way. It was a bright night with a lot of stars and a lot of traffic going the same way or exactly the opposite way, mainly not bothering us. On our portside we saw the lights of Africa, and this morning we saw the mountains through the morning dew. Today we tacked a few times to catch the favorable winds, first changed the big jib for the small jib, then reeved the mizzen, and later also reeved the main. So we where a busy lot today. Wind is back to a force 4/5, but the short waves reaching 2/3 meters stay. Now we hope the wind will turn to the north so we can get back on course. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tegenwind... eerst bijna geen wind en rond 3 uur geleden toch zeker 7bf, die nu met de minuut af neemt. Maar de golven blijven. &lt;br /&gt;Afgelopen nacht was een mooie wacht. Met 2 uur maanlicht om onze weg te beschijnen. Toen de maan weg was, was de hemel gevuld met sterren, maar onze aandacht bleef bij het verkeer op het water. Het was druk, maar iedereen had de zelfde of precies de tegenover gestelde koers, dus wij werden niet lastig gevallen. Aan onze bakboordkant zagen wij de lichten van Afrika, en vanmorgen zagen wij de bergen door de ochtend mist heen. Vandaag zijn we vaak overstag gegaan om de beste winden te vinden, we hebben de grote kluiver voor de kleine verwisseld, daarna de bezaan gereeft en uiteindelijk ook het grootzeil gereeft. We hadden het er druk mee. De wind is nu 4/5 bf, maar de korte golven met toch een hoogte van 2/3 meter blijven. En nu maar hopen dat de wind terug draait naar het noorden en wij de koers weer kunnen volgen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-7952143332212308938?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/7952143332212308938/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=7952143332212308938' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7952143332212308938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7952143332212308938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/37128n-003494e-1649-utc-19-06-2010.html' title='37&apos;12.8N 003&apos;49.4E 16:49 UTC 19-06-2010'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-7945172699762239614</id><published>2010-06-19T08:42:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T08:42:43.309+02:00</updated><title type='text'>37'18.2N 005'20.5E 15:49 UTC 18-06-2010</title><content type='html'>Today was a blast! We decided to have a swim stop, as there was not enough wind to sail. But just as we where ready with the lunch dishes, the wind picked up a little, to much for a save swim. So we thought, why not let the dingy into the water and take some pictures from there and then maybe swim from the dingy, just a short splash. And so we did. We set out with only Jannette and Gijs left on board and made a tour around the ship under full sail, she was doing 2,4 knots at the time. As we came to the leeside of the ship, we noticed some splashing and some fins coming out of the water, DOLPHINS!! Al of a sudden we where surrounded by playful dolphins, coming up to the dingy, swimming in front of us and jumping around. Some left to play with the Tecla and as we swung round to take some pictures, they swung round as well. From the dingy we could almost touch them, it was an amazing sight and feeling. They stayed for about 20 minutes and the left us to go swimming.&lt;br /&gt;We played around for about 3 hours, swimming from the dingy, jumping from the Tecla, dragging behind the Tecla on a rope and taking pictures of the Tecla from all sides. After that we had a small snack, we took a shower outside and enjoyed the sunshine for a bit. Tonight we are going to gather all the pictures on a laptop and sort them out. When we get in port, we will send some pictures. Now we are doing 4,5 knots, and 222' over the ground, heading for Africa, then tacking and heading up again, we expect to have westerly winds for the next two days, so we will have to make do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vandaag was een geweldige dag! We hadden besloten om een zwemstop te houden, aangezien er niet genoeg wind was om te zeilen. Maar toen de lunch afwas gedaan was nam ook de wind toe. Dus besloten we de dingy te water te laten en foto's te maken van het schip en misschien een duik te nemen vanuit de dingy. Jannette en Gijs bleven aan boord en met z'n 6en en de hond maakten wij een rondje om de Tecla onder vol zeil, op dat moment deed ze 2,4 knopen. Bij de leizijde van het schip aangekomen, zagen wij opeens allemaal opspattend water en vinnen rond darten, DOLFIJNEN!! Opeens waren we omgeven door spelende dolfijnen die voor de boeg van de dingy speelden en mee zwommen. Sommigen sprongen uit het water, sommigen kwamen opzij zwemmen, ze waren zo dichtbij dat we ze bijna aan konden raken! Een aantal van de dolfijnen gingen bij de boeg van de Tecla spelen en toen wij een rondje draaiden met de dingy draaiden de dolfijnen mee. Ze bleven ongeveer 20 minuten en verlieten ons toen, zodat wij ook een duik konden nemen.&lt;br /&gt;We hebben rond de 3 uur rond gespeeld in het water. Uit de dingy, vanaf het de Tecla, achter de Tecla hangend aan een touw en nog wat meer foto's maken van mensen in het water. Weer aan boord stond er een snack voor ons klaar, hebben we buiten gedouched en nog even lekker in de zon gezeten. Wat een dag! Vanavond zetten we alle foto's op een laptop en wanneer we in een haven zijn zullen we proberen een aantal online te zetten. We varen nu 4,5 knopen met koers over de grond 222', richting Afrika. Als we daar zijn (nou ja bijna dan) gaan we overstag en gaan we weer omhoog. We verwachten de komende twee dagen westerlijke winden te hebben, dus we moeten er het beste van maken.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-7945172699762239614?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/7945172699762239614/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=7945172699762239614' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7945172699762239614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7945172699762239614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/37182n-005205e-1549-utc-18-06-2010.html' title='37&apos;18.2N 005&apos;20.5E 15:49 UTC 18-06-2010'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-251933728651748382</id><published>2010-06-19T08:41:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T08:41:41.115+02:00</updated><title type='text'>37'34.7N 007'16.9E 15:28 UTC 17-06-2010</title><content type='html'>Last night was impressive, one to remember. The 20-00 watch (Jannette, Diederik and Irene) started off with a small breeze, which gradually became a strong back stay wind. The Tecla darted around on the small bumpy waves and had speeds up to 8,4 knots. Although there was thunder and lightning all around, it did not seem to effect us. At first.. it seemed.. At the start of my watch (Daria, Matthew, Jet) the wind started turning. There where clouds forming over our heads and rain around us, although we did not get wet. We decided to gybe, but we could not due to changing and lessening winds and the waves. We then tacked and tried to get back on course. The wind increased again and followed the way the thunderclouds where heading. Luckily we could stay on the edge of it all, the lightning was on our starboard side, and stayed there. Winds did increase up to a force 6 at times and from changing directions. Steering the Tecla was difficult and intense. Only at the end of my watch did the wind steady again and after another gybe we where going where we wanted to go. Gijs had been present during most of my watch to handle the sails if necessary, we made a big pot of coffee for his watch (Gijs and Sergei) and then went to bed. A well deserved rest!&lt;br /&gt;Today we have sailed all day, except for maybe 30 minutes where we had no wind. We are heading for our waypoint with 6 knots, which feels pretty good. We had cleaning day today, downstairs and outside. The rain from a few days ago had left a lot of dust on the deck, now everything looks nice again and downstairs smells like daisies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gisternacht was indrukwekkend, een nacht om te herinneren. De 20-00 (Jannette, Diederik en Irene) wacht begon met een klein briesje, die langzaam maar zeker aantrok tot een krachtige bakstagwind. De Tecla dartelde rond op de nog steeds korte golfjes met snelheden die opliepen tot 8,4 knopen. Er was om ons heen wel wat onweer, maar dat leek de Tecla niet te bereiken.. eerst.. leek het.. Aan het begin van mijn wacht (Daria, Matthew en Jet) begon de wind te draaien. We wilden gijpen, maar kwamen niet door de wind door de golven en draaiende en afnemende wind. Uiteindelijk zijn we overstag gegaan en probeerden we weer op koers te komen. De wind nam weer toe en leek de richting van de donderwolken te volgen. Gelukkig konden wij op het randje van de donderwolken blijven en zijn we niet nat geworden. Wel kregen we de wind, soms toenemend tot een kracht 6 en constand veranderlijk. Pas aan het einde van de wacht werd zij wat stabiler en na nog een keer gijpen gingen wij weer op ons doel af. Gijs was voor het grootste gedeelte bij mijn wacht aanwezig geweest om te helpen met de zeilen als het nodig was. We hebben een grote pot koffie voor zijn wacht (Sergei en Gijs) gemaakt en zijn toen lekker naar bed gegaan. Wel verdiende rust.&lt;br /&gt;Vandaag hebben we de hele dag kunnen zeilen, behalve misschien 30 minuten toen de wind even op was. We varen nu met 6 knopen op ons doel af, wat behoorlijk goed voelt. Vandaag was schoonmaak dag, binnen en buiten. Na de regen van een paar dagen geleden was er veel stof op het dek achter gebleven, nu is het dek weer heerlijk schoon en ruikt het beneden naar bloemetjes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-251933728651748382?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/251933728651748382/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=251933728651748382' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/251933728651748382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/251933728651748382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/37347n-007169e-1528-utc-17-06-2010.html' title='37&apos;34.7N 007&apos;16.9E 15:28 UTC 17-06-2010'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8281539866680726262</id><published>2010-06-17T12:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-17T12:07:19.137+02:00</updated><title type='text'>37'59.1N 009'32.7E 16:21 UTC</title><content type='html'>We have just crossed behind the Maybe, our fellow class B Tall Ships vessel. We are both sailing with the wind, but with the sails on different sides. It was a beautiful sight, the vessel that once competed in the first Tall Ships Race ever, sailing into the sun. Last night the Maybe came up behind us, both using engine and sails up to temper the shaking due to the (irritating short) waves.&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday was rainy with thunder and lightning around us and changing gusty winds, today is the opposite. Sun and a very small breeze, which became a steady force 3/4 from the east. After dinner we had a frozen watermelon as desert, only in Russian this word changes into something I can hardly pronounce and remember "Arbys" (spoken it sounds like Arbus).. So every day we learn a little more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;We zijn zojuist achter de Maybe langs gevaren, ons collega klasse B schip tijdens de Tall Ships Races. We zeilen allebei voor de wind, maar hebben de zeilen over een andere boeg. Het was een heel mooi uitzicht, het schip dat mee heeft gedaan aan de eerste Tall Ships Race ooit, zeilend richting de zon. Vannacht dook de Maybe opeens achter ons op. Beide op de motor met zeilen bij om de (irritant korte) golfslag te dempen.&lt;br /&gt;Waar we gisteren regen, onweer en windstoten uit alle richtingen hadden, is het vandaag helemaal anders. De zon verwarmd ons al de hele dag, met een heel klein briesje en nu dan met een kracht 3/4 uit het oosten. Als toetje hadden wij vandaag een bevroren watermeloen, maar we zijn er achter gekomen dat alleen het Russische woord voor watermeloen anders is en bijna niet te onthouden "Arbys" (uitgesproken Arbus). En zo leren we iedere dag een beetje meer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8281539866680726262?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8281539866680726262/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8281539866680726262' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8281539866680726262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8281539866680726262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/37591n-009327e-1621-utc.html' title='37&apos;59.1N 009&apos;32.7E 16:21 UTC'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-5867555902764029140</id><published>2010-06-16T10:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-16T10:22:44.964+02:00</updated><title type='text'>36'48.9N 12'33.7E 15:35 UTC</title><content type='html'>Last night during my watch (00-04) we had a beautiful sail! Doing 7 knots close hauled with wind bf 3. We were a little of course, heading north, but it felt good to be sailing! We had taken down the topsails as a precaution because the wind at first was a bit unsteady and went up to bf5 at times. Only short blasts, but enough to want to have the topsails down. This morning we changed the big jib for a smaller one as the wind (after being gone again for 4 hours) became gusty again. But as we changed the jib, the wind was gone again... and so it was all day, wind came form all directions, stayed for a few minutes, then disappeared again to come back from a totally different angle. But it keeps us sharp! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; No sun today, even a little rain and cloudy all day long. We decided to change the jib again into the bigger one and after setting it 3 times we decided that was enough workshop for the day, as it was raining, no body complained!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tijdens mijn wacht (00-04) afgelopen nacht hebben we heerlijk gezeild! 7 knopen aan de wind met bf 3. Niet helemaal op koers, richting het noorden, maar het was een mooi stukje zeilen. Uit voorzorg hadden we de topzeilen al naar beneden aangezien de wind niet stabiel was en soms even uithaalde met windkracht 5. Dit duurde nooit lang, maar het was toch wel fijn om de topzeilen naar beneden te hebben. Vanmorgen hebben we ook de grote kluiver voor de kleine gewisseld, maar toen die stond was de wind alweer op. En zo ging het de hele dag, vlagen wind uit alle hoeken. De grote kluiver ging er weer op en na die drie keer gezet te hebben, hebben we besloten dat dat de workshop voor de dag was. En aangezien het aan het regenen was, vond niemand dat erg. &lt;br /&gt;Vandaag is de eerste dag zonder zon en met zelfs wat regen. De bewolking blijft aardig hangen, kijken wat de nacht zal brengen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-5867555902764029140?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5867555902764029140/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=5867555902764029140' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5867555902764029140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5867555902764029140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/36489n-12337e-1535-utc.html' title='36&apos;48.9N 12&apos;33.7E 15:35 UTC'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-6898753555095027377</id><published>2010-06-13T20:52:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T20:52:37.672+02:00</updated><title type='text'>36'23.4N 14'02.9E 15:44 UTC</title><content type='html'>I will not write about the wind again, as long as it's the same story every day, it is not really interesting is it..?&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday was cleaningday and today is restingday, a real Sunday! No workshops, just doing what ever we want. Except for the crew on watch of course. We have almost past Malta and are going through the straight of Sicilia. Waves are toying with us and due to the current lack of wind we will take the topsail and mainsail down as soon as the dinner dishes are done. Hope tomorrow brings some more steady wind. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik ga niet meer over de wind schrijven, zolang het iedere dag hetzelfde verhaal is, is het ook niet echt interresant, toch?&lt;br /&gt;Gisteren was schoonmaakdag en vandag is rustdag een echte zondag! Geen workshops gewoon doen waar je zin in hebt, behalve dan de crew die wacht heeft. We zijn Malta nu bijna voorbij en gaan door de straat van Sicilie. Korte golfjes spelen met de Tecla en door het huidige gebrek aan wind halen wij na de afwas het topzeil en het grootzeil weg. En dan maar hopen dat morgen een wat stabieler windje brengt!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-6898753555095027377?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/6898753555095027377/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=6898753555095027377' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6898753555095027377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6898753555095027377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/36234n-14029e-1544-utc.html' title='36&apos;23.4N 14&apos;02.9E 15:44 UTC'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1256722059419599995</id><published>2010-06-13T16:50:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T16:51:43.993+02:00</updated><title type='text'>35'51.3N 16'06.1E</title><content type='html'>Wind, no wind, wind, no wind, motor, sail, motor, sail... now we sail again, last night we sailed by engine. &lt;br /&gt;Last night was warm but wet and very dark! We saw a dolphin play in the water and light up the phosphorescent algae, but other then that, the night was calm. Although our crew is small, we have a lot of nationalities on board, of course Dutch (4), Russian (2), Norwegian (1) and one from Bermuda! Our language is English and the very International language hand and feet..! I am learning a few new Russian words (euh,,..) and have learned that a lot of words in Norwegian are similar to Dutch, it is just the pronunciation that is different.&lt;br /&gt;During the day we saw a lot of Turtles and during dinner a group of dolphins kept us company doing a backsplash and diving in front of the boat. We hope to keep the wind we have found now, a backstay wind that gives us 4 knots speed. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Wind, geen wind, wind, geen wind, motor, zeilen, motor, zeilen.. vannacht voeren we op de motor, nu zeilen we weer. &lt;br /&gt; Vannacht was warm, vochtig en heel erg donker! We zagen wel een dolfijn in het water die de phosphor algen in het water op deed lichten. Buiten dat was de nacht rustig. Onze bemanning mag dan klein zijn, we hebben wel veel nationaliteiten aan boord, natuurlijk de Nederlandse crew (4), Russisch (2), Noors (1) en een uit Bermuda! De taal aan boord is Engels en de meest internationale taal, handen en voeten! Ik heb al wat Russische woorden geleerd (euhm..,,) en heb ook geleerd dat een hoop Nederlandse woorden op woorden in het Noors lijken, alleen spreken we het wat anders uit. &lt;br /&gt;Overdag hebben we veel schildpadden gezien en tijdens het avond eten kregen we een show van een groep dolfijnen die voor de boeg zwommen en backsplashes maakten in het water. We hopen dat we de wind die we nu hebben nog even mogen houden, met een bakstagwindje lopen we nu 4 knopen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1256722059419599995?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1256722059419599995/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1256722059419599995' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1256722059419599995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1256722059419599995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/35513n-16061e.html' title='35&apos;51.3N 16&apos;06.1E'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1907294565998775214</id><published>2010-06-13T16:50:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T16:50:48.203+02:00</updated><title type='text'>35'19.5N 18'49.9E 18:15 local time</title><content type='html'>We are in open water now, during the night watch we only saw a few vessels passing by on a very long distance. Still no moon, but a beautiful starlit sky! The milky way was shown very clearly and falling stars are sometimes as bright as searchlights in the sky! During the night we kept the motor on, but in the morning we finally found some wind! Light winds, but non the less, wind! Speed went up and down between 2 and 8 knots, but with her new sails the Tecla seemed to glide over the water. For me it is the first time sailing with these new sails, and I must say, it is a delight! &lt;br /&gt; During our first 'workshop' we talked about the history of the Tecla, explained the use of the STI trainee logbooks to the new trainees and started working on our diddybags. These are bags made out of the old sails of the Tecla (the old jib) and can be used for a number of things. It introduces the trainees with the needle and tread, with knots and sail making. Lets see what they come up with!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We varen nu echt op open water. Tijdens de wachten zien we slechts een aantal schepen op grote afstand. Tijdens de nachtwacht is er nog geen maan, maar wel een geweldig mooie sterrenhemel. Het is zo donker dat je de melkweg helemaal kunt zien en dat de vallende sterren lijken op schijnwerpers! Tijdens de nacht hebben we de motor bij gehad, maar vandaag hebben we heerlijk kunnen zeilen! Het was een licht windje, maar het was wind! Onze snelheid lag steeds tussen de 2 en de 8 knopen. Het is voor mij de eerste keer zeilen met de Tecla en haar nieuwe zeilen en het is echt geweldig, ze glijdt over het water als een blaadje! Heerlijk! &lt;br /&gt;Tijdens onze eerste 'workshop' hebben we het over de geschiedenis van de Tecla gehad, over het gebruik van het STI trainee logboek en zijn we begonnen te werken aan een diddybag. Dit is een tas gemaakt van oud zeil van de Tecla (de oude kluiver) en kan gebruikt worden voor allerlei dingen. Op deze manier zijn de trianees bezig met naaien, knopen en zeilmaken. Ben benieuwd wat voor creatiefs er allemaal uit komt!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1907294565998775214?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1907294565998775214/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1907294565998775214' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1907294565998775214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1907294565998775214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/35195n-18499e-1815-local-time.html' title='35&apos;19.5N 18&apos;49.9E 18:15 local time'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-9042763380540724900</id><published>2010-06-11T10:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-11T10:06:10.942+02:00</updated><title type='text'>10-06-2010 35'45N 21'17E 15:47 UTC (18:47 local)</title><content type='html'>After we left Lavrion we set sail, but the wind was not strong enough to carry us. We motor sailed along hoping to find some wind as we came around the Greek island Kithira. Near Kithira there are a lot of unlit islands and wrecks in the water, without the moon it was a strange sight, but we found our way through. What we did not find.. was wind.&lt;br /&gt;This morning looked better, topsails went up and we sailed for about 5 hours with an average speed of 5 knots. When the wind turned against us we again turned on the motor. The weather forecast said NE or SE winds, 4/5 bf, so we are still looking to find them. On board all is well. Our new trainees are finding their way on board. Yesterday we held a welcome swim stop. As it had been hot all day most of us went into the water, the dog as well!&lt;br /&gt;Gijs has just turned of the motor, we are doing 6,3 knots by motor, I hope it stays!&lt;br /&gt;greetings Jet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nadat wij Lavrion hebben verlaten, hebben wij direct zeil gezet, maar er was niet genoeg wind om vooruit te komen. Op zoek naar wind hebben wij de motor aan gedaan en hoopten na het ronden van het Griekse eiland Kithira wind te vinden. In de buurt van Kithira liggen allerlei onverlichte eilanden en wrakken, wat zonder maan een bijzonder beeld was. Nadat we onze weg om het eiland gevonden hadden, vonden wij helaas geen wind.&lt;br /&gt;Vanmorgen ging het beter, topzeilen erbij en voor een periode van 5 uur zeilden we met een gemiddelde snelheid van 5 knopen. Helaas draaide de wind tegen ons en hebben we de motor weer aan moeten zetten. Het weerbericht zegt noord oost en zuid oost 4/5 bf, dus daarnaar zijn wij nog opzoek. Aan boord is alles goed. Onze nieuwe trainees hebben hun weg aan boord wel gevonden. Gisteren hebben we een zwemstop gehouden. Op het heetste van de dag ging bijna iedereen te water, ook de hond! Gijs doet nu net de motor uit, we lopen 6,3 knopen onder zeil, ik hoop dat dit blijft! &lt;br /&gt;groeten Jet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-9042763380540724900?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/9042763380540724900/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=9042763380540724900' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/9042763380540724900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/9042763380540724900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/10-06-2010-3545n-2117e-1547-utc-1847.html' title='10-06-2010 35&apos;45N 21&apos;17E 15:47 UTC (18:47 local)'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8430036785668863</id><published>2010-06-09T05:45:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T05:48:02.665+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla is leaving Lavrion today</title><content type='html'>Today the Tecla sets sail towards Antwerp. With a possible stop in gibraltar for fuel and supplies we hope to arrive in Antwerp on the 10th of july, one months time. &lt;br /&gt;The harbor of Lavrion is empty, the Akela has just left, the sun is still between the clouds, and today is a good day for sailing!  The wind is supposed to be good for the next week. &lt;br /&gt;Our trainees are looking forward to seeing water as much as we are, anticipation is a beautiful thing. This will be my first time sailing with the Tecla in almost 5 months.. And the first time with the new sails!!! &lt;br /&gt;greetings from warm Greece, &lt;br /&gt;Jet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vandaag zet de Tecla zeil richting Antwerpen. Met een mogelijke stop in Gibraltar for brandstof en levensmiddelen. We hopen rond de 10de juli in Antwerpen aan te jomen. De haven van Lavrion is leeg, de Akela is vanmorgen vertrokken en de zon is nog tussen de wolken, vandaag is een mooie dag om te gaan zeilen. En als het goed is blijft de wind in ons voordeel deze week. &lt;br /&gt;Onze trainees hebben net zoveel zin om te vertekken als wij, voor mij wordt het de eerste keer zeilen met het nieuwe zeil, de eerste keer zeilen sinds 5 maanden, heb er zin in! &lt;br /&gt;Groetjes uit heerlijk warm Griekenland, &lt;br /&gt;Jet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8430036785668863?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8430036785668863/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8430036785668863' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8430036785668863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8430036785668863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/06/tecla-is-leaving-lavrion-today.html' title='Tecla is leaving Lavrion today'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2952242979376451567</id><published>2010-05-27T08:52:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-27T08:56:22.933+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla in Istanbul</title><content type='html'>The Tecla is currently in Istanbul, in a marina. Today they will get their festival berth and with the class A vessels arriving as well, the festival can start! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The race was a short one, but it was another succes for the Tecla! &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;ONE AND ONE AGAIN!!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are very happy with the result and are now hoping to be able to keep this up! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Tecla ligt momenteel in Istanbul in een jachthaven. Vandaag krijgen zijn hun festival plek in de stad en met de aankomst van de A klasse schepen kan het festival echt van start gaan! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De race was slechts kort, maar wel een groot succes! &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;WEDEROM EERSTE EN EERSTE!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2952242979376451567?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2952242979376451567/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2952242979376451567' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2952242979376451567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2952242979376451567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/05/tecla-in-istanbul.html' title='Tecla in Istanbul'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1201221257278981456</id><published>2010-05-24T15:54:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-24T16:00:00.348+02:00</updated><title type='text'>New Tshirt Tecla - thanks to Carol Nuttall's kids</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qF6wSsneI/AAAAAAAAByg/jdRDkgOxkv0/s1600/DSC_7673.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qF6wSsneI/AAAAAAAAByg/jdRDkgOxkv0/s320/DSC_7673.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474835541464489442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qF6RWHsCI/AAAAAAAAByY/HbTYrofSqCk/s1600/DSC_7423.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qF6RWHsCI/AAAAAAAAByY/HbTYrofSqCk/s320/DSC_7423.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474835533157347362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qF57H1eJI/AAAAAAAAByQ/S7Pj71f5z-4/s1600/DSC_7195.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qF57H1eJI/AAAAAAAAByQ/S7Pj71f5z-4/s320/DSC_7195.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474835527191853202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qF5uOyVRI/AAAAAAAAByI/0ehVCZAq9u4/s1600/DSC_7157.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qF5uOyVRI/AAAAAAAAByI/0ehVCZAq9u4/s320/DSC_7157.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474835523731346706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All pictures by Carol Nuttall! Thank you Carol!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1201221257278981456?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1201221257278981456/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1201221257278981456' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1201221257278981456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1201221257278981456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-tshirt-tecla-thanks-to-carol.html' title='New Tshirt Tecla - thanks to Carol Nuttall&apos;s kids'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qF6wSsneI/AAAAAAAAByg/jdRDkgOxkv0/s72-c/DSC_7673.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-7441171430949752704</id><published>2010-05-24T15:47:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-24T15:54:07.925+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qEa92Ru-I/AAAAAAAAByA/iff0vb1s4qA/s1600/DSC_7634.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qEa92Ru-I/AAAAAAAAByA/iff0vb1s4qA/s320/DSC_7634.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474833895835941858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nyske!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qEaRi5nvI/AAAAAAAABx4/LggG-BV5y-c/s1600/DSC_7565.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qEaRi5nvI/AAAAAAAABx4/LggG-BV5y-c/s320/DSC_7565.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474833883943509746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gijs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qEZ5XS3kI/AAAAAAAABxw/y2-yr9R1AR8/s1600/DSC_7337.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qEZ5XS3kI/AAAAAAAABxw/y2-yr9R1AR8/s320/DSC_7337.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474833877452381762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jannette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qEZkUwM2I/AAAAAAAABxo/3S8R0f_4DmE/s1600/DSC_7333.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qEZkUwM2I/AAAAAAAABxo/3S8R0f_4DmE/s320/DSC_7333.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474833871804576610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qEZOVNjgI/AAAAAAAABxg/MEEz2El99RE/s1600/DSC_7285.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qEZOVNjgI/AAAAAAAABxg/MEEz2El99RE/s320/DSC_7285.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474833865900920322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Working the deck&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-7441171430949752704?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/7441171430949752704/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=7441171430949752704' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7441171430949752704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7441171430949752704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/05/nyske-gijs-jannette-jan-working-deck.html' title=''/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_qEa92Ru-I/AAAAAAAAByA/iff0vb1s4qA/s72-c/DSC_7634.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1368804944012316723</id><published>2010-05-21T20:50:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-21T20:53:19.191+02:00</updated><title type='text'>tecla in light winds</title><content type='html'>Few pictures of the Tecla during the Parade of Sail in Volos. I think this is what most photos during this week would have looked like.. no winds... ;) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_bWPGnfUdI/AAAAAAAABxY/deaM9-KdM0Y/s1600/Akela_2010_Z_0190.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_bWPGnfUdI/AAAAAAAABxY/deaM9-KdM0Y/s320/Akela_2010_Z_0190.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473797952078041554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_bWOnjd4yI/AAAAAAAABxQ/xG1fPdrWiKE/s1600/Akela_2010_Z_0189.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_bWOnjd4yI/AAAAAAAABxQ/xG1fPdrWiKE/s320/Akela_2010_Z_0189.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473797943739671330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_bWOY6sCOI/AAAAAAAABxI/T25Ok3gMivY/s1600/Akela_2010_Z_0174.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_bWOY6sCOI/AAAAAAAABxI/T25Ok3gMivY/s320/Akela_2010_Z_0174.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473797939810535650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1368804944012316723?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1368804944012316723/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1368804944012316723' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1368804944012316723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1368804944012316723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/05/tecla-in-light-winds.html' title='tecla in light winds'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S_bWPGnfUdI/AAAAAAAABxY/deaM9-KdM0Y/s72-c/Akela_2010_Z_0190.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-4016671359855746367</id><published>2010-05-21T12:32:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-21T12:37:09.636+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Victory in Varna</title><content type='html'>The Tecla is currently in Varna, Bulgaria. They finished the race yesterday and won! Not only did they win in their own class, they also won OVERALL!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a lot of wind shifts, no wind and shifting winds again they sailed over the finish line and are now docked in the harbor. In a day or so I will post some pictures of the harbor and their trip. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Tecla is momenteel in Varna, Bulgarije. Ze zijn gisteren gefinished en hebben gewonnen!! Niet alleen zijn zij eerste in hun klasse, maar ook de over all overwinning hebben zij te pakken! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na heel veel draaiende winden, geen wind en dan weer draaiende winden zijn zij toch bij de finish aangekomen en liggen zij nu in de haven. Zodra ik foto's ontvang zal ik ze online zetten!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-4016671359855746367?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/4016671359855746367/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=4016671359855746367' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4016671359855746367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4016671359855746367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/05/victory-in-varna.html' title='Victory in Varna'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1423951089562383721</id><published>2010-05-20T11:09:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-20T11:36:42.437+02:00</updated><title type='text'>19 May 2010 42 06.7 N 29 10.6 E</title><content type='html'>Het is een grijze morge. Afgelopen nacht hadden we regen, maar nu komt de zon weer door. Gisteren toen we langs Istanbul voeren was het ook grijs, maar de stad zelf lag in de zon. De Europeze cultuur hoofdstad 2010, wat een mooi gezicht, geweldige stad tegen de berg, gebouwd met hele mooie gebouwen. De moskees en kastelen lagen glinsterend in de zon. En naast al het oude, de nieuwe gebouwen gemaakt van glas met groene parkjes ertussen. In parade vorm voeren wij door de Bosphorus tot we in de Zwarte zee kwamen. In de zwarte zee zijn we om 15:00 uur gestart met het tweede gedeelte van de race naar Varna. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tijdens de start hadden wj een Noord Oostelijk windje, en soms Zuid West.. Het duurde even maar uiteindelijk kwam iedereen over de startlijn. Weinig wind betekend ook weinig golven en dit was geweldig voor de Tecla. We konden de voorste schepen in ieder geval bijhouden! En dus kregen wij bij het eerste schema te horen dat we eerste in onze klasse zijn EN eerste overall! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na veel veranderingen in wind werd het toch Noord West, niet zo goed voor ons en de Mir, die naast ons lag. We hoopten wel goede wind te hebben om het waypoint te bereiken, maar nu is de wind er helemaal uit.. &lt;br /&gt;We gaan 0,3 knopen. We verwachten wel wat meer wind, maar nu lijkt het of we het waypoint nooit gaan halen, nog 21 mijl op 330 graden.. ik laat het morgen wel weten! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Groeten Jannette &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a grey morning. Last night it was raining. Now the sun is shinning.&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday was grey also, but sometimes the sun came through the clouds and was shinning over Istanbul, Europe capital of culture 2010. It is amazing to see such a big city laying against a mountain, full of the most beautiful buildings. All the mosques and palaces, with golden points, glittering in the sun, on top of the roofs. Next to it, the very new high buildings, with lots of glass and in between, green parks. We went in parade all the way through Bosporus, till the black sea. And there we started, at 15.00 UTC, the second leg of the race to Varna.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The start was with a NE breeze. And sometimes a SW one......The starting ship was moving sometimes a little bit, but everybody got over the starting line at the end. The little breeze was kind to the Tecla. Without swell it went quiet good. We where able to keep up with the first ones. Till this morning, after a lot of tacking, gypping and topsail changing it went good, so good, that after the schedule we heard that we where 1 and 1. Also that the other leg had a better result then we had till now, 1 in class and 3 overall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then after a lot of wind changes, there is a NW-ly wind. Not to good for us and the Mir, who lays next to us. first it seemed good to go to the second way point, but this afternoon the wind disappeared completely, and just now, as I am writing this logbook, the wind is going where it should have been all the time, SW, not a lot, but perhaps, if it stays, and gets more a little bit (we are doing 0.3 knots at the moment) we will ever be able to leave way point 2 on our starboard site, just 21.5 miles, on 330 degrees. I hope to tell you tomorrow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1423951089562383721?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1423951089562383721/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1423951089562383721' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1423951089562383721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1423951089562383721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/05/19-may-2010-42-067-n-29-106-e.html' title='19 May 2010 42 06.7 N 29 10.6 E'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8815690350086731997</id><published>2010-05-17T18:30:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-17T18:30:51.492+02:00</updated><title type='text'>40 41.143 N  27 50.633 E Marmara Sea  16 May 2010</title><content type='html'>Sorry for all who where waiting for news of the Tecla and her crew. Our radio had a lot of trouble lately to get our e-mails in the air. I hope that from now on, it will be possible to send news more often. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We finished the first leg of the race from Volos to Varna. A race with almost no wind on the first day. The start was delayed three times. At the start there was a nice breeze, but it did not stay for many hours. The first night was more or less totally without wind. Also was the wind from all sites, many boats stayed close to each other. Just a few took the nice breeze to disappear at the horizon. No wind is very hard for a crew, you try to find a breeze, you tack and gyp, close to the wind.... with the wind, the current takes the ship for a dance and before you know it, she makes a round. Then there is a little breeze, the speed goes up, you are happy to see 3.5 knots on the GPS, till it drops again and the frustration attacks you, will we ever be able to do these (only) 150 miles in three days by sail? And then, when the first ships announce their finishing time, there is a breeze that stays and grows to a real wind, force 5 to 6. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We lower the top-sails, the big jib stays on, it is a too good puller to lower, even if we think it is a little bit too much. We start leaving ships behind us and take over, others. We are sailing again, everybody on board is enthusiastic, most skip their 6 hours of sleep, with only 5 trainees onboard and three crew, we are tiered, but every body is in the winning mood again. Speed 8.9 knots, we can smell the finishing line. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At 23 56 51 UTC we finish, just before the wind drops down again. We lower the jib and set the smaller one, the wind picks up again and turns against us. The weather forecast, says: gales coming up. We enter the Marmara sea, start the engine, head winds, and on the Sea of Marmara, in a bay, we drop anchor, have a beer or wine, start the anchor watch, have a good sleep and a late breakfast, the wind is SW 7, the sun is shining, and race control gives the race results. We are number one in our class, we are happy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8815690350086731997?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8815690350086731997/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8815690350086731997' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8815690350086731997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8815690350086731997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/05/sorry-for-all-who-where-waiting-for.html' title='40 41.143 N  27 50.633 E Marmara Sea  16 May 2010'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-482972362865145057</id><published>2010-05-05T07:40:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-05T07:48:55.810+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Some pictures from the Tecla in Greece</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S-EFnGEYroI/AAAAAAAABxA/hFmeKMmDyi4/s1600/Porto+Kayio+(2).JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S-EFnGEYroI/AAAAAAAABxA/hFmeKMmDyi4/s320/Porto+Kayio+(2).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467657591806537346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Porto Kayio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S-EFm0bti2I/AAAAAAAABw4/h7RZ2ZjRG5s/s1600/Porto+Kayio.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S-EFm0bti2I/AAAAAAAABw4/h7RZ2ZjRG5s/s320/Porto+Kayio.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467657587072535394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Porto Kayio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S-EFmpV8YpI/AAAAAAAABww/Jr9s-p6GJPA/s1600/Metthoni.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S-EFmpV8YpI/AAAAAAAABww/Jr9s-p6GJPA/s320/Metthoni.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467657584095552146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Metthoni&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S-EFmPRXNtI/AAAAAAAABwo/gNBMZUX7ppY/s1600/Levkas.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S-EFmPRXNtI/AAAAAAAABwo/gNBMZUX7ppY/s320/Levkas.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467657577097017042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Levkas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S-EFl_yexqI/AAAAAAAABwg/uHxXH7IGzws/s1600/Fiskardho.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S-EFl_yexqI/AAAAAAAABwg/uHxXH7IGzws/s320/Fiskardho.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467657572940957346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fiskardho&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Tecla is still on her way. She is heading for Volos where she will arrive tomorrow or the day after that. In Volos the new group will come on board on the 11th. Tall Ship Tenasious is already in the harbour.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-482972362865145057?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/482972362865145057/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=482972362865145057' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/482972362865145057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/482972362865145057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/05/some-pictures-from-tecla-in-greece.html' title='Some pictures from the Tecla in Greece'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S-EFnGEYroI/AAAAAAAABxA/hFmeKMmDyi4/s72-c/Porto+Kayio+(2).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-7934086373604220611</id><published>2010-04-29T09:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-29T09:28:16.099+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla - 27 April 2010 38 46 N  20 33 E</title><content type='html'>The wind got more and more. The sea got wilder and wilder. The swell worse and  worsen. But the speed went up! 8.5 knots! The sea swept a lot of very salt water over the Tecla and her dog, but then, after 6 hours full speed, all of a sudden, the wind died out, just 8 miles out of the coast of Greece.&lt;br /&gt;There it was, laying in the sun, the white beaches, green hills, white houses with pink roofs, the blue water, with millions of sunny diamonds, on this early Sunday morning. &lt;br /&gt;We had to start the engine, because of the...... no wind at all, and dropt anchor near the beach of Levkas. Took the sails down, cleaned the deck and had a nice beer in the sun with a tuna salad and bread. After a shower, Gijs and Adam had a look for the bus station, Jet already had a check on the internet in Holland, wether it was possible to get to Athens by bus or train. And a good thing of Greece is, that they have a perfect, not to expensive, regular, bus connection, almost from every where, to Athens. Adam took the bus at 18.00 local time, so he had still the next morning to see a bit of the city, before his flied home, Ireland. We said goodbye, in the hope to see each other soon again. &lt;br /&gt;After the goodbye, we started our anchor watch and a lot of sleeping. The next day a visit to the town for some shopping, I hope the rest of Greece has as many flowers and balconies as they have here! But we will see that very soon, because we are on our way again, sails up, and guess what....we start with no wind at all again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings Jannette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De wind werd meer en meer, de zee werd wilder en wilder, de golven warden groter en groter en ook de snelheid werd hoger en hoger!! 8,5 knopen op kleine zeilen. De zee heeft aardig wat zout over de Tecla en haar hond heen gespoeld. Na 6 uur volle kracht vooruit verdween de winds opeens zo’n 8 mijl uit de kust van Griekenland. En daar lag het opeen. De witte stranden, de groene heuvels, de witte huizen met roze daken, het blauwe water met fonkelende diamanten zo helder en zo vroeg op zondag morgen. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hebben de motor moeten starten omdat er geen wind was en hebben toen anker gegooid vlak bij het strand van Levkada. We hebben de zeilen netjes opgeborgen, het dek schoon gemaakt en een heerlijk biertje gedronken in de zon, met tonijn salade en brood als lunch. Na een welverdiende douche zijn Adam en Gijs op zoek gegaan naar een bushalte. Vanuit Nederland had Jet al gekeken hoe laat de bussen zouden gaan. Dat hebben ze in Griekenland goed geregeld, een regelmatige busdienst door het hele land die bijna niets kost. Adam vertrok om 18:00 uur met de bus zodat hij de volgende morgen in Athene nog wat moois jon bekijken voordat hij naar huis zou vliegen, naar Ierland. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na het afscheid zijn we naar bed gegaan, 1 iemand op ankerwacht. Volgende morgen zijn we even het stadje in gegaan, boodschappen gedaan. Wat is het hier mooi! Ik hoop dat de rest van Griekenland net zoveel bloemen en balkonnetjes heeft! Nu zijn we weer onderweg. En raad eens wat, we zijn weer eens zonder wind begonnen! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;groetjes Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-7934086373604220611?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/7934086373604220611/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=7934086373604220611' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7934086373604220611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7934086373604220611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/tecla-27-april-2010-38-46-n-20-33-e.html' title='Tecla - 27 April 2010 38 46 N  20 33 E'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1615883219911777280</id><published>2010-04-24T11:56:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T11:56:47.238+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Lazy Saturdays -  24 April 37 48 N  18 39 E</title><content type='html'>Zaterdag, de eerste dag van het weekend. Uitslapen, winkelen, naar de markt, koffie drinken met je opa (Jet!), in de tuin werken en s middags met wat vrienden afspreken en een biertje drinken. Dat is wat veel mensen aan het doen zijn.&lt;br /&gt;Maar niet de crew van de Tecla. We zijn een gevecht aangegaan met een Oost Zuid Oosterlijke wind, kracht 6/7 en een opbouwende golfslag. Het grootzeil is naar beneden. Het is niet goed voor de vorm van een nieuw grootzeil om te reven. Dus we hebben alleen de bezaan, de fok en een kleine kluiver omhoog. We gaan zo'n 5,5 tot 7 knopen, maar niet helemaal in de richting die we willen. Men had voorspeld dat de wind naar het westen zou draaien, maar de wind is juist meer oosterlijk geworden. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We zijn nu helemaal alleen. Geen andere schepen en geen dolfijnen. Alleen een duif, die denkt dat hij/zij een watervogel is. De duif vliegt al uren met ons mee. Gisteren zagen we een vliegtuig, ze vlogen heel laag, we zagen de piloot in de kokpit en hebben naar elkaar gezwaaid. Ik denk dat het een weervliegtuig was, ze zijn drie keer over ons gevlogen. &lt;br /&gt;De golven nemen toe, ze tillen de Tecla op en proberen haar weg te zetten, maar de Tecla geeft er niets om. Ze is gebouwd voor zeeen als deze en de enige die aan het klagen zijn, is de crew. Vooral wanneer de gehele inhoud van de koelkast mij probeerd te verpletteren als ik de deur open doe. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;groeten Jannette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday 24 April&lt;br /&gt;37 48 N  18 39 E&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, the first day of the weekend. Saturday, long sleeps, shopping, going to the market, have a coffee with your grand dad (Jet!), work in the garden and in the afternoon, sit with a couple of friends chatting with a beer.&lt;br /&gt;That's what a lot of people are doing today. &lt;br /&gt;But not the Tecla with it`s crew. We are fighting an ESE-ly  wind, force 6 to 7, and a sea, who is building up. The main sail is down, it is not good for the shape of new sails, to reef, there for we only sail on mizzen, for stay sail and little jib now. We have a speed of between 5.5 and 7 and we are not going where we want to go. The wind turned this morning more easterly, and that is a pity. Although the wind was going to turn to the west, but till now, no sign of it. We are totally alone, no ships around us and no dolphins. Only a pigeon, who thinks he/she is a sea bird, fly's with us for hours now. Yesterday, there was a plane, we think a weather plane, witch made three rounds, very low, around the ship, we could see the people in the cockpit, we waved to each other. &lt;br /&gt;The waves take the Tecla up, and try to throw her away again. But she does not seem to care. She was build for seas like this, the only ones who complain about it, is the crew, especially when the whole content of the refrigerator, tries to kill me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1615883219911777280?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1615883219911777280/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1615883219911777280' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1615883219911777280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1615883219911777280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/lazy-saturdays-24-april-37-48-n-18-39-e.html' title='Lazy Saturdays -  24 April 37 48 N  18 39 E'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-4562538103939404263</id><published>2010-04-23T09:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-23T09:31:24.663+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla - 22 April 2010 36 25 N 15 16 E</title><content type='html'>After a day of motor sailing, because of a lack of wind, we are now sailing again. Not really speedy yet, but we are sailing in the direction of Greece. The weather forecast said we would have south east winds, 5 to 6, some times 7. Until now, only the direction is correct. This afternoon we took the topsails and big jib down, because of the predictions, that means that with this wind, a 3 Beaufort and sometimes a little 4 Beaufort, we miss them a lot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sailing with four people, is amazingly quiet, after a group of 16 persons.&lt;br /&gt;Jan and I do the 6 to 12 hours shift, and Gijs and Adam the 12 to 6. As it is still early in the season, we only see fishing boats and big cargo ships. Till now, we only saw a two sailing yachts near Sicily.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This morning we saw Malta, you could see the big defence buildings, or castles and the steep coast line. Also we saw a lot of airplanes, so we guess, that all planes go normal again. The wind is picking up a bit, the radio gives an alarm, we hear a Dutch war ship saying that they have finished shooting. The radar is on, visibility is getting less, it is cloudy so tonight we will have to do without the moon and the stars. Now there are only the sounds of sails, the wind through the ropes and around the masts and the singing propeller. I go for a cup of coffee, still three hours til the end of the watch, and 300 miles to Greece.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings Jannette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na een dag lang motor zeilen door te weinig wind, kunnen we nu dan eindelijk echt zeilen. Nog niet echt snel, maar we gaan in de richting van Griekenland. Het weerbericht zei dat we zuid oosterlijke wind zouden hebben, 5 a 6 bf en soms 7 bf. Maar tot nu toe klopt alleen de richting. Om toch voorbereid te zijn op deze wind hadden we vanmiddag de topzeilen en de grote kluiver (bijnaam Kiddo) al weg gehaald. Maar met deze wind, kracht 3 a 4 missen we ze behoorlijk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na het zeilen met een groep, is het zeilen met z'n 4en opeens heel erg rustig. Jan en ik hebben de 6 tot 12 wacht, Gijs en Adam de 12 tot 6. Het is nog rustig op het water zo vroeg in het seizoen, we hebben nog maar twee zeilschepen gezien in de buurt van Sicilie, verder wat vrachtschepen en de lokale vissermannen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vanmorgen zagen we Malta. Aan de kust zagen we de kastelen of forten. En we zagen ook een hoop vliegtuigen, ik denk dat alles weer nogmaal is dus? De wind neemt een beetje toe, de radio begint te piepen, een alarm, we horen Nederlands ooslogsschip zeggen dat ze klaar zijn met schieten. De radar staat aan, het zicht wordt wat minder, het is bewolkt dus vannacht zullen we de maan en de sterren moeten missen. Nu horen we alleen de zeilen, de wind om de masten en touwen en de zingende schroef. Ik ga een kopje koffie halen, nog drie uur dan is de wacht voorbij. Nog 300 mijl, dan zijn we in Griekenland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Groetjes Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-4562538103939404263?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/4562538103939404263/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=4562538103939404263' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4562538103939404263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4562538103939404263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/tecla-22-april-2010-36-25-n-15-16-e.html' title='Tecla - 22 April 2010 36 25 N 15 16 E'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2916275771786360168</id><published>2010-04-21T22:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-21T22:42:08.851+02:00</updated><title type='text'>21 April 2010 37 05 N 13 11 E</title><content type='html'>De Race is voorbij, we hebben gezamelijk nog de Parade of sail out gevaren en ieder een gaat weer zijn eigen weg. De Far Barcalona is onderweg naar Barcalona, de Kaliakra naar Varna, de Palinuro naar Palermo met aan boord heen hele groep noord Italiaanse jongeren die niet naar huis kunnen vliegen. Tijdens het festival hebben we het veel gehad over het vlieg probleem. Normaal gesproken zou Paolo, de journalist aan boord van de Tecla, binnen 1,5 uur in Milaan zijn. Nu zal hij met de veerboot, trein, metro en bus uiteindelijk in 40 uur thuis zijn!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We zijn nu onderweg naar Lavrion, we hopen daar nog wat promotie te kunnen maken voor de aanstaande race, de Historical Seas Tall Ships Regatta. Helaas hebben wij afscheid genomen van de Astrid. Zij is onderweg terug naar Nederland door tegenvallende boekingen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het is altijd weer raar om ergens weg te gaan, om weer alleen op het water te zijn. Dan denk he terug aan alle mooie dingen die je achter laat. De heerlijke pesto maaltijden die een van de moeders van onze trainees heeft gemaakt. De beste pesto wordt in Genua gemaakt en ik heb het recept! (Wij hebben vandaag zelf een echte Hollandse maaltijd gemaakt, gebakken aardappelen, salade, verse boontjes en een stukje vlees). Nog meer moois was de Parade met de mensen uit Trapani! Het ijs dat we tijdens de dagtocht aangeboden kregen, Gijs en Adam waren er gek op! Best Ice ever! Alle ouders van en de trainees zelf die dagelijks aan boord stonden om ons te bedanken voor de ervaringen die zij op hadden gedaan tijdens de race!&lt;br /&gt;Nu is alleen Adam nog aan boord als trainee. We gaan hem zo dicht mogelijk &lt;br /&gt;naar Athene brengen vanaf waar hij naar huis zal vliegen. Als de vliegtuigen dan weer vliegen. En anders moet hij zeeman worden, voor de rest van het jaar. Tot aan Hartlepool, Engeland, waar wij begin augustus zijn met de Tall Ships Race 2010. Ik denk dat hij het niet eens erg zou vinden, hij houdt van de zee, de dolfijnen en het ontdekken van nieuwe plaatsen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heel veel groetjes aan iedereen,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jannette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;21 April 2010&lt;br /&gt;37 05 N 13 11 E&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The race is over, we all did the sail parade, most of the ships are now on their way to next appointments. The Far Barcelona is on her way to Barcelona, the Kaliakra to Varna, The Palinuro to Palermo and with the Palinuro, a lot of northern Italian trainees, who could not fly home. Also here, during the race and festivals, there were a lot of discussions, how to come home. Paolo, the journalist on board of the Tecla, had a flight to Milan of 1,5 hours, now he will be at home, after a ferry, train, subway, bus, in about 40 hours!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are now on our way to Lavrion, Greece. We hope to do there some promotions for the coming Tall Ship Races of the Historical Seas. Sadly we said goodby to the Astrid in Trapani, she is not going to join us any further east, she had to cancel the Historical Seas, due to a lack of trainees for the coming races. She is going back to Holland.It is always strange after a race, to be on your own again. You think back of all the good thinks there where. The very good pesto meal, one of the &lt;br /&gt;Genua mothers made! I got the recipe, the best pesto is made in Genua they say! ( to day we cooked a real Dutch meal, baked potatoes, salad, fresh beans and a cutlet). The very nice Parade, with people from Trapani. The ice cream, Gijs and Adam have been eating, offered by guests of the day trip, Gijs said: the best ice ever! All the parents and trainees, who where daily on board to say thanks for the great experience they had during the race.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, the only trainee on board, is Adam, we will bring him as near as possible to Athena, where he will fly home again, if the airplanes will ever fly again! Otherwise, he has to become a sea man, for the rest of this year, and we will bring him, later on this summer to England, on our way to the Tall Ship Races 2010. I think he would not mind, he loves the sea, the &lt;br /&gt;dolphins and new places.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many greetings to all Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2916275771786360168?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2916275771786360168/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2916275771786360168' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2916275771786360168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2916275771786360168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/21-april-2010-37-05-n-13-11-e.html' title='21 April 2010 37 05 N 13 11 E'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8620877085743716564</id><published>2010-04-19T15:43:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T15:45:31.099+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Jannette and trainee during the prize giving in Trapani</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8xeHqk5whI/AAAAAAAABwY/cPobyHfEWOU/s1600/TeclaTPrize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8xeHqk5whI/AAAAAAAABwY/cPobyHfEWOU/s320/TeclaTPrize.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461843933874733586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This picture was taken by the STI photographer during the prize giving in Trapani. &lt;br /&gt;For more picture please check out the &lt;a href="http://www.sailtraininginternational.org/photos/gallery/see_Garibaldi-Tall-Ships-Regatta---Trapani_item_300105.htm"&gt;STI website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8620877085743716564?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8620877085743716564/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8620877085743716564' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8620877085743716564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8620877085743716564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/jannette-and-trainee-during-prize.html' title='Jannette and trainee during the prize giving in Trapani'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8xeHqk5whI/AAAAAAAABwY/cPobyHfEWOU/s72-c/TeclaTPrize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8659195455164229043</id><published>2010-04-18T12:10:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-18T12:16:46.542+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla 2 in class and 6 overall</title><content type='html'>The results are in, the Tecla finished 2d in her class and 6th overall. The group is leaving today. Tomorrow they will sail out during the parade of sail. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some pictures made by the journalist on board the Tecla, Paolo Maccione. He will be publishing an article about the race in the magazin Yaght Digest. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8rbwQpltYI/AAAAAAAABwQ/m39wjl43Opg/s1600/Tecla_GaribaldiTSR2010_PhotoPaoloMaccioneJournalist+(5).JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8rbwQpltYI/AAAAAAAABwQ/m39wjl43Opg/s320/Tecla_GaribaldiTSR2010_PhotoPaoloMaccioneJournalist+(5).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461419120289756546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8rbvdbi00I/AAAAAAAABwI/YH8Bin1cGKQ/s1600/Tecla_GaribaldiTSR2010_PhotoPaoloMaccioneJournalist+(4).JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8rbvdbi00I/AAAAAAAABwI/YH8Bin1cGKQ/s320/Tecla_GaribaldiTSR2010_PhotoPaoloMaccioneJournalist+(4).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461419106540639042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8rbu4nmRzI/AAAAAAAABwA/JKumXqzeSgc/s1600/Tecla_GaribaldiTSR2010_PhotoPaoloMaccioneJournalist+(2).JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8rbu4nmRzI/AAAAAAAABwA/JKumXqzeSgc/s320/Tecla_GaribaldiTSR2010_PhotoPaoloMaccioneJournalist+(2).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461419096659085106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8rbuGlIbVI/AAAAAAAABv4/3tDdOR4yCw8/s1600/Tecla_GaribaldiTSR2010_PhotoPaoloMaccioneJournalist+(1).JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8rbuGlIbVI/AAAAAAAABv4/3tDdOR4yCw8/s320/Tecla_GaribaldiTSR2010_PhotoPaoloMaccioneJournalist+(1).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461419083226967378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8659195455164229043?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8659195455164229043/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8659195455164229043' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8659195455164229043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8659195455164229043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/tecla-2-in-class-and-6-overall.html' title='Tecla 2 in class and 6 overall'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S8rbwQpltYI/AAAAAAAABwQ/m39wjl43Opg/s72-c/Tecla_GaribaldiTSR2010_PhotoPaoloMaccioneJournalist+(5).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2364518553054448080</id><published>2010-04-16T11:05:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-16T11:06:37.025+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla in Trapani</title><content type='html'>The Tecla arrived in Trapani this morning. The festival has already started. This afternoon there will be open ship for the visiting public.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2364518553054448080?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2364518553054448080/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2364518553054448080' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2364518553054448080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2364518553054448080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/tecla-in-trapani.html' title='Tecla in Trapani'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-279588421754114622</id><published>2010-04-16T11:04:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-16T11:04:54.313+02:00</updated><title type='text'>TECLA - 15 April 2010 36 58 N 011 48.2 E</title><content type='html'>Na een bewolkte dag, schijnt nu de zon. Alle zeilen zijn omhoog en we gaan zo'n 6,5 a 7 knopen, nog 49,4 mijl tot Trapani, verwachte aankomst tijd 00:45 UTC. We hebben net buiten avond gegeten, de rode wacht doet nu de afwas. En het was vandaag schoonmaak dag. We willen natuurlijk dat de Tecla er goed uit ziet wanneer wij in Trapani aan komen. We hebben ook meteen open schip in de middag, dus ook voor het bezoekende publiek willen we er mooi uit zien!&lt;br /&gt;We kregen wat mailtjes dat we nummer 1 in onze klasse zouden zijn, maar dat is helaas niet waar. Een aantal schepen hadden hun positie nog niet door gegeven en zo ontstond er wat verwarring. Onze uiteindelijk plaatsing is 2de&lt;br /&gt;in klasse en waarschijnlijk 6de overall. Het officiele eind klassement krijgen wij in de Trapani te horen, nadat alle race formulieren bekeken zijn en eventuele protesten in behandeling genomen zijn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We zijn blij dat we toch nog veel kunnen zeilen richting Trapani. Dit was een geweldig windje geweest voor tijdens de race. De Siciliaanse jongens aan boord kijken uit naar hun thuis haven. Ze zijn niet bij de GPS weg te slaan, maar ookal gaat het soms misschien wat langzamer, ze zijn wel blij dat we aan het zeilen zijn en niet meer op de motor varen. Er worden grapjes gemaakt over de zwaluwen die tegen het zeil aan vliegen, een stuk of 10, we hebben al gezegd dat ze naar het noorden moeten vliegen, maar ik denk dat ze gewoon moe zijn. De dolfijnen zijn alles behalve moe, ze zwemmen hard voor ons uit en maken sprongen in de lucht, de hele dag door. Oh en Jan had bijna een zeeschildpad aangevaren, toen we voorbij waren draaide hij zijn hoofd om met een blik die leek te zeggen, he joh, niet zo snel!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;groetjes Jannette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A sunny evening, after a cloudy day, all sails up, a speed of 6.5 to 7.0 knots, still 49.4 miles to go to Trapani, estimated time of arrival: 0:42 UTC&lt;br /&gt;We just had diner on the deck, the red watch is doing the dishes now. It was cleaning day, to day. We want the Tecla to look good, if we enter Trapani, we also have open ship, tomorrow afternoon, so we have to look nice for all the people who are visiting the ships.We got a few e-mails, saying that we where number one in our class, but we are sorry to say, that we are number 2, and that the results from yesterday, where different, because not every ship had given their finish position by that time. That makes us number 2 in class and number 6 over all. The definitive ones, there still could be a protest or something like that, witch can change everything again, will come after we are in Trapani. The race director will do that after checking the "race declaration forms"We are glad to sail most of our time to Trapani, this would have been a wonderful wind for the race, also the youngsters are more interested now, then under motor. Our Sicily boys are looking a lot on the gps, to see the speed and distance to their home port. It must be wonderful their, many fishing boats and a long history of sailing. At the moment everybody is making jokes about the swallows (about ten), which try to attack the ship, by flying against the sail, we told them to fly north, they seem to be tired. The dolphins here, are the opposite, they jump roll and play all day long, Jan hit almost a turtle, a small one, it looked backwards, as if it was saying, mind your speed!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-279588421754114622?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/279588421754114622/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=279588421754114622' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/279588421754114622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/279588421754114622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/tecla-15-april-2010-36-58-n-011-482-e.html' title='TECLA - 15 April 2010 36 58 N 011 48.2 E'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2642448838825558357</id><published>2010-04-15T10:03:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T10:04:32.630+02:00</updated><title type='text'>14 April 2010  41 28 N  10 41 E</title><content type='html'>Het is een bewolkte bijna mistige dag, de race is ten einde. Er is geen wind, en in de komende dagen komt er ook geen wind. Na een nacht van drijven en stil liggen, met snelheden tussen de 0,4 en 0,9 knopen in alle richtingen, hebben we nu het grootzeil naar beneden gehaald. Het is verschrikkelijk om naar de klappende zeilen te kijken. Doordat zij niet gevuld zijn met wind klapt de giek van boord naar boord, dat hebben wij vorig jaar vaak genoeg mee gemaakt. We hopen dat de wolken aan de horizon ons wat wind brengen, maar ook de wolken bewegen niet. De luchtdruk is over een groot gebied helemaal hetzelfde, 1012 mbar. We hebben alle weer en windkaarten bekeken, maar zien nergens verandering. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het is jammer dat we nu niet helemaal weten wat de nieuwe zeilen kunnen. Er moet wel wat wind zijn om de Tecla te laten bewegen. Wij denken dat we wel sneller geworden zijn met licht weer, we zijn het derde grote schip, alleen de Oosterschelde en de Pandora liggen nog voor ons. En alle jachten.. De Pandora konden wij op de radar nog lang volgen, maar vanmorgen was zij opeens verdwenen. En laten we de Astrid niet vergeten, die staat nog steeds nr 1 in bij de A klasse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We varen nu op de motor, nog 184 mijl te gaan. We hopen vrijdagmorgen in Trapani aan te komen. Daar horen wij de definitieve uitslag van de race.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En terwijl ik dit schrijf komt er een ESE windje opzetten. Tijd om zeil te zetten! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jannette&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this cloudy, all most misty day, the race ended, because of the lack of wind, now, but also in the coming days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a night of just laying and drifting with 0.4 till 0.9 knots in different kind of directions, we took the mainsail down. It was horrible to see the new sail shaking and hitting it self. Because of the heavy boom and gaff, she constantly went from one site to the other. We hoped that the clouds would bring us some wind, but they did not move all day. We are in a large area with the same air pressure. about 1012 mbar. We looked on different weather maps, but we did not find one, who showed us a change in the weather/wind. It is sad that we now do not know what the new sails can do. We think we are faster with light winds, but there has to be wind to get the Tecla moving. We are glad to see, that we where the third big ship ahead of the others, only the Oosterschelde and the Pandora where ahead of us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This morning we where 2 in class and 6 overall. The yachts went up in the overall positions, except for the Pandora, who kept the 1 in class and 1 overall, we saw here a long time on the radar, last night, but this morning she was gone. And let me not forget the Astrid, she is still number 1 in the A class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we are on motor again, still 184 miles to go to Trapani, where we will arrive early in the morning on Friday. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And as I am writing this, a little wind from the ESE is coming up, time to set sail...til  tomorrow  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2642448838825558357?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2642448838825558357/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2642448838825558357' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2642448838825558357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2642448838825558357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/14-april-2010-41-28-n-10-41-e.html' title='14 April 2010  41 28 N  10 41 E'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-5179913643410550448</id><published>2010-04-13T22:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T22:39:21.537+02:00</updated><title type='text'>13 April 2010 - 41 40 N 10 25 E</title><content type='html'>Gisteravond was een mooie avond. Het was prachtig zeilweer, de wind draaide een beetje in ons voordeel en we kwamen zelfs tot de 9 knopen! Maar het blijft de Middellandse zee en de wind kan zomaar verdwijnen, en dat gebeurde dan ook rond drie uur vannacht. Vanmorgen om 8 uur kwam de wind weer terug en draaide van het noord westen naar het noord oosten. All hands on deck en gijpen. 8 uur is ook wacht wissel, gelukkig want dan zijn er dus voldoende al wakker.. maar die hadden nog niet gegeten. Er werd wat geprotesteerd, maar uiteindelijk werden de zeilen aangetrokken, op een lege maag, maar dat hadden we over voor de race.&lt;br /&gt;De vloot ligt nog dicht bij elkaar. Wij kunnen zo al 6 schepen zien liggen. Erg gezellig, maar iedere mijl telt en met de rating zo dicht bij elkaar scheelt het ook niet veel in de uitslagen, iedere mijl telt! Op dit moment hebben we een snelheid van 0,9 knopen, dat is al een aantal uur zo. Er is al een schip uit de race gestapt, Palinuro, een Italiaans Marine schip. Er word door meerdere gefluisterd. Wij hopen nog steeds op wind, maakt niet van welke kant, als we het maar niet op de motor hoeven te varen. En de race is nog maar net begonnen, een race van twee dagen zo veel te kort zijn! &lt;br /&gt;In de klassering zijn we nu 2de in onze klasse en 3de overall. Maar dat kan zo weer veranderen, vannacht hangt het af van de snelste drijver. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;groeten Jannette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday night, was a good night. It was beautiful sailing, up till 9 knots, turning winds, good for us, we had the sails on the right side. But this is the Mediterranean Sea, the wind can drop down to nothing in minutes, and that happened at three o`clock last night. It picked up again this morning at eight, and turned from NW to NE, all hands on deck to gibe. Luckily, this is the time the watch changes, but also breakfast time, that means enough people, but hungry! Some protested, working with an empty stomach, but in a race, the ship always is the first to take care of. &lt;br /&gt;The fleet is still very close to each other. We can see at least six ships, and that makes it on one hand very nice, at the other hand, it means that the placing's in the regatta differ by every mile difference, because many ships have all most the same rating. At the moment we have a speed of 0.9 knots, we are doing that for several hours now, the first ship all ready retired, the Palinuro, an Italian navy ship. More ships are whispering about it. We still hope for wind, it does not matter from which site , as long we do not have to motor, the race feeling just started, a race for two days, would be to short.&lt;br /&gt;We are now 2 in our class and 3 over all, but that can change any minute, it depends on who is the fasted drifter to night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-5179913643410550448?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5179913643410550448/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=5179913643410550448' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5179913643410550448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5179913643410550448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/13-april-2010-41-40-n-10-25-e.html' title='13 April 2010 - 41 40 N 10 25 E'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1725874116850493647</id><published>2010-04-13T12:34:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T12:34:42.897+02:00</updated><title type='text'>12 April 2010 - 42 53 N  10 02 E</title><content type='html'>Vandaag (12 april) starten we! Na een nacht motor varen kregen wij vroeg in de ochtend een beetje wind. We hoopten natuurlijk allemaal dat dat zo zou blijven zodat we zouden kunnen starten, en dat gebeurde. Race Control riep ons op en kondigde aan dat we tussen 9:00 en 11:00 zouden starten. Alle schepen lagen op dat moment al vlak bij de start. We moesten een keuze maken om vroeg te starten of juist laat. Weerbericht zei dat de wind later meer zou worden, onze tactische keuze was om later te starten.. maar toen kakte de wind helemaal in. Helaas. &lt;br /&gt;De wind was de hele dag Noord Oost, weinig. Voor ons betekende dit voor de wind varen. Voor sommige schepen is dit prettig, maar wij hebben de wind liever iets meer van de zijkant. De Far Barcalona koos dezelfde route als wij, waarbij wij het eiland Isola Pariaia aan stuurboord hebben laten liggen, maar zij is voor de wind toch wat sneller dan wij. &lt;br /&gt;Bij zonsondergang nam de wind weer iets toe en dus waren wij weer terug in de race! Dichtbij Isola d’Elba veranderde de wind wat betekende dat we all hands aan de schoten nodig hadden. De jonge Italianen aan boord trekken graag aan de touwen dus waren we al snel klaar. Die avond liepen we voor het eerst 8 knopen, heerlijk! &lt;br /&gt;Om 19:00 uur kregen we de eerste uitslagen binnen. Na 1 dag zeilen liggen we 3de in onze klasse en 11de overall. Nu er wat meer wind staat, weet je maar nooit hoe dat morgen zal zijn! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Groeten Jannette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To day we started! After a night of motoring, early in the morning there began a  little breeze. We all hoped that it stayed, and it did, so the Race Control announced the start should be between 09.00 UTC and 11.00 UTC. All the ships where at that moment, near the starting line. The weather forecast was difficult for us. It said that there would be more wind later on the morning, do we start immediately or will we start later on? Well, we started with the last ones, and the wind dropt down, it was perhaps not the best choice, because it got less and less. &lt;br /&gt;The wind was the whole day NE, so we all had to sail with the wind, for some ships a nice course, but we prefer it more from the site. And because there are a lot of islands in our way, we chose to let Isola Capriaia  at our starboard site. So did the Far Barcelona, who is faster then we are, with light winds with the wind.  Luckily the wind picket up as the sun went down, now we are in the race again. Near Isola D`Elba, the wind turns,that means, all hands on the sheets. The young Italians like to pull robes, it was done in a minute. This evening we had the 8 for the first time on the gps. &lt;br /&gt;At 19.00 UTC we got the results of the day, we are now 3 in class and 11 over all. Its the first day, and if the wind helps us a little bit, who knows&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1725874116850493647?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1725874116850493647/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1725874116850493647' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1725874116850493647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1725874116850493647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/12-april-2010-42-53-n-10-02-e.html' title='12 April 2010 - 42 53 N  10 02 E'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-4578637424200950715</id><published>2010-04-13T10:53:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T10:55:42.283+02:00</updated><title type='text'>11 April 2010  43 58 N   009 09 E</title><content type='html'>De dag begon met een zuidoostenwind kracht 4 tot 5. Naarmate de zon hoger kwam te staan, verdween de wind. We varen nu allemaal op de motor richting de tweede startlijn, zo’n 60 mijl verder zeewaarts. Dat betekent dat we morgen in de herkansing gaan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onze traineers aan boord zijn allemaal Italiaans, op Adam uit Noord-Ierland na. Vorig jaar deed hij met ons het laatste deel van de trans-Atlantische oversteek. Van de Italianen komen er negen van Trapani, een zeevaartschool in Sicilië. Twee komen er uit Genua en de rest komt uit het noorden van Italië. Vrijwel de gehele groep is tussen de 16 en 23 jaar. Behalve de 45-jarige journalist van een glossy Italiaanse zeilmagazine. Hij maakt veel foto’s, dus ik hoop in Trapani een mooie selectie te kunnen tonen. Hoewel het vandaag niet al te best was voor fotografen. De paradelijn was tegen de wind in, dus geen leuke zeilfoto’s dit keer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En de zee is niet echt aardig voor onze trainees. Meer dan de helft van hen is zeeziek. ‘Mal de Mare’, zoals de Italianen dat zo mooi noemen. Ik hoop dat de vissen van uienbrood en spaghetti Bolognese houden. Ik heb de opstappers 300 pillen, warme thee en droog brood te bieden. Hopelijk is er morgen wat wind, zodat ze zich weer gauw beter voelen. Het wedstrijdgevoel zal ze ook snel op de been brengen. En we komen dan tevens te weten of de nieuwe zeilen ons zullen opleveren, wat wij denken dat ze zullen doen. Onze rating is hoger geworden, dus onze snelheid zou hetzelfde moeten doen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Veel groetjes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jannette Sluik&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This day the race should start, but I am sorry to say, that we did not. No wind. The&lt;br /&gt;day started with SE 4 to 5, and as the sun came more and more, the wind went totally&lt;br /&gt;away. We are all motoring now to the second start line, 60 miles further on sea. So&lt;br /&gt;we will have the start tomorrow morning, or.....&lt;br /&gt;Our trainees on board are except one, Italian. The exception is Adam, from Northern&lt;br /&gt;Ireland, who did the last part of the Trans Atlantic, with us last year. 9 Of them&lt;br /&gt;are from Trapani, Sicily, a nautical school, 2 of them from Genua the rest more from&lt;br /&gt;the north of Italy. All are between 16 and 23, except one, he is 45 years and  a&lt;br /&gt;journalist, writing for a beautiful Italian boat magazine. He makes a lot of&lt;br /&gt;photo's, so we hope to show you some pictures, when we are in Trapani. &lt;br /&gt;To day was not a successful day. The parade line was in the wind, so no nice sailing&lt;br /&gt;pictures. And, the sea is not nice to our trainees, more then half of them was, or&lt;br /&gt;is, sea sick, mal de mare, they say in Italy, sounds better, but the effects are the&lt;br /&gt;same. I hope fishes like union bread and spaghetti Bolognese. I have 300 pills to&lt;br /&gt;offer them, warm tea and dry bread, so lets hope that tomorrow,  there is some wind,&lt;br /&gt;so they will all feel better very quick. Also the race feeling will get them up&lt;br /&gt;their feet again, and we will know if the new sails bring us, what we think they&lt;br /&gt;can.  Our rating went up, so our speed has to do the same!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many greetings Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-4578637424200950715?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/4578637424200950715/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=4578637424200950715' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4578637424200950715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/4578637424200950715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/11-april-2010-43-58-n-009-09-e.html' title='11 April 2010  43 58 N   009 09 E'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-2579908543398553329</id><published>2010-04-07T08:00:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T08:03:26.017+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla in Genoa</title><content type='html'>De Tecla ligt nu in de haven Genua, of Genoa. &lt;br /&gt;Het schip wordt klaar gemaakt voor de race, de winter stof wordt eraf geschud en over 3 dagen stappen de eerste trainees aan boord. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Tecla is berthed in Genoa. &lt;br /&gt;The crew is preparing the ship for the races and the winter dust is being shaken off. In 3 days the first trainees will be on board!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-2579908543398553329?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/2579908543398553329/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=2579908543398553329' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2579908543398553329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/2579908543398553329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/tecla-in-genoa.html' title='Tecla in Genoa'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-6566938422953972661</id><published>2010-04-07T08:00:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T08:00:53.556+02:00</updated><title type='text'>43 48 N  008 07 E 3 April</title><content type='html'>After a day of beautiful sailing, a sunset over the gulf of Lyon, a red almost full moon, the Astrid at the horizon, under full sail, live could not be better. The wind, SE 3 bft, sometimes  a little bit more, but not the 5 and 6 the weather forecast was talking about. A pity, but better then a storm. Even this morning, a red sun and dolphins, a weather report saying SSE 4 to 5, Lyon gusts 8. Tomorrow NW......8. The barometer is falling slowly. In the morning the clouds are growing, and getting blacker, but the wind is what they said, SSE 4, we have a nice speed, and dreams about long sleeps, tonight in the harbor of Genoa. The Astrid we cannot see anymore, we left here behind, we think.&lt;br /&gt;And then, all of a sudden, just sailing along the coast of  Monaco, the land of kings, queens and movie stars, where you always see the pictures of beautiful people in bathing suits in  magazines, the wind drops, till zero, then turns all the 360 degrees, stops by SW 1, and what is left from all, is a terrible cross sea. &lt;br /&gt;It is time to weak up Gijs and take the sails down, a hell of a job with new sails. It takes us more then an hour. Monaco lays in the clouds, the wind turns again, now to the NNE 1, a very cold air flow is going with it. &lt;br /&gt;The engine is working, the new weather bulletin is saying, Provence S 4 to 6 turning NW 7 to 8, tonight. So now we hope, they are wrong again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-6566938422953972661?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/6566938422953972661/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=6566938422953972661' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6566938422953972661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6566938422953972661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/43-48-n-008-07-e-3-april.html' title='43 48 N  008 07 E 3 April'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-950040051886820577</id><published>2010-04-07T07:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T08:00:19.049+02:00</updated><title type='text'>2 38 N  005 32 E  2 April 2010</title><content type='html'>As every body already could see, the Tecla has new sails! And believe it or not, that is a hard job. Sails, good sails, have a body and a soul, so if you put them up the first time, you do not know them, its like you are a stranger on your own sailing boat. So after trimming the sails in the harbor of Benicarlo, we had a lot of trimming at sea. And as we are only the three of us, and the sails are with a lot more.....we have pain every where now, but....we think it is a real success. With a breath of 3 beaufort she went like a youngster through the water! Our new jib, more the old version cut (lower to the jib boom), is a real puller and a beauty. The main sail gave us the most trouble, but it looks like we will be best mates after some fight's.&lt;br /&gt;The first hours after our departure we had some very good sailing moments, beautiful weather, sun fishes, dolphins, whales,the Astrid, who was our neighbor for a month, a head of us, so we where in good company!  &lt;br /&gt;The wind on the Mediterranean is not the easy steady wind, sailors like a lot, speed, but also the direction is not steady. So we jibbed and tacked till the wind died out and only an awful short swell stayed, pulled the main and mizzen down and the engine on. Now every thing is up again, the wind is southwesterly 2/3 bft, speed  about 5 to 6 knots. It is a little bit cloudy and the wind is fresh. For this evening, the forecast says, the wind will be backing to south force 4 to 5, possibly 6. So we hope they are right,to see what the sails can do with a bit more wind! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greetings Jannette&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-950040051886820577?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/950040051886820577/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=950040051886820577' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/950040051886820577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/950040051886820577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/04/2-38-n-005-32-e-2-april-2010.html' title='2 38 N  005 32 E  2 April 2010'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-8001023714375836527</id><published>2010-03-31T20:49:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-31T21:12:48.564+02:00</updated><title type='text'>New sails on the Tecla</title><content type='html'>The Tecla has left Benicarlo and has set sail for Genoa. But not just any sails.. 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cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S7Ody2Fm1QI/AAAAAAAABvA/o0zyzzesl6s/s320/P1040847.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454877070513853698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S7OdyT9R59I/AAAAAAAABu4/IG2YG1xaads/s1600/P1040841.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S7OdyT9R59I/AAAAAAAABu4/IG2YG1xaads/s320/P1040841.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454877061352122322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S7Odx-Y8VUI/AAAAAAAABuw/VohLJF08wq4/s1600/P1040834.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S7Odx-Y8VUI/AAAAAAAABuw/VohLJF08wq4/s320/P1040834.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454877055562569026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-8001023714375836527?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/8001023714375836527/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=8001023714375836527' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8001023714375836527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/8001023714375836527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-sails-on-tecla.html' title='New sails on the Tecla'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S7OedoZKTGI/AAAAAAAABvw/Ky1LSofPHGU/s72-c/P1040879.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-4955723263746896443</id><published>2010-03-31T15:45:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-31T15:49:06.519+02:00</updated><title type='text'>COUNTDOWN TILL START OF THE GARIBALDI TALL SHIPS RACE</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- Begin of mycountdown.org script --&gt; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S6ho-Nq5uNI/AAAAAAAABuo/eRWsX1uAglU/s320/Benicarlo+041.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451722766962768082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S6ho9kgeJ3I/AAAAAAAABug/dKLAqTZE8FE/s1600-h/Benicarlo+037.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S6ho9kgeJ3I/AAAAAAAABug/dKLAqTZE8FE/s320/Benicarlo+037.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451722755913164658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S6ho9dsdnyI/AAAAAAAABuY/bsnyxdkERps/s1600-h/Benicarlo+034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S6ho9dsdnyI/AAAAAAAABuY/bsnyxdkERps/s320/Benicarlo+034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451722754084413218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S6ho8_KWFdI/AAAAAAAABuQ/QO5B2jTIu-w/s1600-h/Benicarlo+021.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S6ho8_KWFdI/AAAAAAAABuQ/QO5B2jTIu-w/s320/Benicarlo+021.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451722745888249298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pay some attention to the red line along the waterline!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kijk maar eens goed naar het rode randje rond de waterlijn!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;groetjes jet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-891040266421970410?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/891040266421970410/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=891040266421970410' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/891040266421970410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/891040266421970410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/03/tecla-photos-docking-in-benicarlo.html' title='Tecla photo&apos;s docking in Benicarlo'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S6ho-Nq5uNI/AAAAAAAABuo/eRWsX1uAglU/s72-c/Benicarlo+041.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-9132697661096041810</id><published>2010-03-14T17:07:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T17:26:49.413+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Fundraising for sailing</title><content type='html'>Heb jij je altijd al eens met de Tecla mee willen zeilen, maar kom je wat geld te kort? Dan is er altijd nog de mogelijkheid om fondsen te werven voor een deel van de kosten! We helpen je graag met ideeën en informatie dus laat het ons weten!! &lt;br /&gt;At Sea Sail Training kan je ondersteunen. Op de volgende link staat wat meer informatie over wat je kunt doen, hoe het werkt. Stuur me een email (info@tecla.nl) en dan sturen we je nog meer informatie en teksten die je bij bedrijven kunt gebruiken om hen ook enthousiast te maken!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atseasailtraining.com/185/241/hulp-bij-sponsorwerving.html"&gt;http://www.atseasailtraining.com/185/241/hulp-bij-sponsorwerving.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You want to sail on the Tecla, but raising the money is a problem? You can always try and get some funding for a part of your journey. We would love to help you with some ideas and we have loads of information, so let us know! Send us an email (info@tecla.nl) and we can send you more info for you and the companies you would like to apply to! At Sea Sail Training can always help you along your way! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atseasailtraining.com/178/242/help-with-funding.html"&gt;http://www.atseasailtraining.com/178/242/help-with-funding.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-9132697661096041810?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/9132697661096041810/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=9132697661096041810' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/9132697661096041810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/9132697661096041810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/03/fundraising-for-sailing.html' title='Fundraising for sailing'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-337965240801936151</id><published>2010-02-25T22:32:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-25T22:39:08.702+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla Crew in Irish magazin!</title><content type='html'>In August we gave an interview to Wendy Scott, from Ireland. She got our name from Hendrik the Captain of the Gallant and wanted to know what we are all about. In this link to their website you can read all about it!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inshore-ireland.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=717&amp;Ite"&gt;INSHORE IRELAND&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Afgelopen augustus hebben wij een interview afgegeven aan Wendy Scott uit Ierland. Zij had onze naam gekregen van Hendrik de kapitein van de Gallant en ze wilde weten wat wij doen en wie wij zijn. Via deze link kun je er alles over lezen, is wel alleen in het Engels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Groetjes Jet&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-337965240801936151?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/337965240801936151/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=337965240801936151' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/337965240801936151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/337965240801936151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/02/tecla-crew-in-irish-magazin.html' title='Tecla Crew in Irish magazin!'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-3542563860655709200</id><published>2010-02-24T11:03:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-24T11:11:00.369+01:00</updated><title type='text'>getting ready for the races!</title><content type='html'>The Tecla is still moored alongside the dockyard in Benicarlo. We are working hard on getting the ship ready for her annual check. And of course to get a fresh paint job on her. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last year we crossed the ocean, we even won the Trans Atlantic Challenge, and this year we are out to discover more!! And we have new sails coming up! On the docks we will clean the hull so we no more Bermudan seaweed clinging on. And loads of new countries to visit, so nothing can stop us! The race will be on!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sails are made by Arjen Kooij, the cousin of Jan. They are specially designed for the Tecla and more so to race!! On our blog we have already shown a few pictures of the sail when Gijs and Arjen where still working on them. They are ready now, and as soon as they are on board (after we have docked) we will post some more pictures. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope to see you all on board!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-3542563860655709200?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/3542563860655709200/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=3542563860655709200' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/3542563860655709200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/3542563860655709200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/02/getting-ready-for-races.html' title='getting ready for the races!'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-6897394720004600881</id><published>2010-02-14T18:57:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-14T19:01:32.315+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Tecla in Binicarlo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S3g5szvGH7I/AAAAAAAABuA/kOvD0EJDuzs/s1600-h/DSC00174.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S3g5szvGH7I/AAAAAAAABuA/kOvD0EJDuzs/s320/DSC00174.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438159992014643122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S3g5sswVfkI/AAAAAAAABt4/DRfvFUmkqYY/s1600-h/DSC00175.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S3g5sswVfkI/AAAAAAAABt4/DRfvFUmkqYY/s320/DSC00175.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438159990140796482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-6897394720004600881?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/6897394720004600881/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=6897394720004600881' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6897394720004600881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6897394720004600881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/02/tecla-in-binicarlo.html' title='Tecla in Binicarlo'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/S3g5szvGH7I/AAAAAAAABuA/kOvD0EJDuzs/s72-c/DSC00174.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-4688354659154947837</id><published>2010-02-03T15:19:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-03T15:20:52.319+01:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>We hebben de La Palma weer verlaten en zijn onderweg naar Benicarlo, Spanje. Daar zullen we begin maart de werf op gaan. De twee maanden op La Palma waren heerlijk. Ondanks de kerst storm, hebben we al een aardig begin gemaakt met het schilderen. Nu valt het weer dan ook een beetje tegen. We hebben onze korte broeken weer in de kast liggen en de zeilpakken weer aan. Bij vertrek hadden we een zuid oostelijk windje en konden dus mooi zeilen, nu is de wind oost en hebben we nog steeds zeil maar ook motor bij ter ondersteuning. Om ons heen zijn veel donder buien, af en toe regen, maar ook opklaringen, waar de jas weer even uit kan. De eerste groepen dolfijnen en Jan van Genten hebben ons al begroet, ook hebben we een oranje schildpad gezien, zich warmend in het zonnetje. De nachten zijn helder, net na een nieuwe maan, Orion begeleid ons weer, maar nu startend van af stuurboord. Het is goed om weer op het water te zijn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We left La Palma again and are on our way to Benicarlo, Spain. There we will go to set the Tecla dry, in early march. The two month on La Palma where wonderful. The Christmas storm kept us from painting, but still we did already a good part of painting. At the moment, the weather is a bit disappointing. Our shorts are in the wardrobe again, now we have to wear our oil goods. As we left, there was a south easterly wind, so that was a nice sail, at the moment the wind is east,so we started the engine to help the sailing a bit. Around us, is a lot of thunder, some times rain, but also blue sky's, so we can take off our jackets. The first group of dolphins and gannets already said hello, also we saw an orange turtle, warming in the sun! The nights are clear, just after a full moon, Orion leads us again, but now on starboard site. 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type='text'>Oliebollen</title><content type='html'>In Holland we have a traditional snack we eat on new years eve and the next day, and the day after that if there are any left..!! OLIEBOLLEN. And so to get into the holiday spirits we decided to make some Oliebollen ourselves!! &lt;br /&gt;Here are some pictures of the oliebollen. &lt;br /&gt;Scroll down to read the recipes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/Sz9MwWeIR9I/AAAAAAAABsk/50jvY2Kj33Y/s1600-h/Foto021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/Sz9MwWeIR9I/AAAAAAAABsk/50jvY2Kj33Y/s320/Foto021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422136869926750162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/Sz9Mv1NhlbI/AAAAAAAABsc/c9W2bhgYiqM/s1600-h/Foto018.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/Sz9Mv1NhlbI/AAAAAAAABsc/c9W2bhgYiqM/s320/Foto018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422136860998735282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/Sz9Mvs0o8sI/AAAAAAAABsU/6hWSh2tR1WU/s1600-h/Foto017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/Sz9Mvs0o8sI/AAAAAAAABsU/6hWSh2tR1WU/s320/Foto017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422136858746876610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Om ook in de Nieuw Jaars sfeer te komen hebben wij ook oliebollen gebakken!! Hier zijn een paar foto's van ons avontuur!!  Onder staande is het recept van de oliebollen die wij gebakken hebben! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Makes 14&lt;br /&gt;280gr - unbleached white bread flour / Bloem&lt;br /&gt;Half a teaspoon salt / halve theelepel zout&lt;br /&gt;7 gr dried yeast / droge gist &lt;br /&gt;2 teaspoons sugar / 2 theelepels suiker&lt;br /&gt;280 ml - milk, luke warm / melk, lauw&lt;br /&gt;120 gr - raisins / rozijnen&lt;br /&gt;oil for deep fat frying&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ad the yeast, sugar and salt to the flour in a big bowl, mix it. &lt;br /&gt;Pour in the milk and mix it until it is a sticky dough. Mix in the raisins and knead the dough with your hands until it does not stick to the side of the bowl anymore. &lt;br /&gt;Cover the bowl and leave to rise twice its size. This takes about an hour, best let it rest in a warm spot. &lt;br /&gt;Heat the oil to 180C (350F), use two dessertspoons or as we did an Icespoon to scoop up a portion. Drop it into the hot oil and turn them occasionally, fry them for about 7/8 minutes. &lt;br /&gt;When ready remove the oil and roll them in powdered sugar!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-6383401540766065615?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/6383401540766065615/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=6383401540766065615' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6383401540766065615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6383401540766065615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/01/oliebollen.html' title='Oliebollen'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/Sz9MwWeIR9I/AAAAAAAABsk/50jvY2Kj33Y/s72-c/Foto021.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1809516555540624286</id><published>2010-01-01T13:13:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T13:19:11.866+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/Sz3oJGIYk6I/AAAAAAAABsM/xtmnDmlGuOE/s1600-h/greet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/Sz3oJGIYk6I/AAAAAAAABsM/xtmnDmlGuOE/s320/greet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421744769386189730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Teclacrew wishes everybody a happy new year!&lt;br /&gt;The Tecla is still on the Canary Islands, getting ready to welcome you on board again in 2010.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1809516555540624286?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1809516555540624286/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1809516555540624286' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1809516555540624286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1809516555540624286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year!!'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jX8rWYWdwgo/Sz3oJGIYk6I/AAAAAAAABsM/xtmnDmlGuOE/s72-c/greet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-7330755349269082215</id><published>2009-12-06T11:17:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-06T11:18:32.384+01:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Op dit moment, liggen we op La Palma, in de haven van Santa Cruz Onze Zwitserse groep is al weer een week naar huis.&lt;br /&gt;Met de groep hebben we na Zapata nog Santa Cruz de Tenerife bezocht, Puerto de Vueltas of wel Gran Valle Rey (zuid Gomera, betekent: Vallei van de grote Koning. ) San Sebastian de la Gomera en als laatste Las Palmas op Gran Canaria. En omdat het weer zo heerlijk was, hebben de jongeren veel kunnen zwemmen en body surfen. &lt;br /&gt;Sinds een paar dagen heeft het weer een dipje. Het regent af en toe, het is een graad of 20, maar het mooie weer komt weer terug hebben we al gezien. &lt;br /&gt;De crew heeft gewisseld, Gijs is naar Nederland en Jet is nu aan boord. Tot nu toe vullen we onze dagen met opruimen, schoonmaken, onderhoud machine kamer en kleine klusjes. Jet heeft in Nederland samen met At Sea Sailtraining onze agenda voor het komend seizoen klaar gemaakt. Het wordt een jaar van vele Tall Ship Races, vele landen en lange afstanden! Met weer totaal nieuwe gebieden voor de Tecla, voor meer info: kijk onder kalender en/of nieuwsbrief op onze site. En nu is ze bezig met een nieuwe site opzet, heel spannend natuurlijk, daar zal iedereen binnenkort meer over horen en zien.&lt;br /&gt;Gijs zal in Nederland onder anderen onze zeilmaker helpen met het maken van onze nieuwe zeilen. En ook over dit mooie project binnen kort meer! &lt;br /&gt;Voorlopig ligt het schip op La Palma, het eiland met de meeste palmbomen en ook daar over later meer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this moment, we are on La Palma, in the harbor of Sante Cruz. Our Swiss group has left the ship for a week now.With the group, we visited after Zapata, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Puerto de Vueltas or also called, Gran Valle Rey (valley of the great king) San Sebastean de la Gomera and we finished our 10 weeks sailing trip on Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. And because of the beautiful weather, the youngsters have been swimming and body surfing a lot! Since a few days, the weather is not so nice. There are showers during the day, it is about 20 degrees, but the nice weather will return this weekend, we saw on several weather sites. &lt;br /&gt;The crew changed, Gijs is back to Holland and Jet is now on board. Till now we fill our days with clear and cleaning the ship, the engine room and other little jobs. Jet already made our calendar for next year, together with At Sea Sail Training, in Holland. It will be a year with a lot of Tall Ship Races, a lot of countries and a lot of miles! And again many new places for the Tecla, for more information, look under calendar and/or newsletter on our site. And now Jet is busy with a New site for the ship, very exciting of course, you will hear and see more about it very soon! Gijs will help our sail maker in Holland, making new sails for the Tecla! And also about this project we will keep you informed! &lt;br /&gt;For now, the ship will stay on La Palma, the island with the most palm trees of all the Canary Islands, in the coming weeks we will tell more about this also!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-7330755349269082215?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/7330755349269082215/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=7330755349269082215' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7330755349269082215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7330755349269082215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2009/12/op-dit-moment-liggen-we-op-la-palma-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-6096108479449421255</id><published>2009-11-16T08:41:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T08:42:32.165+01:00</updated><title type='text'>28 31.99 N 16 07.944 W Zondag 15 november</title><content type='html'>Even een kort bericht. We zijn gister middag voor anker gegaan bij Zapata, noord Tenerife. &lt;br /&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-6096108479449421255?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/6096108479449421255/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=6096108479449421255' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6096108479449421255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6096108479449421255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2009/11/28-3199-n-16-07944-w-zondag-15-november.html' title='28 31.99 N 16 07.944 W Zondag 15 november'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-6471962742019193579</id><published>2009-11-16T08:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T08:41:31.717+01:00</updated><title type='text'>30 01’ N 15 03’ W 13 november</title><content type='html'>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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-6471962742019193579?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/6471962742019193579/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=6471962742019193579' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6471962742019193579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6471962742019193579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2009/11/30-01-n-15-03-w-13-november.html' title='30 01’ N 15 03’ W 13 november'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-6794513739730012811</id><published>2009-11-13T18:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T18:17:42.363+01:00</updated><title type='text'>32 21.380 N   13 37.840 W  Le 12-11-'09</title><content type='html'>Bonjour, je m'appelle Bogdan, j'ai 17 ans et je fais actuellement partie de l'equipage du Tecla.&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;J'aime beaucoup le monde marin et le Tecla, j'aimerai revenir a bord lors d'une course qui se deroulera en 2010.                &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;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&lt;br /&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;Nous sommes actuellement a 255 miles nautiques de notre destination et suivons le cap de 205.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Hello, my name is Bogdan, I'm 17 years old and I am actually part of Tecla's crew.&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;We are now at 255 nautical miles from our destination and our course is 205.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-6794513739730012811?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/6794513739730012811/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=6794513739730012811' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6794513739730012811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/6794513739730012811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2009/11/32-21380-n-13-37840-w-le-12-11-09.html' title='32 21.380 N   13 37.840 W  Le 12-11-&apos;09'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-5957137084862889853</id><published>2009-11-11T23:53:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T23:54:22.282+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday 11th of November, 34'16.8 N - 12'33.8 W</title><content type='html'>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!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;br /&gt;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!&lt;br /&gt;So of course, I accepted this once in a life offer with a lot of joy! Who wouldn't have?&lt;br /&gt;And that is how it all started for me here on board...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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!&lt;br /&gt;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! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-5957137084862889853?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5957137084862889853/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=5957137084862889853' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5957137084862889853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5957137084862889853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2009/11/wednesday-11th-of-november-34168-n.html' title='Wednesday 11th of November, 34&apos;16.8 N - 12&apos;33.8 W'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-5863456694563275819</id><published>2009-11-11T08:52:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T08:57:11.808+01:00</updated><title type='text'>10-11-2009 underway again!</title><content type='html'>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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-5863456694563275819?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5863456694563275819/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=5863456694563275819' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5863456694563275819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5863456694563275819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2009/11/10-11-2009-underway-again.html' title='10-11-2009 underway again!'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-5042069745979503827</id><published>2009-11-06T16:07:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T16:10:18.079+01:00</updated><title type='text'>38 42 N 09 25 W 5 november</title><content type='html'>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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-5042069745979503827?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5042069745979503827/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=5042069745979503827' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5042069745979503827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/5042069745979503827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2009/11/38-42-n-09-25-w-5-november.html' title='38 42 N 09 25 W 5 november'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-3329638482569306545</id><published>2009-11-03T07:58:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T07:59:27.853+01:00</updated><title type='text'>40 24.6 N 009 21.2 W</title><content type='html'>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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-3329638482569306545?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/3329638482569306545/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=3329638482569306545' title='1 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/3329638482569306545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/3329638482569306545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2009/11/40-246-n-009-212-w.html' title='40 24.6 N 009 21.2 W'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-1041937035521265965</id><published>2009-11-01T12:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-01T12:36:28.396+01:00</updated><title type='text'>41 21.989 N  008 56.668 W  30 oktober</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;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!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pedro, if you read this, we will let you know where we are going as soon as we know where we are going! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-1041937035521265965?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/1041937035521265965/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=1041937035521265965' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1041937035521265965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/1041937035521265965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2009/11/41-21989-n-008-56668-w-30-oktober.html' title='41 21.989 N  008 56.668 W  30 oktober'/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-727408554120575162</id><published>2009-10-22T08:34:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T08:34:56.141+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>42 46.86 N  009 03.39 N   Maandag 19 oktober&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De barbecue was een succes. Dicht bij een onbewoond eilandje en een strand op het zuiden, werd er eerst gezwommen, door sommigen zelfs de afstand van het schip naar het strand, 300 meter! Daarna het bootje vol geladen met barbecue, eten en drinken. Gelukkig ligt er overal wat sprokkelhout, zodat er een kampvuur gemaakt kan worden, want na de geweldige zonsondergang, wordt het heel erg koud. Na een hamburger, die aan het rooster van de barbecue blijft hangen, krijgen we perfecte gamba’s, sparerib, champignon/groente spies en een tonijn macaroni salade. Aan de worstjes en de maïs zijn we helemaal niet toe gekomen. Dat werd de lunch van de volgende dag. Een kleine tegenvaller was, dat we die dag, Zondag, om 08.00 uur moesten vertrekken en dat er, jammer genoeg geen wind stond. Toen hebben we alle papiertjes met alle namen van elk touw, zeil, knoop etc aan boord, gepakt en per wacht goed geoefend waar- en wat alles is en waar het voor dient. Een dag op de motor is niet leuk, dus zijn we om 22.10 voor anker gegaan in de baai bij Muros. Een vissers dorp/stadje. Liggend aan een heuvel, met nauwe steegjes, gietijzeren balkonnetjes, met varens en mos begroeide trappen. Helaas vinden we hier in de haven weer die stinkende visfarms . Vandaag staat er een zuid westelijke wind, dus we wachten morgen af, dan zal de wind (volgens onze weerplaatjes) noordwest zijn. Dus hebben we met z’n allen de verjaardag van Sophie, nu dus 25 jaar!!!! uitbundig kunnen vieren. Veel ballonnen, een soort hoedje, zelf gemaakt door de groep, van onze oude kluiver, met een wens van een ieder, T-shirt, bloemen en veel kusjes, want in Nederland geven we er drie, maal veertien…….een Spaanse port, een kaasje uit de omgeving, een land wijntje en een heuse Spaanse ham aan been, dun gesneden en dit alles opgeluisterd door vier, als dames verklede, jonge mannen! Morgen is het weer vroeg dag. Dus een groot gedeelte van de groep ligt nu op bed. Ontbijt 08.00 uur, aan dek om 09.00 uur, het bootje aan boord, anker thuis en 10.00 uur,hopelijk met een noordwestelijk windje, op weg naar Vigo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The barbecue was a success. Close to a little island and a beach on the south, we first went for a swim, some even did the distance from ship to beach, 300 meters! After that, we loaded the little boat with full with barbecue,eating's and drinking. Happily there was a lot of wood laying around, so we could make a camp fire, because after the amazing beautiful sunset, it was really very cold. First there came the hamburgers, sticking to the roaster of the barbecue, but after that,m we had perfect gamba’s, spareribs, champions/vegetables spies and a tuna macaroni salad. The sausages and mais in fresh cheese where too much, so they where our lunch for the next day. A pity, that we had to sail so early the next day, Sunday, 08.00 hours anchor up, and more awfully was the wind, it stayed away, all day. So we took our little papers, with on one site the English and the other site the French words, for all the names of ropes, sails, knots etc on board, to rehearse where and what every thing on board is and why. A day on motor, is not a nice day, so we dropt anchor in the bay near Muros. A fisher town. Laying up a hill, with narrow alleys, steel balconies, narrow stairs full of moss and fern. A pity that you see a lot of stinking fish farms in this bay. . Today, we had a south westerly wind, the radio says 8 beaufort.it means, we wait till tomorrow, there will be a north westerly wind (so say our grib files) And so we were able to celebrate Sophie's 25 birthday!!!!exuberantly. With lots of balloons, a kind of hat, self made by the group of the old jib, with everybody's wishes, T-shirt, flowers and many kisses, in Holland we kiss three times, times fourteen is……..a Spanish kind of port, a region cheese, a land wine and a true ham with bone, cut thin and this all cheered up by four, dressed as women, young men. Tomorrow we have an early start again, 08.00 hours breakfast, 09.00 hours, little boat on deck, anchor up and 10.00 hours, hopefully with a north westerly wind, on our way to Vigo&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-727408554120575162?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/727408554120575162/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=727408554120575162' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/727408554120575162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/727408554120575162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2009/10/42-46.html' title=''/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26319119.post-7887901559815194885</id><published>2009-10-18T12:13:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T12:13:59.705+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>43 21.728 N 008 14.671 W 17 oktober&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Door een het hoge drukgebied boven Engeland, hebben de gebieden aan de rand van dat hoog last van erg veel wind. Dus wij hadden een dag 7 tot 9 beaufort wind. En zelfs onze beschutte baai zag er wit uit. Het anker wacht lopen in de nacht was spannend, bij elke rukwind leek het schip zich te willen verplaatsen. Op de gps kregen we snelheden van 0.6 knopen door, maar onze positie op de elektronische kaart en de peilingen op de haven lichten bleven gelukkig het zelfde. Onze Zwitserse jongeren groep "La Brigantine" heeft naast het zeilen, een eigen leer-werk programma, dus deze dag werd gevuld met evaluaties en nieuwe leer-werk doelstellingen. Aan het eind van de dag nog even met het bootje naar de wal, een hele onderneming in die golfslag, om aan de wal te genieten van zon en strand. Van het thuis front (Jet) horen we dat de Race of the Classics Young Professionals van start is gegaan met een oostelijk windje 2 a 3. Ipswich is het doel en van Loes, die alle logboeken op dit moment op onze site zet, dat de eerste nachtvorst gemeld wordt in Nederland! Op onze weerkaarten zien we de lage drukgebieden al weer aan komen, nu met een veel grotere omvang en ook veel zuidelijker overtrekkend. Wij besluiten om vrijdag dan ook de zeilen te reven, op weg naar La Coruna, om voor de westelijke winden, rond Kaap de Finisterre te zijn. Een prachtige tocht, de kustlijn is hier fantastisch met z’n gouden stranden, rotsen en witte stadjes. We liggen nu in de marina van Fontan, dicht bij Sada, een half uur met de bus naar La Coruna, aan de visserij kade en dat is heerlijk, geen ankerwacht! Voetballen naast het schip, gewoon slapen voor iedereen. Ook worden alle haren geknipt! Bij een enkeling, hoofden zelfs totaal kaal geschoren! Nu moeten we wel richting warmte en zon! Vandaag wordt een dag van boodschappen en schip poetsen, vanmiddag strand en barbecue, zodat we morgen weer op weg kunnen, richting Vigo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of the high pressure over England, the areas around the high, have a lot of wind. So we had a day of 7 to 9 beau fort of wind. And even our protected bay was white! The anchor watch was exciting, with every gust the ship seems to move. On the gps we see a speed of 0.6 knots, but our position on the electronic map and our bearings on the harbor lights luckily stay the same. Our Swiss group, "La Brigantine", has next to the sailing an own study and working program, so this day was a day of evaluation and new study and work goals. At the end of the day ashore with the dingy , a real challenge with the swell in the bay, enjoying the sun and beach. From home (Jet) we hear that the Race of the Classics Young Professionals has started with an easterly wind 2 or 3 . Ipswich is their goal and Loes, who puts all the logbooks on our site, tells us that the first night frost is observed in Holland! On our weather maps we see the low pressure areas coming again, this time bigger size and also tracking more south. We decide Friday to reef all the sails to go on our way to La Coruna, to round the Cape de Finisterre before the west winds will take over. A beautiful sail again, along the coast with its rocks, golden sand beaches and white villages. Now we are at berth at the fishery quay in the marina of Fontan, near Sada, 30 minutes with bus from La Coruna. This means no anchor watch! Football next to the ship, a night sleeping for everybody. Also the hair are cut, some even totally shaved! Now we will have to go to the warmth and sun! Today is a day of shopping and cleaning the ship, this afternoon: beach and barbecue, so we can leave for Vigo, tomorrow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26319119-7887901559815194885?l=teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/feeds/7887901559815194885/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26319119&amp;postID=7887901559815194885' title='0 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7887901559815194885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26319119/posts/default/7887901559815194885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teclaharinglogger.blogspot.com/2009/10/43-21_18.html' title=''/><author><name>Jet</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
