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- Day 1
- Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 3:26 PM
- ☁️ 25 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
Iberian Sea41°17’3” N 2°12’59” E
Arrival Palma RCNP & House Party
September 12, 2023, Iberian Sea ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Arrived on Joyvela in the afternoon after a short flight and Taxi ride. Met the crew Tom, Paige, and Marc.
Went immediately into boat prep mode and started to do repairs and preparations.
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 9:41 AM
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
SpainHafen von Palma39°33’53” N 2°37’57” E
Prep Day 1 (Code0, Gas leak, Storm sail)
September 13, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
The first full day was very productive. Put the code 0 on the bowsprit and raised it.
Got the storm sail out and did a lot of small repairs and prep work.
Found a gas leak though want is a seriousRead more
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- Day 3
- Thursday, September 14, 2023
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- SpainHafen von Palma39°33’59” N 2°37’59” E
1 Day before start. Big prep day.
September 14, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Found a company that can help us with the gas leak repair on short notice.
The guy showed up in the afternoon and checked everything and changed and repaired a lot of things. But that gives us now theRead more
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 15, 2023 at 9:46 AM
- Altitude: 5 m
- SpainHafen von Palma39°33’59” N 2°37’59” E
Getting ready to leave Palma!
September 15, 2023 in Spain
The new Iridium is still not working but we can fix on the way. Changing the long term mooring lines to temporary ones and did a the little prep works who are necessary for the start.
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 15, 2023 at 11:26 AM
- Altitude: Sea level
- Spainel Terreno39°33’34” N 2°37’55” E
Leaving for the trip!
September 15, 2023 in Spain
At exactly 11:00 we slipped the lines and we left with a big peng.
Many people showed up to say goodbye and wish us good luck for our trip.
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 15, 2023 at 2:12 PM
- ☁️ 25 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- SpainCap de Cala Figuera39°26’50” N 2°31’45” E
First sail+first victims (Cup&Generator)
September 15, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Left Palma at just 4 hours ago and had 2 victims already. Thomas dropped a cup and the Generator had no water cooling and melted the waterlock.
Got sailing though almost to much sail up.
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- Day 5
- Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 5:43 PM
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Western Mediterranean37°21’32” N 0°44’55” W
First fishing & little repairs
September 16, 2023, Western Mediterranean ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
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- Day 6
- Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 12:21 PM
- Altitude: Sea level
- Alboran Sea36°37’11” N 3°8’35” W
First drone flights & organizing repair
September 17, 2023, Alboran Sea
Paige managed her first flight at sea with wind and waves. A few exciting moments but she brought it home safely. Fast sail. Trying to find a service guy and spare parts for the generator
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 12:47 PM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
GibraltarBayside Marina36°8’55” N 5°21’23” W
Runway and fueling up in Gibraltar
September 19, 2023 in Gibraltar ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Came into Gibraltar for the traditional pit stop at the fuel station to top up the boats tanks + the cherry cans for reserve. But for the work in the anchor locker we decided to go at anchor inRead more
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 3:26 PM
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- SpainPlaya de La Hacienda36°9’40” N 5°21’40” W
Anchoring and fixing in Alcadeisa Bay
September 19, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Since Anna is running late 🙄, we were emptying the anchor locker to search for the leak into the bow cabin. Search was successful and we repaired the crack and whole with the dremel and a lot of JBRead more
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 6:45 PM
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- GibraltarCradle of History36°9’3” N 5°20’56” W
Gibraltar Runway
September 19, 2023 in Gibraltar ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
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- Day 9
- Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 7:42 AM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Strait of Gibraltar35°57’49” N 5°39’41” W
Motoring through the Gibralter straight
September 20, 2023, Strait of Gibraltar ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The Strait of Gibraltar is good and bad with us. No waves or bad swell, but 3.5knots against us. Otherwise a beautiful morning with a gorgeous view to Europe and Africa at the same time🤩🤩
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- Day 10
- Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 11:03 AM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Atlantic Ocean34°19’33” N 8°44’42” W
Dolphins and flat Atlantic🐬🐬
September 21, 2023, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Beautiful morning 🌄 ! No waves but also no wind. Some friends visited us and enjoyed our bow for some time.
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- Day 10
- Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 12:34 PM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Atlantic Ocean34°14’19” N 8°55’58” W
Kanisters leak repair + fast progress
September 21, 2023, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We got some higher waves now and Thomas smelled some Diesel smell in his cabin 🤧. We got all the cherry cans out and try to seal the lids as good as possible. We also had to clean and drain the bilge👃
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- Day 11
- Friday, September 22, 2023 at 12:49 PM
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Nordatlantik31°31’6” N 13°58’27” W
Good food and repairs
September 22, 2023, Nordatlantik ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
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- Day 12
- Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 5:28 PM
- 🌬 23 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Atlantic Ocean30°49’28” N 14°9’57” W
3 Sails 🤩🤩
September 23, 2023, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
Low wind from behind forced us to be creative and got 3 sails up.
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- Day 13
- Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 7:32 PM
- Altitude: Sea level
- Nordatlantik28°32’8” N 15°57’7” W
Land ho
September 24, 2023, Nordatlantik
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- Day 14
- Monday, September 25, 2023 at 6:43 AM
- 🌙 21 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- SpainPuerto Colón28°4’46” N 16°44’16” W
Arrived in Tenerife at night. No Berth!!
September 25, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Sailed pass Tenerife through the night and arrived at the south side to Puerto Colon in the early hours. No space for us so we had to wait at the fuel dock to fill up and sail to another Marina.
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- Day 14
- Monday, September 25, 2023 at 8:37 AM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- SpainPuerto Colón28°4’46” N 16°44’17” W
Change of Marina & serious Problem
September 25, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Found two bolts at the vang mount without head. Tried to remove another one and broke of 😱😔
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- Day 15
- Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 8:10 AM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- SpainMarina San Miguel28°1’10” N 16°36’52” W
Marina Amarillo & spare parts hunt
September 26, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We got a rental car and spent most of the day finding spare parts for the iridium and fixed stuff on the boat.
Luckily we have two rental cars available.
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- Day 16
- Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 5:17 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 21 m
- SpainPlaza España28°28’4” N 16°14’52” W
Santa cruz and final part for Iridium
September 27, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
After research and a few phone calls I found a shop who can provide the exact parts for the new iridium antenna. It keeps us from changing the installed cable and a lot of work. After an hour drive weRead more
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- Day 17
- Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 9:58 AM
- Altitude: 6 m
- SpainMarina San Miguel28°1’10” N 16°36’51” W
Provisioning + Iridium antenna works🥳
September 28, 2023 in Spain
We installed the antenna and got the iridium to work. Has a very good reception and fast speeds for satellite internet. One important advice works now for the weather forecast at sea. More to comeRead more
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- Day 18
- Friday, September 29, 2023 at 10:23 AM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- SpainMarina San Miguel28°1’9” N 16°36’51” W
Johns help and datahub active now
September 29, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
John came buy today to help me troubleshoot the datahub for the tracking and the mail communication out at sea. Forecast is mostly working and just needs some finetuning. We also got closer to sortRead more
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- Day 19
- Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 8:06 PM
- 🌙 23 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- SpainPiscinas Naturales El Caletón28°22’21” N 16°46’10” W
Los gigantos, and Garachico🤩
September 30, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Getting off the boat for 2 days to spend some time on the nicer side of the island in Puerto de la Cruz.
Met John and Marina in Los Gigantos for late lunch and drinks and visited the beautifulRead more
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- Day 20
- Sunday, October 1, 2023 at 3:25 PM
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- SpainValle de Guerra28°30’13” N 16°25’27” W
Natural Pool + Laguna
October 1, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Arrived late at the hotel and had a long morning at the hotel pool on the roof.
Decided to drive to a natural pool which was very beautiful including high waves and an exciting steep road down aRead more