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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
First fishing & little repairs
September 16, 2023, Western Mediterranean ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
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
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
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
Gibraltar Runway
September 19, 2023 in Gibraltar ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
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🤩🤩
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.
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👃
Good food and repairs
September 22, 2023, Nordatlantik ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
3 Sails 🤩🤩
September 23, 2023, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
Low wind from behind forced us to be creative and got 3 sails up.
Land ho
September 24, 2023, Nordatlantik
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.
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 😱😔
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.
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
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
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
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
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