Vigo to Las Palmas

Now this is the first big hop of the adventure. 900NM off shore sailing probably about a week at sea looking at the forecast. Our water tanks are full our fuel tanks are full and the food store are full. The first day was slow only averaging 4.5 kts but at leat it was down wind with the sun on our backs. Time to break out the fishing rods and see if we can keep the larder full. And we had success pretty quickly with our first tuna looking fish. We think an albercore but not sure really. But it sure did taste good. Cooked served perfectly by Nick who was super exited to have such fresh fish to serve. On one of the first nights our auto helm failed and hand steering added a big challenge to the nights with an following see and wind constantly over 25 kts
The next game was to dial in our brand new wind pilot steering gear. Which although wasn’t easy to start with turned out to be a god send. Electric free and silent steering. Our old auto helm is George as is everyone else’s. But the new wind pilot was to be call Diedrie. Quiet but strong.
As the days went on we found rhythm in the way we worked. Watches were 3 hours on 6 hours off. And it was all oiled by Nicks passion for serving great food.

Although we had every kind of weather there was no stress involved and the might Morvenna just ticked forward towards the destination.

As we made land fall on the 7th day we could see a strange shape on the horizon which turned out to be a square rigger. As we caught up with her and made a close fly pass the crew and guest were as interested in us as we were in them.

Las Palmas was now in view and it was looking like a disappointment.Read more