North Atlantic Ocean18°0’0” N 33°56’25” W
27 Kasım 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Today is my 5th fish. This is awesome for the kitchen.
We have grad man-talks about family, marriage, calling and life. But whats shared on the atlantic stays on the atlantic.
The mood is great.Okumaya devam et
North Atlantic Ocean18°0’0” N 36°42’33” W
28 Kasım 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Hansjörg cooks yesterdays catch. Enough fish for the next 2-3 days. The crew speaks a fishing embargo. I‘m too successfull with my fishing: my Penn roll and my Williamson dorado catcher lures. AOkumaya devam et
North Atlantic Ocean17°0’0” N 39°4’31” W
29 Kasım 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
At 2 in the morning we‘ve passed our halfway point at 😃 1400 nautical miles. I‘m happy about that, but man, another 1400 to go. I have to keep ot together.
3 days after last bucket shower.Okumaya devam et
North Atlantic Ocean17°0’0” N 40°47’59” W
30 Kasım 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
1200 nautical miles to go - a nm is about 1.8km.
More troubles during the night. A thunderstorm cell passes us. But as it is really dark you dont see it coming. The wind picks up - nice, more speed.Okumaya devam et
North Atlantic Ocean16°0’0” N 43°23’58” W
1 Aralık 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We rigged the spare genua instead of the mainsail. Thats a lot of work in the rocking waves and with the constant wind fighting you. Two thirds up there seems to be a little problem with theOkumaya devam et
North Atlantic Ocean15°0’0” N 45°7’59” W
2 Aralık 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We‘ve spilled about 20 coffeepots and other drinks. Don‘t freak out - stay calm. This is normal with 3-4 meter waves.
The waves are sneaking up from behind. And every 2 minutes there is a bigOkumaya devam et
North Atlantic Ocean15°0’0” N 47°36’32” W
3 Aralık 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Yes with just men on board it surely gets more messy. But within limited boundaries. As you can see our boundry is the cetral table. What a mess. The rest, kitchen & cabins are mostly well organized.Okumaya devam et
North Atlantic Ocean15°0’0” N 49°27’44” W
4 Aralık 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Wow the moon is now gone most of the night. And you can see the milky way with its starclouds and billions of stars in a 360 degree undistracted dome of glory. I feel small. But priviledged. What aOkumaya devam et
North Atlantic Ocean15°34’13” N 51°40’51” W
5 Aralık 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We see another sailboat on the horizon. Must be number 4. it is so lonely out here.
The wind lets us down. So we decide we need a larger sail. So not to destroy the damaged mainsail more, we take itOkumaya devam et
North Atlantic Ocean15°0’0” N 53°24’14” W
6 Aralık 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
A shaky night and finally morning. Windspeed picks up to a 7 with tunderstorms. A steering mistake leads to more damage on the boat.
Just in my surfshorts and lifevest i run on deck to help andOkumaya devam et
