With a mast of 28m high, the sails are beasts! We immediately get an average speed of 7 knots, which unfortunately also involves a lot of leaning and bumping into waves so I'm a bit seasick most ofLue lisää
The first days out of Gibraltar we get to experience the Atlantic at it's best: it's sunny and the waves are very long and smooth. We get time to chill on the bow mattresses for the first time andLue lisää
It's a weird feeling to disembark, knowing that we won't see land for three weeks.
Sailing the Atlantic is much more monotonous, we have the wind from out back basically the whole way. However, theLue lisää
New Year's Eve in the middle of the ocean! We set aside the usual boat rules and celebrated with one glass of champagne and a flare (similar enough to fireworks 🎇). Otherwise, it's business asLue lisää
On January 9th, after 20 days, we finally get to shout the famous words 'land ahoy' and the same evening, we arrive at our destination. We celebrate with the only bottle of wine that we had on boardLue lisää
After an exciting boat ride from Saint Lucia to Martinique, we met up with Dawid, Fillip's friend who also did the crossing and is now boat sitting. He was friendly enough to let us crash on his boatLue lisää
I was told that the north is greener and wilder so I said goodbye to Dawid and set out on my own. I hitchhiked to the cheapest accommodation on the whole island and was pleasantly surprised. The viewLue lisää
Yet another hitchhiking adventure brought me to the capital, where I stayed at Joby's place (a Rasta I met while on the road a few days earlier). Fort-de-France itself is not that interesting but itLue lisää