by Love4CMarkus | May 24, 2020 | Blog
Det är nu ett par dygn sedan vi lämnade lättvindsbältet bakom oss. Vinden har ökat till mellan 13 och 20 knop och blåser stadigt kring NO, dvs rakt emot om man vill till Azorerna. Vi stångas alltså mot både präktiga vågor och lätt motström och seglar nästan bidevind,...
by Love4CMarkus | May 22, 2020 | Blog
Gårdagen började med 10kn halvvind som gav mellan 6 och 7 knop. Längs med dagen mojnade vinden stadigt medan vi rörde oss in över högtrycksryggen, tills den helt dog ut kl 17, då vi startade motorn. Största delen av dagen gick i gassande solsken och solpanelerna nådde...
by Love4CMarkus | May 20, 2020 | Blog
We had some problems with the Hebridean wind vane last night. Not the wind vane as such, mind you, but the drum bolted to the steering wheel where the control lines are attached. A line got jammed between the steering wheel and the drum and one of the bolts snapped....
by Love4CMarkus | May 19, 2020 | Blog
Another beautiful day! 😎After a night winds shifting both in speed and direction, today brought a steady breeze, 100° and 14-15 knots. Sunny and warm of course. The days are already getting longer and the sun is rising a little past five in the morning. On the minus...
by Love4CMarkus | May 17, 2020 | Blog
After a windy night with not much sleep (Marit wasn’t too thrilled with the weather) we woke up to a new warm and sunny day. The wind lightened during the day to between 14 and 16 knots. With an apparent wind of 55°, today was far more pleasant than yesterday. To...
by Love4CMarkus | May 16, 2020 | Blog
This morning at 0620 we left St Pierre and waved goodbye to Martinique. We motored up to the northest point of Martinique, where we set sails. The breeze was variable both in speed and direction, influenced by the high Mount Pelee volcano. We held a high course,...
