The first week was quite tough. The wind was either very strong or very light. Overall the progress was not as we had hoped. On the eighth day at sea we started the generator as we do every day. This is routinely done by the engineer of the day, which keeps rotating every day. When I got up, I tried to start the watermaker to refill our water tanks. As running out of water is […]
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After an initial dip into the Southern Ocean in Leg 2, this leg will take us even further south, spending days in the famous roaring forties, the range between 40° and 50° south in latitude. Only few sailors ever go there given the winds are generally strong and there is little land to take shelter. Certainly a highlight of the circumnavigation, taking around 4’800NM from South Africa to the Australian west coast.
Arrival to Fremantle
We arrived to Fremantle, Australia last Tuesday, just 23 days after we had left Cape Town. Although we were only one day and just under eight hours behind the leader, this meant place nine. This is not what we had hoped for nor does it reflect the work we put into this race. However, we try to focus on the positive take aways, of which there are many. Our passage from Cape Town to Fremantle […]
Continue readingAround the Cape of Good Hope
Last Sunday it was time to leave Cape Town. We started with a parade down to the boats which was lead by an African dance group. Once on board our boat we had the obligatory crew picture taken before slipping lines. Already in the entry to the harbour we were reminded of the warning words which were addressed to us the day before during the crew briefing. The wind blew with gusts around 30 knots […]
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