Yesterday and today we've been preparing for the big trip, cleaning, provisioning, repairing and maintenance.
After a very long night of singing and generally keeping in shape, I had the chance to sit down and do some sail repair. Had to take the entire main sail down
stitch some new loops that keep the sail on the boom and on the mast. It's harder than I thought, but after some time, trying different techniques I managed to finish.
13 in total, took me the entire day, but after seeing the sail flagging on the ship again
I felt like I've spent the day in the right way. The others took care of the tidiness, crew change and the installation of 2 very fancy solar panels.
Today we were provisioning and as the bar keeper I had the scary part of the drinks. I will not write the shopping note, but I think you can get an idea looking at the picture (and this is not the complete bar).
A total of 1100€ and 45 bottles of drinking water(plus the tank and the desalinator).
So, tomorrow we'll be rocking on the gentle waves again. It seems the wind will be good, so in about 3 days we should come Morocco (todays plan update), after we'll have a stop in Mauritania and finally Dakar.
I have yet to check the wave forecast, but hopefully good and I'll be finally able to surf in Africa for the first time!
As for the crew, so far everyone seems nice, I could not say who's most interesting, but I'll be able to say that when I'll meet them better.
7 Germans, captain included and one Israeli girl, Hadas. From what I've seen today, we're gonna have some interesting debates.
I'm gonna fix some drinks, take the last decent shower I guess and hit the berth.
After a very long night of singing and generally keeping in shape, I had the chance to sit down and do some sail repair. Had to take the entire main sail down
stitch some new loops that keep the sail on the boom and on the mast. It's harder than I thought, but after some time, trying different techniques I managed to finish.
13 in total, took me the entire day, but after seeing the sail flagging on the ship again
I felt like I've spent the day in the right way. The others took care of the tidiness, crew change and the installation of 2 very fancy solar panels.
Today we were provisioning and as the bar keeper I had the scary part of the drinks. I will not write the shopping note, but I think you can get an idea looking at the picture (and this is not the complete bar).
A total of 1100€ and 45 bottles of drinking water(plus the tank and the desalinator).
So, tomorrow we'll be rocking on the gentle waves again. It seems the wind will be good, so in about 3 days we should come Morocco (todays plan update), after we'll have a stop in Mauritania and finally Dakar.
I have yet to check the wave forecast, but hopefully good and I'll be finally able to surf in Africa for the first time!
As for the crew, so far everyone seems nice, I could not say who's most interesting, but I'll be able to say that when I'll meet them better.
7 Germans, captain included and one Israeli girl, Hadas. From what I've seen today, we're gonna have some interesting debates.
I'm gonna fix some drinks, take the last decent shower I guess and hit the berth.
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| New bar arrivals |
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| Socialising with the neighbours |
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| German engineering at it's best! |
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| My workplace |
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| The boat is completely packed:) |
Best wishes and happy sailing!
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