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When I told family and friends that we were going to live on our boat and sail across the Atlantic, they said things like \u201cwow, you\u2019re going to have an amazing time\u201d , \u201cyou\u2019ll be living the dream\u201d , I thought, yes but living on a 42ft yacht boat and sailing isn\u2019t all G & T \u2018s and sun bathing!<\/p>\n
This is what it\u2019s really like: No washing for days. Washing your clothes in a tiny sink. Cooking when the boat is rolling. Feeling sick all day and night. No sleep because you\u2019ve had to do a sail change in the middle of the night. Considering if you can drink the water. Thinking before you switch a light on. No TV. No internet \u2013 omg I hear you gasp!<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve just finished a 4 hour watch while sailing from Tenerife to Cape Verde and there are only 3 positives from that short period: The dolphins that visit every day and at three in the morning. The stars in the sky that are just brighter than you\u2019ve ever seen . The phosphorescence that lights up the sea and cannot be described in words.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why I AM living the dream.<\/p>\n
From <\/strong> untilthebuttermelts.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Not too much to report.<\/p>\n Wind has been a consistent force 4 from the NE. Parasailor<\/em> put up in the morning to take advantage of the lighter winds from behind giving us a decent speed on average of 5 knots.<\/p>\n Have spoken to a few of the other boats over the radio and everyone is doing ok.<\/p>\n We caught a big fish but our line broke so never got to see what it actually was, bit annoying as we lost our favourite lure. We also had dolphins swimming around the boat this morning which is always nice but disappointingly the one and only time so far.<\/p>\n Time just seems to idle away quite nicely spent reading, listening to music, podcasts and sleeping.<\/p>\n From <\/strong> www.sailblogs.com\/member\/krabat\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Translated to English by Google Translate:<\/em> From <\/strong> syrubicon.wordpress.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Wind 15 k E. Current .5 k astern. ETA AM Thursday. Otherwise all well.<\/p>\n No problem, just a few more tacks, we will\u00a0take a little longer than expected, ripped the symmetrical spinnaker this morning on bad handling, nothing serious;\u00a0mahi-mahi\u00a0at 11:30, sent directly to the grill for lunch, happiness.<\/p>\n OK day yesterday 184 miles run, 187 to Palmeira.<\/p>\n Still touch and go if we get there tomorrow. I was mixed up with days yesterday and will probably still head for Mindelo leaving Palmeira at dusk on Wednesday latest. That would get me into Mindelo in time for the staff to be available if I put the brakes on.<\/p>\n All very quiet here. A few flying fishes and one bird.<\/p>\n Wind 14 kts T NE. Current 0.5 kts SW. Nice day – we are slow because of down wind pole problem. Needs to be fixed in Mindelo<\/p>\n You should consider highlighting the talents of the women in our group.<\/p>\n For instance on the electric engine she is sewing when her children drive her crazy.<\/p>\n Entertaining small children !!!<\/p>\n Sebina makes fabulous homemade bread on board.<\/p>\n Others are sewing or knitting. I think Lys des Mers<\/em> has two knitters on board and I am doing a project too.<\/p>\n No competition. Just highlights.<\/p>\n We are excited to have solved the connection problem with the Iridium Go that we experience for the third day now!!! So glad that it is back working fine.<\/p>\n Have a great day and thank you all for your support, Slow progress is still progress…<\/p>\n \u00a0We did not push with the engines yet but are sometimes very slow now. Lost some time at night when Ugo decided we should fish squids… and we hooked 5 of them, then always the same procedure with slowing down the boat… and when we were ready to get them on board we lost them… well not all of them, always had a tentacle on the hook so all together it was enough for a meal!<\/p>\n Will set the spinnaker now.<\/p>\n Kids want to start with christmas bakery… that will have to wait till tomorrow.<\/p>\n No problem,\u00a0beautiful night, little swell, between 5 and 8 knots of following wind, top. <\/span><\/p>\n Relaxing day, 6 to 10 knots, 300 nautical miles left. perfect, we take our time, a beautiful dolphinfish with\u00a0great yellow and green colors has escaped us.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The photograph below shows Maria performing the three-times-a-day solar panel tilting ritual to extract the maximum amount of power from the sun at any given time of day.<\/p>\n Photo: untilthebuttermelts.com<\/p><\/div>\n On their own, the panels produce an average of 15 amps of power per hour. This is augmented by the towed water generator (seen in the photo as a rope trailing in the water) producing another five to six amps per hour.<\/p>\n We use around 10 amps per hour when sailing, so the surplus power generated during the day can be drawn from the batteries overnight \u2013 then the solar panels replenish the batteries during the day.<\/p>\n All this geeky stuff means that we can sail with the fridge and freezer running, make some water with the watermaker, and run the chart plotter and autopilot, without needing to run the engine to charge the batteries.<\/p>\n There\u2019s three nights to go before we reach Cape Verde. The winds are fair and the sun is shining \u2013 which favours the crew as well as the solar panels.<\/p>\n From <\/strong> untilthebuttermelts.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Translated to English by Google Translate:<\/em> From <\/strong> syrubicon.wordpress.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n 175 miles run 34 to go, all downwind so sailing 150deg angles to get there but only gennaker as spi needs stitching.<\/p>\n It looks like I will miss the SOS children tomorrow. Will defiantly make Thursday morning though so can do the CV brief drinks and dancing.<\/p>\n Many flying fish plus small octopus sunning themselves on deck this morning plus too many dolphins to count.<\/p>\n The 30th October 2017 is a date to celebrate, for the crew of Lady Jane. It\u2019s the day Maria stopped being seasick.<\/p>\n Photo: untilthebuttermelts.com<\/p><\/div>\n The cure isn\u2019t anything to do with drugs, hypnosis, sickness bands, or anything that you plonk on your head to simulate a horizon. It simply the byproduct of sailing a rolling ocean for four days. Maria has suffered travel sickness from the age of four, when travelling on the Dancing Bus (a bus that takes the young carnival dancers to competition). \u201cIf only I\u2019d have stayed on that bus for four days I would have been OK\u201d, Maria said.<\/p>\n To prove how cured she is, here\u2019s a photograph of her preparing lunch. This would have been impossible only a couple of days ago. So there you are. It might be a bit extreme, but if you want to cure motion sickness, get on a boat in the Atlantic Ocean for four days and go with the roll<\/p>\n From <\/strong> untilthebuttermelts.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Translated to English by Google Translate:<\/em> Nevertheless, I have baked both bread and sugar cake! Right now, it appears that we will be in Mindelo on Thursday. A lot of fly fishing around the boat, yesterday we had dolphins on our visit, the sun is shining and no nap today. On the other hand, we heard that some of our mate boats got barracuda, huh what scary …<\/p>\n From <\/strong> syrubicon.wordpress.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Day 4 – Sunday 29 October Lady Jane <\/p>\n Maria on living the dream <\/p>\n When I told family and friends that we were going to live on our boat and sail across the Atlantic, …<\/p>\nKrabat<\/h2>\n
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\u00a0Jag \u00e4r p\u00e5 ett str\u00e5lande hum\u00f6r! \u00c4ntligen har vi f\u00e5tt perfekt segling. Prognosen s\u00e4ger mer vind d\u00e4rf\u00f6r v\u00e5gade vi inte hissa gennaker, men genuan full ut och lite p\u00e5 storseglet g\u00f6r att vi h\u00e5ller en fart p\u00e5 cirka 5.5 knop och n\u00e4stan utan rullning. Solen skiner, och idag blir det k\u00f6ttf\u00e4rss\u00e5s och pasta till middag, mumsfillibabba (om vi inte f\u00e5ngar n\u00e5got annat mumsigt innan dess)! En liten Dorado nappade ig\u00e5r, men den var s\u00e5 liten s\u00e5 den \u00e5kte i igen. <\/em><\/p>\n
I am in a radiant mood! At last we have had perfect sailing. The forecast says more wind, therefore, we dared not hiss gennaker, but the genoa full and a little on the grid makes us speed at about 5.5 knots and almost without rolling. The sun is shining, and today there is meat sauce and pasta for dinner, mumsfillibabba (if we do not catch anything else before that)! A little Dorado napped yesterday, but it was so small that it went again.<\/p>\nAriel<\/h2>\n
Finally<\/h2>\n
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\u00a0Pas de probl\u00e8me, juste quelques bords \u00e0 tirer, nous mettrons un peu plus de temps que pr\u00e9vu, d\u00e9chir\u00e9 le spi sym\u00e9trique ce matin sur mauvaise manip, rien de grave; dorade coryph\u00e8ne p\u00e9ch\u00e9e \u00e0 11h30, envoy\u00e9e directement sur le grill pour le d\u00e9jeuner, que du bonheur.<\/em><\/p>\nDay 2 – Monday 30 October<\/h1>\n
Akouavi<\/h2>\n
Ariel<\/h2>\n
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Sue on women talents<\/h3>\n
Jajapami<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nJaJapami iridium connection fixed<\/h3>\n
Jan and the very happy JaJapamis<\/p>\nTamour\u00e9<\/h2>\n
Finally<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n\u00a0No problem, belle nuit douce, peu de houle, entre 5 et 8 noeuds de vent arri\u00e8re, top. Journ\u00e9e relax, 6 \u00e0 10 noeuds arri\u00e8re, reste 300 nautiques. Parfait, nous prenons notre temps, une belle dorade coryph\u00e8ne avec de belles couleurs jaunes et vertes nous\u00a0a \u00e9chapp\u00e9, elle a ressaut\u00e9 de l’\u00e9puisette.<\/em><\/p>\nLady Jane<\/h2>\n
Free Power!<\/h3>\n
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Det blev dorado till middag ig\u00e5r! En ca 3kg Dorado nappade p\u00e5 det rosa draget (mitt)! Wow, vilken h\u00e4rlig k\u00e4nsla. Natten var rullig och hela f\u00f6rmiddagen idag har vi testat olika segels\u00e4ttningar, s\u00e5 vi \u00e4r helt slut, tyv\u00e4rr s\u00e5 h\u00f6ll inte blocket i f\u00f6ren f\u00f6r gennakern n\u00e4r det bl\u00e5ste p\u00e5 lite, s\u00e5 vi fick (lite!?) strul och nu ligger den tillbaka tryggt i p\u00e5sen \u00e5 d\u00e4ck. Solen skiner och vi fick se hoppande och lekande delfiner en bit fr\u00e5n b\u00e5ten. Vi g\u00f6r god fart rakt p\u00e5 m\u00e5l! \/Life is good<\/em><\/p>\n
It became dorado for dinner yesterday! A ca 3kg Dorado nappa on the pink dragon (mitt)! Wow, what a lovely feeling. The night was rolling and the whole morning today we have tested different sailings, so we are completely out, unfortunately, the block did not hold the door when it blew a little, so we got (a little !?) strul and now it’s back safely in the bag to the deck. The sun is shining and we saw jumping and playing dolphins a bit from the boat. We make good speed straight on goals! \/ Life is good<\/span><\/p>\nDay 3 – Tuesday 31 October<\/h1>\n
Akouavi<\/h2>\n
Lady Jane<\/h2>\n
Seasickness. Cured.<\/h3>\n
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Det rullar, fr\u00e5n sida till sida. vi seglar just nu \u201cwing-wing\u201d vilket betyder att hela genuan \u00e4r utspirad p\u00e5 ena sidan och storseglet \u00e4r f\u00e4st med preventer p\u00e5 andra sidan och vinden kommer allts\u00e5 rakt bakifr\u00e5n. Vindstyrkan just nu \u00e4r 10 knop och vi g\u00f6r ca 5,5 knop. Eftersom det g\u00e5r lite dyning s\u00e5 rullar det p\u00e5 ganska bra. Trots det har jag bakat b\u00e5de br\u00f6d och sockerkaka! Just nu ser det ut som att vi kommer vara framme i Mindelo p\u00e5 torsdag. Mycket flygfisk runt b\u00e5ten, ig\u00e5r hade vi delfiner p\u00e5 bes\u00f6k, solen skiner och inget napp idag. Vi h\u00f6rde d\u00e4remot att n\u00e5gon av v\u00e5ra kompisb\u00e5tar f\u00e5tt barracuda, huu vad l\u00e4skigt\u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n
It rolls, from side to side. We are currently flying the wing wing, which means that the whole genoa is squirted on one side and the magnifying glass is fastened with prevents on the other side and the wind is therefore straight from behind. The wind speed at the moment is 10 knots and we make about 5.5 knots. Because it’s a bit dyed, it’s pretty good.<\/p>\n– Follow the position of the boats on the live tracking map<\/a>.
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