{"id":35763,"date":"2016-01-19T23:47:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T23:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/2016\/01\/atlantic-odyssey-ii-day-9-10-11-news-fleet-2\/"},"modified":"2016-01-19T23:47:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T23:47:51","slug":"atlantic-odyssey-ii-day-9-10-11-news-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/2016\/01\/atlantic-odyssey-ii-day-9-10-11-news-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Odyssey II &#8211; Day 9, 10 &#038; 11: News from the fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AO2-2016-160119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"morelinks\">\n<ul>\n<li>You can follow the position of the boats <a href=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/sail-the-odyssey\/atlantic-odyssey\/rallies-2015-16\/track-boats\/\">on the tracking map<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Day 11 &#8211; Tuesday 19 January 2016<\/h1>\n<h2>Fenicia<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AO2-2016-crew-fenicia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Noon position 17Deg 04min N, 030Deg 30min W sailing at 5.7 kts.<\/p>\n<p>We are now about 330 miles west of Mindelo in the CVI, and have picked up good NE Trade Winds which makes <em>Fenicia<\/em> go. We had our best day&#8217;s mileage yesterday of 140 miles.<\/p>\n<p>We are seeing &#8216;squadrons&#8217; of flying fish &#8211; beautiful gossamer wings as they zig zag across the waves. Also, amongst the clumps of Sargassum weed we&#8217;ve seen several turtles and a couple of storm petrels seem to be following us &#8211; very nice to have the company!<\/p>\n<p>Even though we know there are lots of other sailing boats around us (and, apparently, 30+ trans-Atlantic rowing boats too!) of course, we can see none of them which just adds to the wonderful sense of adventure<\/p>\n<h2>Balou<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AO2-2016-crew-balou.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"German\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/flag-german.gif\" alt=\"German\" width=\"20\" \/>\u00a0Seit gestern Mittag sind wir wieder auf See.<\/p>\n<p>Was soll ich sagen\u2026.Nach 3 Stunden sch\u00f6nstem Segeln kommt pl\u00f6tzlich der Wind von der falschen Seite und die Welle wird \u00e4tzend. So richtig \u00e4tzend.<\/p>\n<p>Normales Leben ist nicht mehr m\u00f6glich, wir liegen nur verkeilt auf dem Sofa oder im Bett. Richtig sauer war ich, nachdem ich leckere Thunfischsteaks zum Abendbrot gemacht habe und wir diese kaum noch essen konnten. Schneidet mal mit Messer und Gabel, wenn man eine Hand zum Festhalten braucht. Geht nicht.<\/p>\n<p>Der Wind hat inzwischen wieder gedreht, kommt aber noch ziemlich n\u00f6rdlich mit 20-25 Knoten, die Welle bleibt. Kreuzsee von ca. 3 m. Wann f\u00e4ngt das sch\u00f6ne Passatsegeln an?.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sybalou.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Balou&#8217;s blog<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/sail-the-odyssey\/atlantic-odyssey\/rallies-2015-16\/meet-participants\/#Balou\">About Balou<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Day\u00a010 &#8211; Monday 18 January 2016<\/h1>\n<h2>Libertad<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AO2-2016-start-libertad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>In search of the trade winds<\/h3>\n<p>All weather report forecasts say that the trades are here and nice and strong. But we are not feeling them yet as we are still in the disturbed area behind the Cape Verde Islands. Jimmy Cornell kept emphasizing that we need to be 100 miles clear of the islands before their influence can&#8217;t be felt anymore. That should be during our night watches &#8211; so we are hopeful it will be soon.<\/p>\n<p>At first we had nice winds from behind as we shot through the channel between two of the Cape Verde islands, then that wind died and we motored, then we got 20 knot winds on the nose out of the west &#8211; really had to question that one given we were expecting east winds&#8230;.we started coming up with all kinds of theories among us about why we were getting this miserable west wind. But then we&#8217;d just look at the big talle Verde islands looming behind us and remember Jimmy&#8217;s words.<\/p>\n<p>Since then we have been rocking and rolling, changing sails frequently to adjust to the every changing wind direction, sometimes motoring when the winds die down to almost nothing. We have 3 other Odyssey boats (Perseverance, Baloo, Wings) within VHF radio range (so within about 24 miles) and one right along side us that isn&#8217;t from the Odyssey but contacted us to chat. So we have company out here.<\/p>\n<p>The guys just made yet another sail change to adjust for winds that are now coming from behind&#8230;..the right direction for the trades, but still kind of light. They are chattering amongst themselves with reaffirming positive comments such as, &#8216;winds are filling in nicely&#8217;, &#8216;yes looks like they are finally coming around&#8217;&#8230;..All&#8217;s well on board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailblogs.com\/member\/sb-johns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Libertad&#8217;s blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/sail-the-odyssey\/atlantic-odyssey\/rallies-2015-16\/meet-participants\/#Libertad\">About Libertad<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Day\u00a09 &#8211; Sunday 17 January 2016<\/h1>\n<h2>Balou<\/h2>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"German\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/flag-german.gif\" alt=\"German\" width=\"20\" \/>\u00a0Mindelo in 48 Stunden\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Wir sind gestern fr\u00fch mit der ersten Lichtfunzel hier in Mindelo angekommen. Ganz ehrlich, es war toll. Gef\u00fchlt kennen wir die H\u00e4lfte aller dort liegenden Schiffe, das Wiedersehen vieler Freunde war wirklich sch\u00f6n. Und endlich, endlich treffen wir auch Sabine und Achim von der <em>Atanga<\/em>, mit denen wir seit einem Jahr einen supernetten Kontakt und schon viel Spa\u00df gehabt haben, ohne uns jemals vorher gesehen zu haben. Aber es ist tats\u00e4chlich so, als w\u00fcrden wir uns schon lange kennen.<\/p>\n<p>Unser Batteriethema ist bereits 3 Stunden nach unserer Ankunft erledigt. Der TO-St\u00fctzpunktleiter (TO hei\u00dft Transocean und ist der Verein in dem wir sind) hat alles organisiert und f\u00e4hrt mit Reiner zu Jimmy, der eine wunderbare und bezahlbare Batterie f\u00fcr uns hat. Heute fr\u00fch taucht er wie verabredet um Punkt 10.00 Uhr mit der \u00fcber Nacht geladenen Batterie vor dem Schiff auf. Ein Traum.<\/p>\n<p>Mindelo selbst gef\u00e4llt mir auf den ersten Blick total gut. Es ist bunt, lebendig, nicht allzu gro\u00df und so ganz anders. Eben nicht mehr Europa, sondern ein bisschen afrikanisch, ein bisschen kreolisch. Kapverden halt. Ich mag es. Schade nur, dass wir nur so kurz hier bleiben, aber das Wetter f\u00fcr die n\u00e4chste Woche sieht so gut aus, dass wir morgen weiterfahren. Die Fishies warten.<\/p>\n<div class=\"morelinks\">\n<ul>\n<li>You can follow the position of the boats <a href=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/sail-the-odyssey\/atlantic-odyssey\/rallies-2015-16\/track-boats\/\">on the tracking map<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p> You can follow the position of the boats <a href=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/sail-the-odyssey\/atlantic-odyssey\/rallies-2015-16\/track-boats\/\">on the tracking map<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> Day 11 &#8211; Tuesday 19 January 2016 Fenicia <\/p>\n<p>Noon position 17Deg 04min N, 030Deg 30min W sailing at 5.7 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/2016\/01\/atlantic-odyssey-ii-day-9-10-11-news-fleet\/\">Read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-odysseys","odd"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}