Atlantic Circuit
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Wonderful days in Bequia
January 10-13, 2021 After we got released from our short quarantine at Young Island Cut we sailed down to Bequia. It is a very short sail, which was quite nice after our long sail across the Atlantic. When we sailed down we thought we should try to have the dinghy on a rope after the boat (with no engine on it of course). Just when we hoisted the sails we heard the rope snap and saw our dinghy upside down behind us. Our dinghy is very small and light so when the wind caught us it got turned upside down and dove into the sea. Fortunately it was the rope…
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Waiting for test results at Young Island
January 5-10, 2021 After our Atlantic crossing we arrived to Young Island Cut on the southern tip of St Vincent. We arrived early afternoon and because of covid-19 we would need to take a PCR-test before we could do the check-in process. Before our crossing we contacted the authorities in Saint Vincent & the Grenadines with approximate dates of our arrival. When we were a couple of days from St Vincent we contacted them again and booked a time to take our PCR tests, which was the morning after our arrival. To make things easier for our arrival we took our temperature everyday during the crossing. So, when we had…
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Atlantic Crossing – Part 2
This is the second part of our sail across the Atlantic Ocean first part can be found HERE. Day 11 – December 28, 2020 Distance latest 24hr: 118 nm Total distance: 1181 nm Breakfast: Freshly baked carrot bread with fried egg Lunch: Curry stew with Mahi-Mahi and rice. Dinner: Pasta with pesto and halloumi Sunrise: 09.19 UTC During the night we got a bit more wind so we made good speed. Around 2pm UTC we reached halfway which we intended to celebrate with some cheap sparkling wine we bought in Mindelo. The wine was disgusting and we ended up sharing a Coca-Cola instead. During the afternoon we read for a…
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Atlantic Crossing – Part 1
The time had come for us to start our Atlantic crossing with our small sailboat and prior to departure we had to sort our some paperwork. As it is a pretty unusual year with the virus we had to contact authorities in the Caribbean before we left Cape Verde to make sure we were allowed to enter. We had decided to sail to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The reason was because there is a lot of islands there to explore and a place we can stay in for a while and hope that movements between the islands becomes easier. We checked latest information on noonsite.com and got okay that…
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Scooter trip on Santo Antao
December 15, 2020 We have heard very good things about the neighbouring island, Santo Antao, so we definately had to make a visit there when we were in Mindelo. The easiest way to visit the island is to take the ferry from Mindelo and then jump onto one of the cars that drive people around on the island, or rent a car or scooter. We rented scooters in Mindelo and took them on the ferry over to Santo Antao. It was a really cool island, and definitely worth a visit if ever in Mindelo. Here comes a bunch of photos to show this cool place.
