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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…
