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April 9th 2011
Jamaïque Pour débuter je voudrais vous décrire notre pire navigation depuis le début du voyage. Nous sommes parti de Santiago de Cuba, j'avais pris la météo la veille et les vents annoncé était de 15 kn avec des vagues de 6 pi. Bon pas la perfection mais pas si mal. Juste avant de partir, la météo a changé et le vent est devenu 20 kn et les vagues à 8 pi. Et la direction était de face. Nous avons décidé de partir quand même car le dédouanement n'est pas facile et le bateau devenait de plus en plus sale à cause de la pollution de la baie. En partant de Cuba j'ai décidé de diminuer ma voile avant et d'installer un foc sur mon étai largable qui réduirait la gîte. La corde de l'enrouleur du génois ... read more
January 21st 2011
4:30 in the morning...fresh made croissants are waiting to be eaten for breakfast we are passing over "alice shoal" 16-03N 079-28W with 5 knots speed course providencia. that was a beautifull bright moonlight night;-)... read more
sailing to PROVIDENCIA/COLOMBIA
Published: January 19th 2011Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Port AntonioJanuary 19th 2011
sailing to PROVIDENCIA/COLOMBIA we left port antonio/jamaica at 10:45 this morning and since then we are under full sails heading westwards the round the westtip of jamaica and then go straight course to providencia. we are 16souls on board. the wind is 15 knots from the east and we do 4 knots and right now the sun stets behind western jamaica........ read more
SORRY!!! NO LOGBOOK FOR THE LAST WEEK
Published: January 16th 2011Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Port AntonioJanuary 16th 2011
SORRY!!! NO LOGBOOK FOR THE LAST WEEK.....but here we are again! on the 9th of january we have left cuba with 14 souls on board /people are from germany, luxembourg, us, uk, sweden, russia and colombia) the sailing was fast and easy so we arrived to port antonio and dropped anchor under sails there on monday 10th. now we are enjoying jamaica...today an excursion with a rented car in the mountains to some waterfalls and later beach....weather is tropical style heat and humidity....ya man... read more
Stoppover in port antonio/jamaica....on the way to CUBA
Published: December 16th 2010Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Port AntonioDecember 16th 2010
After beeing searched a second time by the jamaican coatguard we could leave port antonio this afternoon wednesday at 4pm. the winds are very light and we are sailing with 2.5 knots towards cienfuegos.... read more
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Stahlratte von Bremen stoppover in port antonio/jamaica....on the way to CUBA
Published: December 13th 2010Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Port AntonioDecember 13th 2010
we are in port antonio in jamaica. the coastguard boarded us this morning for a routine control and now we are safe in the marina "errol flynn" and having a couple of rum;-)... read more
first sailday on the way to port antonio
Published: December 11th 2010Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Port AntonioDecember 11th 2010
the winds that made us sail with 5 knots direction west-jamaica went to sleep, so we put the engine to work again at noon time and hope for new favourable winds! those who where a bit seasick the last 2 days are feeling much better and we had the first lunch on the upperdeck together an hour ago;-)... read more
second sailday on the way to port antonio
Published: December 11th 2010Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Port AntonioDecember 11th 2010
last night we had several sailmaneouvres because of permanent changing winds or suddenly no winds and we had to motorsail the most of the night. in the morning the ene breeze came back so we stopped the motor again and since then we are sailing smoothly towards jamaicas east-tip. everybody is well now and used to the ships movements and we need to cook the double as in the last days before;-) we have caught some little tunas and a kingfish wich we will have tonight for dinner.... read more
