Dag 3 - Martinique till Horta

Dag 3 - Martinique till Horta

Another beautiful day! 😎After a night winds shifting both in speed and direction, today brought a steady breeze, 100° and 14-15 knots. Sunny and warm of course. The days are already getting longer and the sun is rising a little past five in the morning. On the minus...
Dag 2 - Atlanten väst till öst

Dag 2 - Atlanten väst till öst

After a windy night with not much sleep (Marit wasn’t too thrilled with the weather) we woke up to a new warm and sunny day. The wind lightened during the day to between 14 and 16 knots. With an apparent wind of 55°, today was far more pleasant than yesterday. To...
Dag 1 - Atlanten väst till öst

Dag 1 - Atlanten väst till öst

This morning at 0620 we left St Pierre and waved goodbye to Martinique. We motored up to the northest point of Martinique, where we set sails. The breeze was variable both in speed and direction, influenced by the high Mount Pelee volcano. We held a high course,...
Martinique under pandemin

Martinique under pandemin

Under vårvintern låg vi upprepade gånger i Fort-de-France, Martinique för ankar.Dels för att det är en trevlig stad med många butiker och därför lätt att bunkra, men också för att vi hade flera gäster som anlände med flyg till Martinique.Sedan de får något år sedan...
Köpet av yachten

Köpet av yachten

We searched the web and contacted the broker of some of the more interesting yachts. It is really surprising how much time this takes. Finally, we had reached the point where we had shortlisted the most interesting ones. It turned out that more than half of them where...