Quite an interesting arrival in the Cape Verde Islands with none of the charted navigational lights working and the island inside which we had to finish at 11.31pm showing as nothing more than a menacingĀ presence. The stowing of the sails and preparation for berthing was surprisingly slick given that the wind chose to pipe... Continue Reading →
Blighus Maximus
Light winds have persisted and this has not favoured heavy old Hejira. We did very well against the lightweight production yachts in the big winds and our sail plan is well suited to the point of sail but they are now āreeling us inā so from a heady 6th in class, we expect to tumble... Continue Reading →
Slow boat to Mindelo
After the exhilarating speeds in the big winds we are back to reality with the wind down to single figures and our speed, overnight at least, down below 4 knots at times. We had a good day under the Parasailor yesterday but our policy is not to fly it at night so we have reverted... Continue Reading →
El Dorado
Dawn revealed the conditions experienced through the night with big breaking swells running. An unfortunate flying fish must have taken off out of a swell and concluded his flight and life on the deck of Hejira. Stephen was not allowed to claim it as a ācatchā. The water maker saga has reached a hiatus having... Continue Reading →
Oh what a night
What a night! We have maintained the twin poled out Yankee jibs through the night with the winds and seas quite high but it has been exhilarating absolutely creaming along with the auto not having to work too hard and the rig forgiving any swell induced āweaveā - great stuff, this is the sailing I... Continue Reading →