Author: Nick Mines

Having sailed for most of my adult life, I retired (took a step back) from my companies Atom and Thorp which continue in my partial absence, producing really excellent work and run by gifted teams of loyal employees. I now sail my Southerly 135 and crew on various friends yachts, just enjoying being on the water. I continue to 'nudge the tiller' at the studios, probably more often than really necessary or welcome!

4th !!!!!!

After early morning rain, the day continued to be overcast and clammy. Our mission for the day was to obtain the necessary pipework and fittings to effect a re-working of the watermaker connections. After some time spent in trawling the various shops trying to make ourselves understood (our Portuguese and Creole is not up to... Continue Reading →

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Sleeping dogs

After a short nightā€™s sleep, I have to confess to waking to a slight headache, probably due to a lack of sleepā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ Exploring Mindelo on a Sunday morning probably doesnā€™t show it at its best being rather quiet apart from the children begging. The colonial architecture would probably once have been impressive but now everything... Continue Reading →

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Mindelo at last

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 →

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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 ā€˜reeling us inā€™ so from a heady 6th in class, we expect to tumble... Continue Reading →

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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 →

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