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Vitamin Sea - Vitamin Sea - Tag 3: Süsse Nachtwachen und ein herrlicher Sonnenuntergang, Mittwoch, der 22. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Vitamin Sea - Tag 3: Süsse Nachtwachen und ein herrlicher Sonnenuntergang, Mittwoch, der 22. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Vitamin Sea - Tag 3: Süsse Nachtwachen und ein herrlicher Sonnenuntergang, Mittwoch, der 22. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Vitamin Sea - Tag 3: Süsse Nachtwachen und ein herrlicher Sonnenuntergang, Mittwoch, der 22. November 2023
24/11/2023

Vitamin Sea - Vitamin Sea - Tag 2: Abenteuerliche Erfahrungen und ein tierischer BesucherDienstag, der 21. November 2023

Die zweite Nacht vom 20. auf den 21. November 2023: Erfahrungen mit Squalls und unerwarteten Ereignissen Mit relativ viel Wind und Welle (TWS 20, AWS 13) sind wir in die Nacht gesegelt. Anna war gut instruiert am Steuerstand ab Mitternacht. Kurz darauf sieht Anna auf dem Radar einen „Squall“ direkt auf uns zukommen. Am Abend davor hat uns Peter alle nochmal sensibilisiert, wie wir im Notfall mit einem Squall umgehen, ihn rechtzeitig erkennen, uns vorbereiten und währenddessen agieren. In einem der ARC-Seminare ging es speziell um dieses Thema, und auch über den Umgangmit vielen anderen Situation. Ich habe darauf bestanden, dass wir alle an diesem Seminar teilnehmen. Nichtsdestotrotz ist es wichtig, immer wieder zu wiederholen und zu sensibilisieren. Wie wir das zum Thema „Umgang“ mit. read more...


Vitamin Sea - Vitamin Sea - Tag 2: Abenteuerliche Erfahrungen und ein tierischer BesucherDienstag, der 21. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Vitamin Sea - Tag 2: Abenteuerliche Erfahrungen und ein tierischer BesucherDienstag, der 21. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Vitamin Sea - Tag 2: Abenteuerliche Erfahrungen und ein tierischer BesucherDienstag, der 21. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Vitamin Sea - Tag 2: Abenteuerliche Erfahrungen und ein tierischer BesucherDienstag, der 21. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Tag 2: Abenteuerliche Erfahrungen und ein tierischer BesucherDienstag, der 21. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Tag 2: Abenteuerliche Erfahrungen und ein tierischer BesucherDienstag, der 21. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Vitamin Sea - Tag 2: Abenteuerliche Erfahrungen und ein tierischer BesucherDienstag, der 21. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Vitamin Sea - Tag 2: Abenteuerliche Erfahrungen und ein tierischer BesucherDienstag, der 21. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Tag 1: Kurs auf St. Lucia: Unser erster Tag auf hoher See, Montag, der 20. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Tag 1: Kurs auf St. Lucia: Unser erster Tag auf hoher See, Montag, der 20. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Tag 1: Kurs auf St. Lucia: Unser erster Tag auf hoher See, Montag, der 20. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Tag 1: Kurs auf St. Lucia: Unser erster Tag auf hoher See, Montag, der 20. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Tag 1: Kurs auf St. Lucia: Unser erster Tag auf hoher See, Montag, der 20. November 2023
Vitamin Sea - Tag 1: Kurs auf St. Lucia: Unser erster Tag auf hoher See, Montag, der 20. November 2023
24/11/2023

Vitamin Sea - Tag 1: Kurs auf St. Lucia: Unser erster Tag auf hoher See, Montag, der 20. November 2023

Die erste Nacht vom 19. auf den 20. November 2023: Das unerwartete Treffen mit unserem NachbarbootUnsere Nachtschichten haben wir nach unseren individuellen Bio-Rhythmen geplant.Meine Tochter Anna ist eine Nachteule, also übernimmt sie von Mitternacht bis 3 Uhr morgens. Danach stehe ich am Steuerstand bis um 6 Uhr, da ich tendenziell ein Frühaufsteher bin. Ich gebe zu, 3 Uhr ist schon reichlich früh, aber nur 1-2 Stunden früher als ich normalerweise wach werde. Danach übernimmt mein Sohn Nicolas von 6 Uhr bis 9 Uhr. Da um diese Uhrzeit normalerweise sein persönliches Fitnessprogramm ansteht, ist das am passendsten für ihn. Mein Mann Peter hat zunächst keine explizite Nachtschicht zugewiesen; er wird immer bei wichtigen Ereignissen geweckt. Als Kapitän soll er immer bestmöglich ausgeruht. read more...


24/11/2023

Day 1 onboard Penny Oyster

Life on the mighty Penny Oyster has been busy but full of fun and laughter. We began the ARC with an amazing send off from our families and the very supportive ARC team. Although it was emotional waving goodbye to everyone, we were in high spirits and ready to set sail on our atlantic adventure!The start was a slow one with winds under 10knts, we chose the pin end of the start line, similar to lots of the other boats which caused it to be a very busy end of the line. The wind was light, but we were determined to sail the first part of the rally, so we slowly made progress, tacking up the east side of Gran Canaria. As we went into our first night, we had our first dinner together as a team, homemade soup which had prepared the day before. This made cooking very easy and, with all our. read more...


24/11/2023

Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars

Fishing Wars9 men sailed across the seaHunting fish for their teaBeing men they had to compete2 teams they split for this featThe cap’n and first mate cried“The scurvy crew must be denied!”First strike the crew did takeBut dash for freedom the fish did makeFirst mate he would not be beatenFresh tuna he then caught to be eatenThe crew would not take this standingJames’ pink lure they deployed for the landingThe lure they sent out a long wayFresh Mahi Mahi they caught that dayThe first was small the second was great. read more...


Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
Skyelark 2 - Fishing Wars
24/11/2023

Vitamin Sea - Tag 0: Aufregender Start am Sonntag, den 19. November 2023 um 12:30 Uhr

Am Sonntag, den 19. November, begann für meine Familie und mich ein unvergessliches Abenteuer. Wir sind von Las Palmas aus in See gestochen, mit einem ehrgeizigen Ziel: die Überquerung des Atlantiks bis nach St. Lucia, einer beeindruckenden Distanz von ca. 2.700 Seemeilen auf hoher See.Dies ist ein Familienprojekt, welches wir über die letzten 4 Jahre geplant haben. Und nun ist der Moment endlich gekommen. Als Teilnehmer der ARC2023 Rallye sind wir mit etwa 200 anderen Booten gestartet und wurden von vielen Zuschauern und fantastischer Hafenstimmung verabschiedet.Ich muss sagen . wir sind ganz schön aufgeregt, ein wenig nervös aber vor allem unglaublich gespannt auf die kommenden ca. 3 Wochen auf hoher See. Als einer der ersten Boote haben wir die Startlinie passiert und sind bei recht. read more...


Vitamin Sea - Tag 0: Aufregender Start am Sonntag, den 19. November 2023 um 12:30 Uhr
Vitamin Sea - Tag 0: Aufregender Start am Sonntag, den 19. November 2023 um 12:30 Uhr
Vitamin Sea - Tag 0: Aufregender Start am Sonntag, den 19. November 2023 um 12:30 Uhr
Vitamin Sea - Tag 0: Aufregender Start am Sonntag, den 19. November 2023 um 12:30 Uhr
Vitamin Sea - Tag 0: Aufregender Start am Sonntag, den 19. November 2023 um 12:30 Uhr
Vitamin Sea - Tag 0: Aufregender Start am Sonntag, den 19. November 2023 um 12:30 Uhr
Vitamin Sea - Tag 0: Aufregender Start am Sonntag, den 19. November 2023 um 12:30 Uhr
Vitamin Sea - Tag 0: Aufregender Start am Sonntag, den 19. November 2023 um 12:30 Uhr
Vitamin Sea - Tag 0: Aufregender Start am Sonntag, den 19. November 2023 um 12:30 Uhr
Vitamin Sea - Tag 0: Aufregender Start am Sonntag, den 19. November 2023 um 12:30 Uhr
24/11/2023

Saltair - Solar Oven on Saltair

Leveraging the power of the sun! Seth designed and made a small solar oven from materials he found onboard. Worked really well to reheat our leftover thanksgiving muffins! He is challenging other family boats  to build their own so they can compare designs! . read more...


Solar Oven on Saltair
Solar Oven on Saltair
Loreley - Spinnaker twisted … and got it solved! Let’s press on :-)
Loreley - Spinnaker twisted … and got it solved! Let’s press on :-)
24/11/2023

Blue pearl log: strange ships in the night!

Coming across a ship when you’re not sure of its purpose or activity can be slightly worrying, when it happens at night that worry is increased. After spotting a ship on AIS yesterday afternoon which then moved away was fine, we weren't sure what it was but discounted it when it moved some distance away from us. But later in the evening it reappeared, this time we identified it as a fishing vessel and discovered there were three in very close proximity. Just our luck they were right on our course, after some discussion we changed course to completely avoid them, but with their constant change in direction, speed and position it was getting more stressful. At this point with the spinnaker still flying we choice to leave it up till after passing the fishing vessels, this seemed to take an. read more...


Cloud Jumper - Mathias and Jowan
Cloud Jumper - Mathias and Jowan
Cloud Jumper - Sunset heading West
Cloud Jumper - Sunset heading West
Cloud Jumper - Departure day Las Palmas
Cloud Jumper - Departure day Las Palmas
Cloud Jumper - Jowan helming Neil Hacksawing
Cloud Jumper - Jowan helming Neil Hacksawing
Cloud Jumper - Neil at the Helm
Cloud Jumper - Neil at the Helm
24/11/2023

Risque Business - Slowly Slowly Catchy Yachty

14:52.39N 37:50.55W1105 GMT 24th November 23Dawn is here and after the darkness we’re greeted with an overcast day-break. On Wednesday evening we had a good fishing day with 2 Yellowfin Tuna and a Wahoo. Seared Yellowfin for lunch yesterday and pan fried Wahoo for dinner - delicious! As promised in our last blog, the weights were: Tuna#1 was 5kg, Tuna#2 was 7.2kg and the Wahoo was 1.6kg. Now a well stocked freezer and nicely steaked fish!Light winds still persist, so slow progress being made sadly. Had to drop the spinnaker in the middle of the night as the wind speed was too much for our ancient sail, so now running downwind with the main and poled out genoa. The wind has died again this morning and is currently 9kts and RB is making about 5.5kts, but we are heading straight for. read more...


Risque Business - Slowly Slowly Catchy Yachty
Risque Business - Slowly Slowly Catchy Yachty
Risque Business - Slowly Slowly Catchy Yachty
Risque Business - Slowly Slowly Catchy Yachty
Risque Business - Slowly Slowly Catchy Yachty
Risque Business - Slowly Slowly Catchy Yachty
24/11/2023

Uno - Day 5: Fast run downwind!

Thursday 23 November 2023Day 5Today seemed to go by really fast, it was a fun day. My night shift (Nicole) finished at 7am, but I had the company of my lovely Gisèle (12) from 6am. So special snuggling up in the helm station in the peaceful light of the sunrise. Once the Capitan was up we changed the headsail out for our big red gennaker. We checked our placing on the YB Races app and we have dropped to 121st place. We spent the morning considering a different course where we would go more Westerly like some of the other boats in the ARC fleet. We decided to have a big sushi lunch using the mahi mahi we caught yesterday, so Gisele and I set about making rolls for everybody. We sat in the cockpit rolling sushi for an hour or so. Everyone loved the lunch and after that, Kenny went for a. read more...


Uno - Day 5: Fast run downwind!
Uno - Day 5: Fast run downwind!
Uno - Day 5: Fast run downwind!
Uno - Day 5: Fast run downwind!
Uno - Day 5: Fast run downwind!
Uno - Day 5: Fast run downwind!
Uno - Day 5: Fast run downwind!
Uno - Day 5: Fast run downwind!
24/11/2023

Hot Stuff - 20:36.38N 22:56.30W

So the sailing last night was good. Travelling with the kite up making about 7 knots most the time heading more southerly due to the wind. We still need to head south west to avoid the doldrums and light airs and pick up the trade winds at the moment. So on we go. Currently more Westerly in direction before another Jibe south again in a bit.I got up for my watch about midnight last night woken by Jack who had the news that both he and Nick were or rather had been sick! Then I was trying to work out if I felt sick or was it the effect of thinking about it now!! I think at this time I and the others are clear but time will tell of course!Solar energy is starting to pick up and help the batteries again now and flying fish are back out across the bow. The. read more...


24/11/2023

Ipanema update

We turned to the West!We finally hit the tradewinds... The first few days after the start were "mixed" from a weather and wind perspective. We choose to follow a more South-Easterly route, because that was said to bring the wind earlier... Not sure if its was the right decision; it is hard for us to compare our position to the others. We do not see any other boats anymore.Crew and boat are doing fantastic; everything still works thanks to a mildly conservative sailing approach. The skipper is definitely held back by his crew a littleHighlights yesterday: a 4 men "party" on the foredeck trying to rescue the gennaker (that was spun around the forestay). When it was successfully pulled down, we all were covered with sail. And at the same time, looking over the stern, we saw a whale. read more...


24/11/2023

Valent - A week gone

A busy 24hrs sees Valent make some miles to the West. The fun all started on Wednesday night when we decided that prudence was the better part of valour and to action a sail change. The Bora was successfully returned to its bag and we reverted to white sails with poled out genoa.This plan served us well, though we did query it at times. During last night as the wind touched F5 we were very glad to be under white sails. Other activity included replacing the strop on the staysail that had parted, replacing a couple of shackles and adjusting some chafe points. Futile attempts at catching fish were abandoned, primarily due to the amount of weed we were catching. Towards the end of the day we encountered a sailing vessel behaving erratically. After failing to elicit a response on VHF and. read more...


A good morning to all of you from the Loreley crew.
A good morning to all of you from the Loreley crew.
24/11/2023

Cats Pajamas - Day 7

Nothing to report crew all sleepy and doing their own thing today. Will need to get Yoga class going before they put on too muchweight.Enjoyed making pizza for lunch and Wahoo for dinner with time to experiment and limited ingredients. All seems to taste okay. Passed the 1500Nm to go mark, so next mile stone will be the half way mark, maybe by Sunday. read more...


Joule - Day 5 Daily Blog Joule
Joule - Day 5 Daily Blog Joule
Joule - Day 5 Daily Blog Joule
Joule - Day 5 Daily Blog Joule