Divalee - ETA, Effective Timeof Arrival on august the 15th... and a lot of fun ;)

Hi there,  We finally turned the lines on the visitors pontoonof Las Palmas wednesday august the 15th at 22h30 local time,after 5 days of no wind, and a crual back ache which happened on the evening ofthe arrival... and which isn't over at this time...  Great people in the harbour' office, great peopleon the pontoon as well :)  Love this quiet ambiance... guess it won't be thatquiet in three months time :)Divale's kindly waiting for us at the Gpontoon. Back next month in Muelle Deportivo for the early final small things tobe done before november ;)   So, leaving on the 30th of july from Brittany, wehad : ... mainly wind against us : from west as we attended to escape from theChannel for 2 days.... south west on the end of Brittany, south west F6 forcingus down to. read more...

Divalee - Still in the fog between Porto and Cascais

39°52 N / 9°15.20 W, 6H55 10/08/12Hi there,After a week spent fighting to leave the Channel from St Malo, then a new fight to get out of Biscay where we were pushed sailing to Santander on the following 2 days by up to 3m swell coming from the west and a ssO F5 wind, then another struggle to get Cabo Finistere passed with winds still coming from the west; we must admit that the main part of the navigation from the 30th of july will has been right in front of the winds using the engine, except the 48h past le Raz de Sein when it was impressive to look at our 43ft running under the full moon at 50° from the wind with the minimum sails surface in a swell up to 3m... to the very southern east part of Biscay :/Main consequencies were that, out of 5 people on board last week, we ended today at. read more...

Divalee - Still in the fog between Porto and Cascais

39°52 N / 9°15.20 W, 6H55Hi there,After a week spent fighting to leave the Channel from St Malo, then a new fight to get out of Biscay where we were pushed sailing to Santander on the following 2 days by up to 3m swell coming from the west and a ssO F5 wind, then another struggle to get Cabo Finistere passed with winds still coming from the west; we must admit that the main part of the navigation from the 30th of july will has been right in front of the winds using the engine, except the 48h past le Raz de Sein when it was impressive to look at our 43ft running under the full moon at 50° from the wind with the minimum sails surface in a swell up to 3m... to the very southern east part of Biscay :/Main consequencies were that, out of 5 people on board last week, we ended today at 2 people. read more...