Carissa Oceanlady - OCEAN LADIES and s/y Carissa in Las Palmas after exciting journey!

P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} Team Ocean Ladies arrived in Las Palmas on 24th of October at 8.45 pm, just as planned, although it wasn’t the easiest journey from Helsinki!Journey started from Helsinki at the end of August, and everything was going as planned. Fun sailing with lovely ladies! Fourth leg started from La Coruna and the next stop was supposed to be Porto, but everything changed already during the first nightas Carissa met orcas at 11 pm. Report from that night: “We were sailing peacefully, when at 11 pm the helmslady and skipper Raija felt a strong push against boat’s rudder. At the same time first mate Paula saw an orca next to our boat along with a lot of bubbles and whirling around.We lost steerability and the helm rolled around uncontrollably. The orca attack that. read more...