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26/11/2015
Seraphina of Chichester - Officially in the tropics
Daily life onboard Seraphina.Apart from running the ship, sail her, eat and all the routine stuff wealso engage in more serious fun. We started the day by figuring out when we would cross the Tropic ofCancer. South of this latitude you are officially in the tropics. We had alengthy discussion if it would be dotted or dashed; different globes displaythem differently. We were a bit disappointed when we saw nothing, just open bluewater under a blue sky. After crossing this imaginary line we suddenlyfound ourselves in the tropics and sure enough the hottest day so far. We werealso lucky that Neptune does not charge for safe passage over this line. We also needed to figure out where we are on the globe; there are no signposts here, just water. At about 10a.m the sextant.
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19/11/2015
Seraphina of Chichester - Drinks Provisioning on Seraphina
The drinks are now on board and with over 200 litres of mineral water all will be fine. Hope to save this until we are well on. In the meantime water from the tank and and water maker will be the order of the day. Great team work packingand storing it all away. Thanks Ole and Renne!.
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21/08/2015
Seraphina of Chichester - Seraphina arrives to Las Palmas
We had a great run down from Gibraltar to Las Palmas. Having left on Monday 10th August we tracked across towards the NW corner of Morocco and set a SW course to a point around 100 miles of the coast at El Jadida. In doing so wefound we picked up the smoother Atlantic swell than the chop that is found in the shallower waters closer to the African coast. From there on it was a clear downwind run all the way to the port of Arreceif on Lanzarote. On the way we encountered very strong winds with gusts well into the 40 knots. Seraphina handled it all beautifully and took it all in her stride. We had ample opportunity to try out various downwind sail combinations and found a poled out genoa and main on a preventer to be ideal in the blustery conditions with steep following seas. We spent a.
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