can we help
+44(0)1983 296060
+1 757-788-8872
tell me moreJoin a rally

Menu

Somnium - Part 2, Midway Meeting



Hello "land rats", this are the "sea bears" from Somnium!

Today was really exciting! We made almost half of the way to Saint Lucia. Thanks to the bloody wind, we didn't hit the exact half yet, where we wanted to bake a cake. But we met Scallywag...

Scallywag was close by and radioed us this morning. We had a nice chat, exchanged experiences and impressions of the last days and talked about the weather. Additionally they told us, that unfortunately their Gennakerhalyard ripped and they couldn't fix it yet, as it is quite difficult with just two people on the boat of their size. So Somnium offered to help.
The crew of Scallywag liked the idea, so the two boats came together in the middle of the Ocean with nothing around. When we have been close together, Sven and Mart swam over to Scallywag to help them fix the problem. Angela and Roland prepared the whole reparation really well, so after some explanation of the Skipper we as a team have been able to climb up to the very top of the 25 m high mast, put a new Gennakerhalyard through the mast with the line of the boom lift and solve the problem.
After some refreshing drinks and a really nice talk Sven and Mart swam back to our boat. In addition, Angela and Roland gave us two twenty litre jerrycans of fuel, which meant a lot to us, as we do have more flexibility now, if there will be no wind for more days. Thank you Scallywag!

All together it was a really great happening! We have been really happy to help and meet nice people in the vast emptiness of the Ocean. The crew of Scallywag is delighted that they can use their Gennaker again and do not have to motor that much at these light wind (or should I say no wind) conditions.

We are still close by and it was a great atmosphere to see them sailing their Gennaker at sunset :)

PS: land rats and sea bears is Denglish and a direct translation of Landratten and Seebären from German.

Previous | Next