Leaving Sunday Morning
We decided to leave the harbor on Sunday morning. Currently the wind is blowing extremely and once in a while the rain joins the wind with a lot of water. Even the ferries and the airports stopped their services. More than 180 planes were cancelled. And also the AIDA cruise boat stayed in Lanzarote for
Via Inmarsat:
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Update
Waiting for the storm to calm down. Storage is full. Ready for leaving tomorrow. Long:-13.53984 Lat:28.9622
Not leaving before Saturday
Short update on our situation. Since there is a storm coming on Friday we will stay in the harbor until Saturday. Then the forecast is promising nice weather to take off. We still plan to arrive before Christmas though. Lat:28.96186 Long:-13.53949
Preparation
So I arrived well at Marina. We used the Monday for some water and Coke shopping. It is not so easy to finde the right amount of water/beer/wine/coke. How much water will you drink in 30 days? So we decided to go for 300 litre of drinking water. Additional we have water in the tanks,
Arrived Well
So I managed the first step by arriving well at the Marina Lanzarote. The plan is to leave from here on Wednesday, if the weather allows that. Long:-13.5392 Lat:28.96222
Airport Stuttgart
So I made it on time to the airport Stuttgart. Unfortunately my luggage got an extra check and I had to send some diesel engine cleaning stuff back due to some acid reasons. Annoying. But now it’s time to say good time to Germany. But also good bye to good internet connection. Long:9.193726 Lat:48.689820
Leaving Munich
It is super late at night and I am in a fast train from Munich to Stuttgart. Finally my little adventure starts. The latest reports says that the sailing weather is not so awesome at the moment. But since the last crew member, Rüdiger, will join on Tuesday, we’ll have some time to wait for
Position Reporting
It seems that I will be able to report my position once in a while by using the satellite phone. I might be able to send a mail directly to the blog with a short status and my position. If that doesn’t work I still can send a text to a friend, who’ll publish the