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We have had quite a heavy sea-state and following seas to deal with for the last few days, with wind in the mid-30kts and 5 meter waves. Nakee was sometimes hitting 9kts speed over ground surfing down these giant waves. Life on board has to slow down as the boat rolls heavily as the waves…
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After a few days of doldrums we finally found some wind and are making more progress in a southerly direction towards Mindelo. We have stowed the spinnaker and are flying the Genoa and main, both reefed. Hydrovane is doing a great job at steering the boat with no drain on the house bank batteries, really…
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We finally found some favorable wind and are now making progress Southward towards the Cap Verde Islands. Hydrovane is doing a great job of steering Nakee under sail with the spinnaker and using no electricity!
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Feels good to be moving again after a night of rolling on flat seas with no wind https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/Nakee/
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Our winch parts arrived, we are off to Cap Verde and then Trinidad https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/Nakee/
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Having a bike on board Nakee turned out to be (at least in Las Palmas) a really great move – it replaced my car and makes me super mobile.
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Due to an errant “riding turn” that broke an electric winch on the passage from Dartmouth down to the Canaries, Nakee has been stuck in Las Palmas on Gran Canaria waiting for about €60 of plastic replacement parts to arrive from Sweden. There are much worse places to be stuck – I’ve joined the local…
Bluewater sailing, diving and culinary adventures!
Bluewater sailing, diving and culinary adventures!