That has been the question since many days as we are still waiting for the COVID test results. Today six boats of the fleet left, as many have crews on board that have to catch a flight in the Caribbean. We chose to hope that we will get the test results tomorrow, but we don’t…
On Tuesday we had a happy reunion with the two Swedish boats, Skyline and Modesty, whom we had separated from one month ago in Las Palmas. We were so happy to see them again and they had sailed to Mindelo without any problems, just a little more bumpy than expected. We went out for dinner…
Thank you everyone who has been following us on the YB races app. It is a new experience for us to join a race and it feels exciting and safe that our friends and family can follow us on the YB app. https://www.ybtracking.com/blog-full-post?id=192&title=World+Cruising+Club-+ARC We had a very good start as we were using the parasail,…
On Tuesday November 17, we made a trip with the ferry to Santo Antao, the most western and the second largest Island of the Cape Verdes. The guides took us to breathtaking valleys and imposing mountains. Houses are erected on the most unexpected places without access to roads. We really fell in love with the…
Praia, on the Isla Santiago is the Capital town of Cape Verdes, but Mindelo its the Cultural city and here is music everywhere. Instead of sports on the TV on ferries and in cafe, there is music videos and of course in the restaurants you can hear live music almost everywhere. The most well known…
Saturday, November 14 we sailed over the finish line at 18:02! We are so happy to be om Cap Verde after a week om the Ocean. We will write more, but here is a picture.
Tomorrow at 13 we will start the ARC+ 2020 race to Cap Verde. You will be able to follow our blog on this link: http://blog.mailasail.com/ydalir while we are sailing far offshore. There is also a second option to follow our short log during the race on: https://www.worldcruising.com/arc_plus/arc_plus_2020_eventlogs.aspx On Thursday we did our Covid-19 test, which…
This is only completion. We have been planning the provisioning for a long time. As we never knew if we might have to stay in quarantine sometime in Europe, the cabinets were full from the start. Now we checked and recalculated it, had discussions with the crew and order quite a lot of meat and…
A rush of excitement grows in the Marina every day as the departure dates sneak upon us. We celebrate and wave our flags and do the last preparations, improvements and check ups. It is easy to do now, before we have 1000 miles of water under us again. One personal check-up that will stay is…
This Sunday we had beautiful sunshine in Las Palmas and Bojan from Bomarin came and instructed us how to use our new parasail. It was a rather heavy swell, but initially only around 5 knots wind. These were not optimal conditions, as the sail get as much pressure from pendulum in the swell as from…