On the way to Madeira



At 18.40 today we started to Madeira. Until 1800 they were working on the new trampoline.
Course is currently 204 and Speed over ground 3.5kn.
There was heavy wind this morning up to 32knots but i died down. The swell is still noticeable so lets see how we all cope with it.

Soon we will be out of cell phone coverage and then i can only send emails via HF radio.
Roughly every 24h i will try to update out Positionreport on this website. I might not be able to send pictures.

In 20Minutes the sun will go down, then we switch radar and lights on since we are crossing the shipping lane which starts in Gibraltar.

We have to keep outside the so called traffic seperation zone and therefor we are currently going a little be more south and then in 12hours we will turn a little more south west.

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