Passage from Cartagena to Gibraltar


The passage was VERY stressful as you can see in the pictures.

The wind was very good in the beginning and so we set the Parasailor and had good speeds between 8kn and 10kn and up to 15 in the surf down the waves.





And this despite the fact that the antifouling marine coating had given up and we have heavy growth underneath the boat.




Extreme chilling...















Now testing the foredeck and the trampolin.

HEY; this IS hard work. Thomas is testing if the structure of the trampolin is not weakened by the UV light!

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