Part 2 - TransAtlantic sailing - Falmouth to Madeira

[KallyJones]

Ouch. Big yardsale in the bow. Hate it when that happens.

[blueskyredkite]

Thank you for the English sub-titles, my Dutch is terrible.

I have heard it said that December is not a good time for a trip across Biscay, perhaps you didn't plan this very well?

[crypsnjord]

@blueskyredkite You've heard it right. Normally you sail your boat to Portugal in summer, and continue in autumn / winter from there. We did a lot of work on the boat before we left, and simply weren't finished in time... So the thought was: we'll go to England first and ask local fisherman how they do their work. Bottom line was you can still do it if the weather forecast is good for 2 / 3 days to sail clear of the Atlantic rig.

[JustWonderingHowToDo]

What costs are involved when you port into a harbour abroad?

[crypsnjord]

@JustWonderingHowToDo Depends very much where you go. Touristic places can cost up to 20-30 euro's a night for a 33 ft / 10 meter boat with 2 persons. But most places it's much cheaper (between 10-15 euro's a night) or even free. Of course countries like Suriname (Dutch Guinea, near Brasil) or some less well known Caribbean islands are even cheaper still.

[Spacemal]

She's a nice looking boat. We had a Rival 41 and took her from Lagos, Portugal to the cabo verdes then across to Fortaleza, Brazil. Back in 1999 - 2000

[jans6569]

I like the music at about 3:00... pretty relaxed sailing then! ;-)

[discipline21]

Falmouth where? MA?

[crypsnjord]

Falmouth, South-West England. You know it?

[Karletto555]

what were your experiences before first transatlantic? what licenses and permissions did you need?

[crypsnjord]

He Karletto555, my father bought the boat when I was born, so when we left for this trip we'd been sailing for about 19 years or so. We did trips to Norway, Sweden, France, the Channelislands when me and my brother were older. When we were young, we sailed mainly in the Netherlands and sometimes to Germany.

As of licenses and permissions, we only needed a Marcom B license (for the radio) and of course the proper visa. That's all! :)

[Karletto555]

tnx

[benmotorman]

nice, mine is set up for single handed but its always nice to have a extra hand hope to sail to Queensland from Tas soon and bum around the whitesundays  Isl for a bit

[benmotorman]

how big is your yacht ? we have a 30footer and we sail around Tasmania big seas here to het filmpie was leuk mooi reisje jongens

[crypsnjord]

He benmotorman, the yacht is a Westerley 33, so it's 33 feet. Just small enough to handle on your own without any hydraulics. And just big enough to keep out of each others way with 2 people on board ;-)