food for a month. this was superfluous. on azores all was available. never reley on articles completely
1997-06-27 leaving RMY with Simon, NicoAnnemiek, Trijnie and Eddy
Tthe happy owners of pandiono
parents of alida and jente and wisse wish us a good voyage
reaching beachy head (england)
pandiono likes the speed
lighthouse eddy stone
at night at lands end. we leve the channel and are on the atlantic ocean. several halyards and reefing lines break. we return to england
the top of the mast bends to much
june 31th, we return to england for for repairs
june 31th at 20.00 in front of falmouth
annemiek lieves, she does not have enough time for a second try
each crewmember gets repair job to do
trijnie, up in the mast for insert a new 13mm spectra halyard
new reefing lines (spectra13mm)
eddy is somewhat seasick. maybe to much tension and fatigue
saterday july 5th. nico is badly seasick and stays so until the azores
a sleeping whale. we forget to lower the sails. what serious, stressed people we are
thuesday july 6th
a skippy ball from a floating tuna net
we dis see until now one freighter end now a sailboat from sao miguel?
wednesday july 9th. we sail into the azoren high and becalm. sao miguel in sight. at night I decide to use the outboard. 4 hours later we are in the harbour
thursday 10th in ponta delgada. our neighbour is a charterboat more or les sunken by an encounter of a whale with the saildrive
ponta delgada seen from the harbor head
the lifeboat of ponta degada
the little (38ft) trimaran olympus did once defeat the 77ft Kriter V in the route du rhum
the owner build a new dagger board
these ship are there from the winter 96-97. they broke loose in the harbour during a gale force storm
as it goes in the azores. unthinkable in the netherlands
friday july 11th. we drive around the island
in this hot sulfuric steam food is cooked for inhabitants and restaurants
we did have a fabulous left over from the caldeiras as lunch
I visited the botanical parc in 1969 when I travelled by ship to surinam for my militairy service
the eastcoast of sao miguel
hortensias were introduced from china to bring shade when the english started tea plantations at the azores. it was not a big succes.
milk hauler in the traditional way
rob and nico walk back from lago verde to the harbor in ponta delgada.
saturday july 12th. I recognize this mirador from 1969. it shows lago azul and lago verde
at the ridge of the caldeira das sete cidades (seven cities??)
sunday july 13th. leaving sao miguel for horta on faial
leaving sao miguel for horta on faial
many jumping dolphins
through the clouds the summit of pico can be seen. but no wind to get there
trijnie cleans the bottom of pandiono
pico, the highest mountain of portugal. the cloud is there permanently.
at night is visible that no one lives at the level of cloud. not one light can be seen at that level
Faial. arrivel at horta at 24.00
horta. tuesday july 15th
wednesday july 16th
he has gon around the world. I dream of that journey
tradition, making a painting to commemorate the atlentic crossing. we did not do that yet
a story of dispair. their essential parts send by fedex from the usa did not arrive in time for the autumn storms
the famous cafe sports used to be the place for support for the cruisers in early days
Capelinhos, new land erupted oct 1958. in 2009 I was here again, with lea on synergy (55ft freres)
cafe con leite i um bolos
pico. tuna fishing the traditonal way. done with rods and hooks and bait
friday july 18th. leaving for terceira
saturday july 19th. trijnie and I will sail back. rob not due to having heavy diariah and nico not while being serious seasick
sunday july 20th, up to england. wind nnw, where have to go. first a long tack (330deg) up the ocean until we meet westerly winds.
this is the last event until england, fishing together. no whales, turttles or dolphins
monday july 21th. we met westerly winds and sail strait to england
topping up the batteries
july 26th. we are near the entrance of the channel
during the night two petrels return each night and circle pandiono. over the day we do not see them
dartmouth. arrival sunday 27th at 16.00. left terceira 15.45. exactly 7 days at sea
we moor in the marina. 10 minutes later staas and fanny bruinsma (family of friends) are surprisingly on board. our feeling being world travelers is gone
campagn, celebrating our succesful voyage. later inge and ton de vries of close to perfection show us a picture they made of us arriving in dartmouth
southampton wednesday july 30th 16.45 leaving for IJmuiden-amsterdam
thurday jul 31th 22.00 arrive before IJmuiden. we did sail 3885 Nm in 22 days. 190nm/day minimum 80nm, max 240nm/day
at RMY, drying sails and being satisfied