Madeira

Yesterday we sailed from Porto Santo to Madeira in a nice northerly breeze. Before we left, Jon and Trond painted our name on the wall in the marina, as many other boats have done before us. Anne on "Galadriel" baked bread in the morning, and gave us one for breakfast, and it tasted delicious. "Super-Bernt", the new ultralight and ultrabig windvane on the windtiller, steered us steadily all the way. Approaching Funchal, many dolphins came to visit, and also a big whale came up to take a breath eight metres off our starboard side. Fantastic view in the sunset!



We motored the last miles into Funchal, but found that something was wrong with the engine. We couldn´t make more than 3,5 knots at 2000 rpm, usually we make 5,5 knots at this rpm. We dived to check our propeller, but found it ok. Today we spoke with the danish sailor/mechanic Henrik on "Pi", that told us to change the fuel filters. Jon also dived to clean growth on the propeller, so now we hope that the problem is solved.

We have met many scandinavians here, many of them we have seen before. Nice to meet people that speak an understandable language. Tonight we have planned a beach volleyball contest on the artificial beach. Mainly it will be a Norway vs. Sweden match. Used to the winning role, we expect victory tonight!