Bermuda
Who can sail without wind? Yes, Bonanza can! The leg from Cuba to Bermuda took us no less than 13 days, and we had expected about 8 days. With little or no wind except the last day, we averaged about 70 nm a day. We don't have big fuel tanks on Bonanza, only 70 liters and about the same on jerry cans, so motoring the whole way was not an option. But we are sailing, aren't we? And then, we arrive when we arrive, impossible to plan the wind.
Quiet days on the sea is not bad at all, and the days passed very quickly. We read many of our books and saw all of our new DVD movies that should last to the Azores! All the way, we had company of sailing jellyfish, called Portugese Man of War. They have a sail and we have heard that they can even sail against the wind. The are also very dangerous, so you don't want to touch them. In the middle of our passage, we could hear stations from Florida on our VHF. That amazed us, it was a distance of about 500nm, and far above normal VHF range of about 40 nm. Also, approaching Bermuda, we could listen to Bermuda Radio several days before we arrived.
Harald, Arild's brother did a great job sending us weatherforecasts every day on the sat-phone. In addition we downloaded weatherfaxes from USA on our SSB receiver. Together we could make up our mind about the weather situation. On this leg we had nothing to fear. The next leg will be worse, with greater probability of strong winds.
Bermuda is nothing like the Caribbean, it is more like Europe, but with some very special houses with white roofs. It seems like a wealthy island(s), but the bad thing is the prices here, it is worse than in Norway. St. Georges, where we stay, is a small town, but very nice. Many boats are anchored in the harbour, many of them are bound for Europe. Many norwegian boats have left for Azores already, and some left yesterday. We will stay here on Bermuda until Wednesday or Thursday, depending on the weather. A deep low is moving in from the west, and we want to wait until it has passed. We will use the time to fix a minor problem in the rigging and buy more jerry cans. If we have the time, we want to go to the Maritime Museum. Bermuda is a british crown colony with alot of maritime history.
Quiet days on the sea is not bad at all, and the days passed very quickly. We read many of our books and saw all of our new DVD movies that should last to the Azores! All the way, we had company of sailing jellyfish, called Portugese Man of War. They have a sail and we have heard that they can even sail against the wind. The are also very dangerous, so you don't want to touch them. In the middle of our passage, we could hear stations from Florida on our VHF. That amazed us, it was a distance of about 500nm, and far above normal VHF range of about 40 nm. Also, approaching Bermuda, we could listen to Bermuda Radio several days before we arrived.
Harald, Arild's brother did a great job sending us weatherforecasts every day on the sat-phone. In addition we downloaded weatherfaxes from USA on our SSB receiver. Together we could make up our mind about the weather situation. On this leg we had nothing to fear. The next leg will be worse, with greater probability of strong winds.
Bermuda is nothing like the Caribbean, it is more like Europe, but with some very special houses with white roofs. It seems like a wealthy island(s), but the bad thing is the prices here, it is worse than in Norway. St. Georges, where we stay, is a small town, but very nice. Many boats are anchored in the harbour, many of them are bound for Europe. Many norwegian boats have left for Azores already, and some left yesterday. We will stay here on Bermuda until Wednesday or Thursday, depending on the weather. A deep low is moving in from the west, and we want to wait until it has passed. We will use the time to fix a minor problem in the rigging and buy more jerry cans. If we have the time, we want to go to the Maritime Museum. Bermuda is a british crown colony with alot of maritime history.
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