Nov 25, 2014

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Celebration day, 10!

Oh boy, what a day. Where to begin? First of all, we're celebrating the tenth day at sea, which I already find kind of overwhelming. Then we also passed the line of having less than 2000nm left (3704km)!
In addition to that, we reached 20°north, which means we can go straight west with the trade winds from behind!
And, if this wasn't enough, all the other celebration reasons seemed to pop up, one after one: sail technique success (spree boom), unintentional fishing, first bird photo for UNESCO and first Atlantic dolphin show!

So how did we manage to party this hard?
My dad made a solid beef meal with the most glorious smell I've ever encountered. Potatoes, fresh vegetables and real meat - no cans involved! After a little sail rescue fun we finished the meal with exquisite chocolate (as always).

(For interested sailors: our front sail completely loosened from its bo

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