Cesta okolo sveta/Slovenska (Traveling around the world)
This was our first real experience with long distance boat travelling. We imagined it before in the romantic way how is the world on sea beautiful (even if the sea is sometimes rough) and free. We were looking forward what we are going to see and experience in this short period of time … Here is the reality :)
The last night in St. Augustine / The first swimming during our sailing
The last goodbye to USA / The first crossing of the gulf stream
The last change to the officer / The first sunset on Bahamas
Visit of Charleston, meeting with famous multihull boat designer Jim Brown and unforgetable evening evening on Daufuskie islannd with our new friend Erik…
Continue reading “Welcome to Daufuskie, do you want a beer?”
Our repaired rudder works well, but we cannot risk to take it offshore. It’s obious that we cannot just buy a new one and we have to produce it…
We are still waiting in the marina without showers and laundry for our friend who will help us to repair the boat – there are no problems, just solutions… I don’t know after how many days, but sun is shining again – the plan for today: city center and battleship.
Continue reading “There are no sidewalks in USA but bus drivers are great”
Ve stayed in Cape May couple more days waiting for better weather, we sailed whole night in big atlantic waves, went through lakes, rivers and endless canals of intercoastal waterway and at the end also sun shined and got warmer….
Wind power 70 miles per / hour, waves can reach 30 feet, high tide 3 feet higher than normal, heavy rain …
Updated after hurricane
Oct. 25st 2012 – day of our return flight from USA. We look at the sky and think when exactly our plane departs. With the sound of motor and waves we are approaching New York City…
It is yellow like a chick, heavy like a cow, big like american truck, high like two floors, it can b reeeealy slow, but also scary fast … what is it?
All staff is packed, food prepared, just to say goodbye to the people at the Dolphin fleet crew party and tomorrow morning we are sailing through Cape Cod Bay to south…
Update: departure is postponed …our first days on the boat