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Voyage Days 10 & 11
Friday 28 November 2025 - Leaving Vigo ☁️ dull, cloudy, 14°c, dry, wind variable (motor sailing)Breakfast at 0730h, then on deck to take down and stow the tent, bring in the gangplank and cast off the mooring lines. We then motored upstream, turning before the bridge, to sail downstream with the topsail, fore staysail, main and schooner set. We reached the sea and the wind died. We motor - sailed waiting for good winds for m the north or west in the next 15 hours or so. We are not on the watch list for this voyage as we asked not to do nights because of balance and visual shortcomings, so are ‘freelance’ to take part as and when we can. I spent the early afternoon reading and making notes up until supper and continued afterwards too. I have nearly finished my second Peter James book this evening. Light’s out at 2200h tonight - earplugs in as the change in temperature means we can sleep with the cabin door latched open so it could be noisy when the watches change at night.
Saturday 29 November 2025 🌦️cloudy, sunny spells, then rain pm. 16°c. Wind NNE variable, Force 7 later.Breakfast as usual at 0730h. I managed a reasonable night’s sleep. I was awake at 0600h when the generator came on. On deck the sails were much the same and we were still motor sailing. When the wind changed to the NE, more sails went up, the Mizzen, Schooner as well as the Topsail, Forestay Sail and inner jib. That kept us busy until lunch. I went for a nap after lunch. When I went back on deck I found it had rained. I finished making notes for my blog and chat. I finished ‘One of Us is Dead’ by Peter James so I am now reading ‘The Man who Died Twice’ by Richard Osman. After supper I had a shower before the sea got too rough. Ready for my bunk at 2130h. (I only got the camera out once during these two days - see below)
Friday 28 November 2025 - Leaving Vigo ☁️ dull, cloudy, 14°c, dry, wind variable (motor sailing)Breakfast at 0730h, then on deck to take down and stow the tent, bring in the gangplank and cast off the mooring lines. We then motored upstream, turning before the bridge, to sail downstream with the topsail, fore staysail, main and schooner set. We reached the sea and the wind died. We motor - sailed waiting for good winds for m the north or west in the next 15 hours or so. We are not on the watch list for this voyage as we asked not to do nights because of balance and visual shortcomings, so are ‘freelance’ to take part as and when we can. I spent the early afternoon reading and making notes up until supper and continued afterwards too. I have nearly finished my second Peter James book this evening. Light’s out at 2200h tonight - earplugs in as the change in temperature means we can sleep with the cabin door latched open so it could be noisy when the watches change at night.
Saturday 29 November 2025 🌦️cloudy, sunny spells, then rain pm. 16°c. Wind NNE variable, Force 7 later.Breakfast as usual at 0730h. I managed a reasonable night’s sleep. I was awake at 0600h when the generator came on. On deck the sails were much the same and we were still motor sailing. When the wind changed to the NE, more sails went up, the Mizzen, Schooner as well as the Topsail, Forestay Sail and inner jib. That kept us busy until lunch. I went for a nap after lunch. When I went back on deck I found it had rained. I finished making notes for my blog and chat. I finished ‘One of Us is Dead’ by Peter James so I am now reading ‘The Man who Died Twice’ by Richard Osman. After supper I had a shower before the sea got too rough. Ready for my bunk at 2130h. (I only got the camera out once during these two days - see below)
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