Sun is shining after a five days period of dark clouds and strong winds.
Today we are sitting with Pertti in harbour café and "connecting" with fotos music etc.
Computer Grandfathers!
We had a great farewell party in Lagos Marina because a well known portugese Rock band was playing in the weekend we were leaving for Madeira. (Porto Santo)
Sailing towards the evening sun was a pleasant experience for two northern sailors. First the wind was impossible when rounding Cabo de St Vicente. After the crossing of the shipping lines the wind came and it was from behind as predicted. Good sidewind sailing with speeds exeeding 8 knots the whole following day. The second night the wind force incrased to something over 30 knots. We reefed the genoa and tried to reef the main when the halyard holding the boom snapped so I decided to take the sail down completely. With the two of us in the crew it is very dangerous to reef or take the sail down without having any supporting line. The main had no big affect of the speed. The speed remained more than 6,5 knots.
Three days and 20 hours from Lagos to Porto Santo, not bad for 480 Nm sailing. With difficulties with the main. Although the wind helped us and pushed S/y Naneux fast forwards.
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| The singer of the MT 80 band |
And of course more story and pics of the great band. we really enjoyed amogst the others in Lagos Marina atmosphere.
Some pics!
