Repair and dry day in Brighton

Last night we arrived Newhaven which is a "do not stop harbour" but still good enough for us, as after 12 hours in the sea the pizza tasted very good. The deckmaster had a rough turn on the deck, with approximately 13 - 16 m/sec strait in the front trying to secure the genaker which was on her way out of the bag. It was a wet experience and as you can see from the attached video and the deckmaster had a tough day at work :)

Therefore we set the course this morning to Brighton which is such a marina we would like it to be!!! Here we have a fine chandlery and a workshop which we needed as we had a leak in the dorade vent in the bow. That has now been repaired with Sicaflex and hopefully we do not have to do that again. Only thing we did not find was a WIFI antenna but will see what to get tomorrow in town.

We have got new weather forecast from Mats from Frivind, which show that there will be a high pressure in the Biscaya from Sunday morning so that means we will set sail for La Coruna, a 600 nm leg. Looking forward to get more south and hopefully better weather.

Until next time, Ship ahoy

Sana in Dover and Kim's arrival !!!

After a 330 nm journey Sana arrived Dover last night. Asle, Christian and Jan has had a very nice trip but not without some wind and waves :)

Jan left the boat this morning and are probably in Lyngør as we speak. To bad I missed you Jan, as I (Kim) the editor has just arrived in Dover and I'm trilled and excited to finally be here. After and a smooth travel true Gatwick airport and change of train I was met by Christian and after a normal hug, Asle opened the Champagne for my welcome. Thank you guys :)

Tomorrow we are heading for Portsmouth which is a sailing for about 110 nm. The weather forecast for the next days looks very good so we might go for the Biscaya crossing on Friday, maybe Saturday.

As I arrived today I'm already looking forward to do some sailing even though the next days seems to be wind in the 20's from southwest which mean strait in the bow. And we are on a schedule so I presume there will be some engine running tomorrow as well.

Now Christian has started the dinner and Asle has opened a Marcenasco, 2007 Barolo so life is good.

Until next update, Ship ahoy

Approaching Dover !!!

It has been a long jouerny for Asle, Christian and Jan, but now Dover is within reach. Kjartan had to leave Sana on Saturday in order to get his course in London yesterday.

I'm looking so much forward to meet you guys tomorrow and continue the adventure with Sana.

As you can see from the attached pictures Sana is approaching Dover. The other picture gives you a idea of how much traffic it's in that area and this picture is from yesterday evening outside of Amsterdam. Sana can be spotted to the left in the middle.

Hold out guys and I will bring a good "anchor-drink" :)

Ship ahoy

The technical world

On my iPhone and the use of MarineTraffic I can track Sana based on their AIS system. How cool is that :) And after a quick chat on the sattelit telephone I also know that Sana is on a mission to pick up me in Dover Wednesday and they therefore have started a 52 hour jouerny. Way to go guys :) See you in 2 days.

Towards Kiel

Yesterday evening Sana came to Anholt in Denmark. After a quick dinner they continued to Kiel which are about 150nm further south. Even though they have had this though start with some bad weather I know they guys onboard are having a great time. ETA in Kiel will be tonight and I gues then they will sleep and pass the Kielerchannel tomorrow in daylight. It's a though job, but somebody has to do it :)

In the pictures attached you see a nice picture towards Anholt. Fueling in Anholt and the video is from Marstrand in Sweeden.

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Weather permitting !!!

After Sana's departure she had to go to Ellös were she has been produced at the Hallberg Rassy shipyard. There they changed the battery pack and the combi charger and inverter and hopefully now she will not experience more charging trouble.

How ever it has been the weather that has made the first leg a challange. Even though it has been blue sky in Skagerak it has been wind between 20-25 m/sec which forced Sana to go to Marstrand last night. On the video to right you see Sana surf in 16,2 knots which must have been a huge experience for the crew onboard.


Today the plan is to set course for the Kieler channel which is approximately 220 nm away which will be a sailing for about 30 hours. We all know that it's not possible to fight the weather but hope for better weather towards Kiel. Good luck guys.

Ship o'hoi

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