Dear everyone It sounds like life goes on in the shire and we enjoy following birthdays, the first day of school, football matches, digging holes in gardens etc. Skipper Jeppe has decided to sail RR down along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts. These waters are also the killer whales' home turf, (ed. see https://www.orcaiberica.org/last-interactions and … [Read more...] about 4. Travel Letter 9/8 2022
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3. Travel Letter 4/8 2022
Dear Friends and Family Now we are in A Coruña in northern Spain on the Costa del Muerte, the coast of death, uh uh. We have made it to Biscay and can now wear green trousers, says Susanne. It's over 4000m deep out there in the Biscay. No wonder it has any effect on the waves. We had a tailwind most of the time and the waves with us, so it rolled quite a bit and when we had … [Read more...] about 3. Travel Letter 4/8 2022
2. Travel letter 29/7 2022
Dear All I hope you are enjoying the summer heat in various summer houses, the zoo, work etc. RR arrived at Camaret Sur Mer this morning. A real French summer town with pavement restaurants, a beach and cosy French houses. We can stay in the harbour despite the tide difference, but that means we have to walk a long way along a pier to get into the city. We have taken some … [Read more...] about 2. Travel letter 29/7 2022
14-day update from RR – 19 Juli 2022
Dear AllNow 14 days have passed since we left Vallensbæk. We got Susanne and her two sons on in the morning, and Mette came home from a party the same morning. We had a nice trip to Klintholm. The youngsters were a bit seasick. The boys got off the next morning, and we continued to Gedser in a fresh side/headwind. As we were going towards Gedser, the engine would not take … [Read more...] about 14-day update from RR – 19 Juli 2022
Life raft testing
26 days before we cast off, we phase out and test our old SeaGo life raft with the help of the skipper on Njord, lying next to us. We have purchased a similar new 6 person offshore life raft from SeaSafe. See how such a raft unfolds in the video. Our experience: Now, we have learned a little about how such a small life raft works. The life raft is inflated slowly, … [Read more...] about Life raft testing