After more than a year at home, we have decided to start another trip towards the sunshine. We have too many places yet to visit - many of which we had to skip as Covid-19 made us sail back home to Norway in May-July in 2020.
The departure will be in the first week of August. By then we have both had our 2 Covid-19 vaxinations.
Our sail plan is departing Farsund for the English channel, possibly have short stops at Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Cherbourgh and finally to Brest, where we will wait for a decent weather window to cross the Bay of Biscay. We hope to make it to Viana Do Castelo, Portugal in one go.
From Portugal we will sail to Porto Santo in the Madeiras where we will spend a few weeks.
Then onwards to the Canary islands where we will visit various places we haven't been before.
In December we will, covid permitting, set course for Barbados alternatively, Grenada.
We have done lots of replacements and improvements on the boat. New solar panels, new anchor winch/chain, bow thruster, cooling box. Electrics has had good TLC. Also fitted a new MF/HF radio with DSC and purchased a small Inreach tracking device, that will enable you to keep continous track of our position. Have a look at this link Ocean Viking - position chart
More will follow when we get under way. Love from Grete & Geir
1 comment:
Duly noted.
Fair winds, and following seas!
73s de Hans
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