ARC + Cape Verde
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Topic: ARC + Cape Verde
Posted By: gertha
Subject: ARC + Cape Verde
Date Posted: 04 June 2013 at 22:45
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The crowd at world cruising, the ones who run the ARC and Malts Cruise plus a few others are laying on a new cruise this year. I have booked Gertha on this trip, no other hanse is on ; but may be there is someone out there . If any one wants an Atlantic crossing , I need more crew. Will post a few entries as the event progresses . Appologies too the odd people I have pm about the Med ; but I have decided to go west; and that is with no reference to the Pet Shop Boys. Simon ------------- Swanned off |
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Posted By: CharlesP
Date Posted: 06 June 2013 at 19:13
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Hope you have a good trip Simon. When does the crossing start? Charles ------------- 'MERIDIAN LADY' 320 Nr 536 2010 Medway |
Posted By: gertha
Date Posted: 19 August 2013 at 22:37
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No other Hanse booked on this rally; however Gertha is ready to go. Looks like it will be me and the family in the Caribian for christmas and no other Hanse. If anyone else is out there let me know. Also April next year is Antigua race week; this has to be the best sailing fun you can do; please anyone bring your boat, or second best come and crew. Simon ------------- Swanned off |
Posted By: Wayne's World
Date Posted: 19 August 2013 at 23:48
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Simon, Good to see you are doing some long distance cruising on Gertha. We hope to do the ARC in a few years time. I am keen to keep up on you progress via your blog. Any chances of includng some photos on your blog? ------------- Wayne W Cruising, currently in the Pacific until the end of 2026. |
Posted By: holby
Date Posted: 20 August 2013 at 15:35
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Simon, Fair winds mate... Keep us posted. I see you have opted for the new ARC via the Cape Verde, should be interesting.. Dave ------------- Hanse 301, tiller steering, Volvo 2010 (10hp) 
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Posted By: gertha
Date Posted: 22 August 2013 at 22:00
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Wayne, Me and photos are a bit in the dark ages, however I will make my misison to include some photos; in truth I struggle to put a photo on this forum, let alone my blog. Dave , You have met the world cruising people so you have your own opinion, I enjoy sailing with them. They hoped to kick off a round the world going south through cape verdie and ultimately the beagle passage, this looks like it is going flat as no one has booked; but they have pitched at the new marina that they can bring tourist. It will be great fun as 50 boats are going to hit an island that has no inferstructure for sailing tourism, providing enough of us go with the idea that we are brining our own party it will be massive. on the other hand if everyone sails and thinks they are going to Ibiza it will be a challenge. Simon ------------- Swanned off |
Posted By: gertha
Date Posted: 26 September 2013 at 21:32
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Gertha is now in Las Palmas on Grand Canary. She is ready to go for another Atlanic. My crew is compete with a friend of daughter who was on board for return Atlantic in 2008, an American off the internet , and an Admiral. Simon ------------- Swanned off |
Posted By: panos
Date Posted: 23 October 2013 at 19:48
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Hi, Guess where I will be on the 6th of November. Hint: read previous posts carefully. ------------- Panos Hanse 630e - selling her - |
Posted By: holby
Date Posted: 23 October 2013 at 22:23
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Haha Panos, Down sizing..... Have a great time. ------------- Hanse 301, tiller steering, Volvo 2010 (10hp)
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Posted By: Lippe
Date Posted: 26 December 2013 at 22:00
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Hi. I am just now in Martinique and I saw a Hanse 370 or 400 in anchor east side of iland little south from the capital. Is it someone in the forum who is Sailing now here? Kari
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Posted By: Lippe
Date Posted: 26 December 2013 at 22:17
| For clarification. I am here to go onboard a swan 65 for ten days. S/y Lippe is in deep winter sleep in Finland. |
Posted By: CharlesP
Date Posted: 26 December 2013 at 23:04
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I think that might be Simon. Charles ------------- 'MERIDIAN LADY' 320 Nr 536 2010 Medway |
Posted By: CharlesP
Date Posted: 26 December 2013 at 23:12
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Think Panos is also on Simon's boat, "Gertha". Charles ------------- 'MERIDIAN LADY' 320 Nr 536 2010 Medway |
Posted By: Lippe
Date Posted: 27 December 2013 at 13:06
| I saw two men onboard. Boat is light Grey and has UK flag for civil ensign. |
Posted By: panos
Date Posted: 27 December 2013 at 15:22
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Hi, I was until about two weeks ago! I flew back to Europe about a week after the ARC+. Simon, crew and Gertha excellent! Had a fantastic time. Panos ------------- Panos Hanse 630e - selling her - |
Posted By: Eduard
Date Posted: 27 December 2013 at 20:54
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More details please, Panos. ------------- Ed sy "Nimby" Hanse 342 #611 (2007); white hull, (one) wheel steering, Selden mast & boom, furlex 200S, deep draught, two cabins, traveller in cockpit, DSC VHF, inboard ap, B&G Zeus + Triton (2x) |
Posted By: panos
Date Posted: 28 December 2013 at 18:29
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It is the privilege of Simon to make any announcements. I was just one of the crew. I will repeat it also next year with another boat. We already had a crew meeting. For sure the 370 sails very good and fast. I highly recommend this event! ------------- Panos Hanse 630e - selling her - |
Posted By: Henrik84
Date Posted: 28 December 2013 at 20:29
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Panos: Did you only sailed to Cap Verde? or did you also sailed to St Lucia? ------------- S/Y LaRey Hanse 320 #430 Gothenburg, Sweden |
Posted By: panos
Date Posted: 29 December 2013 at 13:58
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Of course we did all the ARC+ and crossed both finish lines. Cape Verde (Mindelo) and Saint Lucia (Rodney Bay) First leg about 880nm in 6 days and second leg about 2100nm in 16 days. We did not use the engine and only consumed about 50 lt of diesel. Mainly we produced electricity by towing a DuoGen generator 16/24h. Simon and Gertha stayed in the Carribean.  ------------- Panos Hanse 630e - selling her - |
Posted By: gertha
Date Posted: 10 January 2014 at 08:27
The whole reason to sail  ------------- Swanned off |
Posted By: Johan Hackman
Date Posted: 10 January 2014 at 09:05
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I think this is the greatest "inter-myHanse" encounter so far. Simon and Panos crossing the Atlantic in the same boat! I don't understand why you are so secretive about it! Share, please! Share! We want stories and pictures. Johan -------------  http://www.johanhackman.se" rel="nofollow - http://www.johanhackman.se |
Posted By: Swanji
Date Posted: 10 January 2014 at 10:18
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To add to what Johan has posted - please let us know what it was like, highs, lows, would you do it again etc ect I think I have to add this to my own bucket list  ------------- Onwards and upwards Nidri, Levkada, Ionian, Greece Hanse 350 #7, SY Evolution, standard keel, 3YM20 sail drive, 3 cabins, cherry wood interior, teak decks, feathering prop |
Posted By: CharlesP
Date Posted: 10 January 2014 at 23:18
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Yes, come on Simon and Panos. Please tell us all about it. Lovely photo Simon. Charles ------------- 'MERIDIAN LADY' 320 Nr 536 2010 Medway |
Posted By: gertha
Date Posted: 12 January 2014 at 10:52
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Trade wind sailing. canary to caribbian via Cape Verde Four weeks sailing down wind in warm seas ,warm air, four good crew and well provisioned boat. Or four weeks stuck on a boat, feeling seasick in the big ocean swell and cross seas, little or no sleep as the boat crashes and rolls, poor or no food , a crew that is not talking and always on the look out for squalls . I managed to select three good crew to help me on this years crossing, Kate had sailed Gertha before offshore, Kathleeen was an extra pair of hands , plus Panos down to earth hugely experienced sailor, mad as a bunch of frogs, if he gives up engineering he could host a TV show. Provisioning in Las Palmas Grand Canary is a cinch, however the number of boats that get it wrong amazes me. There is a man with a list of drinks, multiply the crew and days for 3 or 4 hard or soft drinks a day , place order and quarter of tonne of drink appears. Meat is the same , top quality, vacuum wrapped and frozen, again crew times days , it is not rocket science. Fruit and vegetables, either delivered or collected from market. Then 2 0r 3 supermarkets who deliver to boat. Wind and sea. The sea off Canaries is hard the first day or two pushed 50% of crew; but the sea settled and the wind was good so the crew started eating. I elected to push east on a broad reach , as the wind was predicted to move east , this would have pulled us round to Cape Verde; however the wind did not shift , we had 5 and half days of 15 knots from the northeast , perfect except should have stayed on the rhumb line. The wind leaving Cape Verde between the islands was strong, Panos managed some double figure surfs down wind on Genoa, think 13kn was the best. As we cleared the island the wind died, went on nose and by next day settled in to a trade wind, for 6 days we had a steady low teens wind sails were mainly genoa and self tack pole on pole, no great speed about 5 to 6 knots. Then the wind died to single figure for the next week, we ran the Asymetric day and night for 3 days gybing down wind, I have never sailed day and night with an Asymetric up however the winds were settled. Squals at dawn and dusk , we tried to get into them to use the wind ; but failed most of the time. As we closed Caribbian the squalls got together and we had 3 hours of 40 knots, a bit of quick sail changing as it came in fast and woke us up after 2 weeks of doing very little. we cleared the storm as we closed the island the sun was setting and a plane gave us a fly past, perfect. The little storm gave the crew a taste of what I had last time when we had a week of 4o knots, storms and equals. A close encounter with a whale one day was a high light , no fish caught, odd dolphins and sea birds seen. Sun tan to factor 9 , many books read, stories told. If every crossing was like this one I would do it again. If any one looks at results we are midway , pulling a Duogen for electric slows you about half a knot, but the peace of no engine for hours a day to keep battery charged is worth it, also the rally alowes engine use; but you should declare your hours; I fear that not everyone is honest about this. The event as a sail in company and not a race. As captain I deligate Panos to post photos, as I never take any and he took 3 thousand. his knick name was go-pro on some on the other boats ------------- Swanned off |
Posted By: CharlesP
Date Posted: 12 January 2014 at 14:15
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Thanks Simon. Excellent report. So concise, yet informative. Looking forward to a few photos. Charles ------------- 'MERIDIAN LADY' 320 Nr 536 2010 Medway |
Posted By: Swanji
Date Posted: 12 January 2014 at 14:30
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Hi Simon Great report. Interesting conclusion - if you had the same weather you would do it again versus your previous experience of strong winds and storms. But you still did it again anyway perhaps the allure of the Caribbean?Do you see many other boats during the crossing or are you so spread out? So no equipment failures - autopilot, watermaker, running rigging due to chafe, engine? Must be an awesome feeling when you get there! ------------- Onwards and upwards Nidri, Levkada, Ionian, Greece Hanse 350 #7, SY Evolution, standard keel, 3YM20 sail drive, 3 cabins, cherry wood interior, teak decks, feathering prop |
Posted By: gertha
Date Posted: 12 January 2014 at 18:23
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Basicly no other boats seen after first day; but at the end we saw a couple of other boats. We did see one boat , it was sunset and there was a rainbow behind us, the combination of light showed the sail, by way of bonus we raised him on VHF. Equipment failures again nil, the boom preventer chafed as we had it set for so long whilst using the boom to hold the self tack when pole to pole, to leave the sails in the same position for days on end is a new experience for me. The alternator appeared to be failing on the last day, however the starter motor also started to fault a week or two ago, the problem is the main neutral connection for the engine is on a stud below the rubbish exhaust elbow, so a bit of corrosion was problem and all is now working again. A rivet came out of the boom, this we replaced; do not go to sea without the biggest rivet machine you can hold. A shackle came off the second reef. Maybe one or two other odds and sods. A landfall after a few weeks at sea is always a good natural high plus offshore sailing gives you a great peace , there is no one apart from you and the elements, even with modern communications you can get away from it all. S ------------- Swanned off |