That's it, we touched down!
After 17 days and 3 hours of sailing we have traveled the 2,200 miles that separate the Gambia Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. It is not without some relief that we come out our moorings unused for 3 months in Africa in the absence of port and dock where the hanging.
It has taken a few days to recover from our emotions, fatigue and some deprivation: Roberto beer, ice cream for girls and simply land for me!
But as promised here are some highlights of our trip.
- THE ENGINE DIED: in the middle area of \u200b\u200bInter-Tropical Convergence (pot-au-black for insiders), Roberto looks at the engine control panel to check our fuel consumption and rises, look completely panicked by announcing that for some reason he can not explain, the batteries are fully discharged engine. After long minutes of anxiety, the time required to check the circuits, it is a little innocent hand had simply disconnect the circuit breaker of the windlass en jouant avec ses playmobiles.
- UNE NUIT D'ORAGES : quand en pleine nuit, notre radar ne montrait plus qu'une seule grosse tache noire sur l'écran symbolisant la concentration d'orages, qu'autour du bateau on ne comptait plus les éclairs et les coups de tonnerre et que le ciel semblait éclairé par un grand projecteur. Après plusieurs heures à chercher à éviter le contact, Roberto décide de mettre le cap Nord Est (c'est-à-dire exactement dans la direction opposée à notre route) pour s'en éloigner. (Ok on évite peut être les orages, mais si c'est pour revenir en arrière, on n'est pas vraiment avancé). Je crains pour sa mental health, and if he had taken a gas blast without my noticing. Finally, another change of course and he decides to go through. I am so far more reassured about his mental state? not really, I do not know what to think, too much electricity in the air, fortunately the girls, at least, sleep and patience and soon it will be light.
to follow ....
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