JanKees Lampe's blog

Yessssss, I dit it!

A lot of garbage in the waters around here. Are we getting closer to
'civilisation'?

....of lobster pots!
Now that depth has decreased to a shallow 30 metres the area is coloured
with orange and black flags marking lobster pots. An extra outlook
required!

Race committee do their best to make it real OSTAR at the end.
Now, I'm in the middle of a huge thunder cloud complex, 6nm wide.
Torrential rain and hail. Flashes and thunder all around. Scary.
Clear on radar.
Switched off all electronics but autopilot.
Took the gennaker down. Full main.

I like thunder! Watching it from behing the bedroom window in my pyjama!
Not here, not now!

JK

What a hhell of a night! No wind at all! Totally becalmed! Mad!
With hindsight, I'd prefer the 47 knots of wind I had last week!

JK

Dead calm. No wind. Nada, niente, rien, niks!
Total white out' thick fog or haze!

Disaster!

Dead calm. No wind. Nada, niente, rien, niks!
Total white out' thick fog or haze!

Disaster!

Thick fog! Force 4/5 wind. Smoking along with 8 knots over ground.
Have some fisherman talking over VHF. Can't see them.
Keep a close radarwatch and eye on AIS.

Weird!

Bear in mind that we have to keep the red cans starboard and the green
cans port here.
And that chartdepth is in foot.

Landfall is coming closer. The idea of winning this OSTAR is slowly
becoming truth? This morning I even received the first congratulations!
From who else than from Bart (Boosman a/b Franschman a Boosman30).

Yes, at some point one may think about victory although the feeling says
"we're not finished yet!".
Line honours and a new record for 40 foot! My smile will reach from 41N
to 60N and from 70W to 05W!

Last night was good sailing and little rest.