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Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands

... people are not native islanders but people that come over from Africa to try to make money from the tourists. It was a Sunday so there was not a lot of activity but the streets were full of police - I am guessing due to the fact that a ship was in port. The streets were clean and most of the buildings were kept up - we wandered around a bit - not much was open and we searched high and low for postcards and stamps ...

Mindelo, Cape Verde jimstephkrueger
Cape Verde

We woke up to a gusty morning and waters are very choppy. Looks like our plan to leave today will be postponed to tomorrow or when the weather's better. We're gonna get some food provisions later after this. I'll have to put the little spanish that I know and the little bargaining skills that I have to use. It was difficult in the beginning, but after you know roughly the price around, it's much easier. I had a go myself ...

Mindelo, Cape Verde ccheng
Arrival in Cape Verde

... up with the cousins of Michael and Jennis, the american couple I met in Barcelona by chance, yesterday at the marina. I thought I recognised the name of their catamaran, SCUD. It was a nice surprise to meet them here. They left this morning for the Carribean. We will be leaving tomorrow for Barbados. Till then, keep a lookout on this blog! The voyage is expected to last at least 20 days, if we're lucky enough to have winds of 5 miles per hour everyday.

Mindelo, Cape Verde ccheng
Les derniers jours avant l'arrivee au Cap Vert

J+9 : Vendredi 16 Nov Si on maintient notre vitesse, on devrait arriver samedi dans l'apres midi. Aussitôt dit aussitôt ... pas fait. En fin de journee le vent tombe pour atteindre 0km/h pendant la nuit. J+10 : Samedi 17 Nov On a plus du tout de vent. C'est très frustrant d'être si près du but (70 miles) et de ne pas pouvoir bouger. Pas un soufflé, la mer est parfaitement calme : un miroir ...

Mindelo, Cape Verde ccheng
J+8 / D+8 Thurs 15 Nov

... of the lines...we had 3. The 2 lines from the fishing rods were seriously tangled. We couldn't even reel the line back. Phil had to pull in the lines by hand. To our pleasant surprise, finally a fish we can eat! A dorade. Phil put some alcohol in the gills to kill it, while Greg and I spent about an hour trying to untangle the lines. Dinner that day was fried fish and mushroom and lettuce stew (Chinese style). By the end of my night watch, I finished my 2nd book that Phil lent to me ...

Mindelo, Cape Verde ccheng
J+7 / D+7 Wed 14 Nov : Phil lost his shorts!

... Il s'accroche a la corde et alors que j'attrape l'appareil photo : « Help, help ». Il est parti trop loin en arrière et, créant une grosse gerbe d'eau, il lui était impossible de revenir au bateau, et finalement lâche la corde. A cette vitesse, il était déjà loin lorsqu'on lui jette une bouée de sauvetage, Claudia garde les yeux fixes sur lui pour ne pas le perdre dans les vagues. On démarre le moteur, tombe la voile principale et fait demi tour. Dans le remous des vagues ...

Mindelo, Cape Verde ccheng
J+6 / D+6 Tues 13 Nov

... though their boat is almost the same size as us. We let them pass behind us and soon they disappeared into the horizon. We put up the other pole to support the bottom of the genoa and turned on the engine to catch up. We haven't seen them since. We soon arrived into the Trade winds zone and were soon sailing at around 5-6 knotts.

Mindelo, Cape Verde ccheng
J+5 / D+5 Mon 12 Nov

(En français) C'est très calme en ce moment. Quelques dauphins phosphorescents dans la nuit. Au petit matin, on manque de se prendre un porte containeur en pleine face : C'est assez difficile de voir la direction des navires dans le noir, surtout quand on voit pas bien les couleurs et sans vent, pas facile de manoeuvrer un bateau. Bref on a du démarrer le moteur pour ce sortir de sa route. Bien évidemment, lui ne s'est pas inquiète pour nous. (In English) In the ...

Mindelo, Cape Verde ccheng
J+4 / D+4 Sun 11 Nov

... Alors qu'on remonte la ligne, et que la bête sort la tête de l'eau, je me baisse pour regarder ce que c'est, il me crache un jet d'eau a la figure ; « Oh toi, tu l'emporteras pas au paradis... » Un joli calmar d'environ 40 cm qui finira dans nos assiettes a midi et le soir : excellemment prépare par ma chérie. (In English) More dolphins! We just woke up and were greeted by a group of dolphins swimming at the back of the boat. For lunch that day, we looked ...

Mindelo, Cape Verde ccheng
Departure fr Arguineguin / Depart d'Arguineguin

(En français) 13h15, départ sur les chapeaux de roue de Arguineguin avec un bon vent qui nous propulse a plus de 7 noeuds (env. 13km/h). A cette vitesse on est au cap vert en 5j. C,est génial de voir le bateau allonge sur son flanc et voir l'eau défiler. Surtout a travers les hublots desquels l'eau est a ras. Puis le vent tombe, tout de suite ça devient moins amusant, voir ennuyant. Quand il n'y a pas de vent du tout, le ...

Mindelo, Cape Verde ccheng

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