En: This is a day of grieving, because on the way into the harbour on Isle of Man 🇮🇲 a fender was lost to the sea. It was put on the deck and immediately after letting go, it rolled down and landed perfectly under the railing, from where it rolled directly
En: The mission was to reach Dublin, but due to problems with the motor/gas, and the fresh water system, we had to make a pitstop and therefore became Kilmore Quay our first town to visit in Ireland 🇮🇪. Lucky for us, the problems were resolved within 2 working days 😊 And
En: 4 days is now over on Isle of Wight and we have set sails for Dublin. On the island we got to do a bit of sightseeing. We saw an old Roman bath house (you do a cold bath, hot room, hottest room, and when you have sweated all
En: Our first English city is Dover, which can be recognised due to its beautiful white cliffs, which we could admire from the sea side as we sailed into the harbour. We got to visits Dover Castle, which was build in the 1180s by king Henry II and during the
We have arrived in Calais, France 🇫🇷 We ended up sailing toward France a day earlier due to a strong gale hitting the Netherlands, which we managed to sail away from. Even so, we still ended up in 15 m/s winds and 2–3 meter waves out in the middle
First stop on the trip is Rendsburg in Germany 🇩🇪 We have been sailing non stop from Horsens and until we reached Kiel where we sailed into the canal and to Rendsburg. Here, the rest of the day were used on dinner and grocery shopping before sailing out tomorrow
After a 2 days delay, we have officially left Horsens harbour and has begun our 3 month trip The boat has been filled to the brim with stuff (maybe a little too much) and the sail has been set for the first time this year. Wish us good luck and