Ok, so, we go to Formentera, stay there for about 3 or 4 days and have a lovely time, we went on the mud baths and all
The water was just beautiful, like the scenario of some paradisiacal beach or something of that value
In the midst of all this, we manage to meet a Brazilian sailor, the first one in the past 2.5 years of Casulo. Great guy, a physicist that has helped in the discovery of one of the elements that help keep the parts of the neutrons together. Really great guy and incredibly smart. Any how, we had to leave to meet Solange’s cousins that were about to arrive and the weather was turning bad. We did so and 2 days later we returned to Formentera to show them where we were, only to find the Brazilian guy’s boat in the sand, completely damaged. We than quickly adopt him and have him as a temporary crew member, till we can get his boat fixed.
In the meanwhile, the weather keeps on turning from bad to worse, and among all these constant shifts of bad weather due to season changes, we manage to stop nothing less than this:
That’s right, a freaking water spout or whatever you may wish to call it…
So, long story short, after the boat is finally removed from the water and we manage to say our goodbye’s to Helio, we move on to try and reach Portugal.
So, on our way however, the weather keeps on getting ugly as it is still part of a season changing. In it we manage to get really huge waves that went easily from 3 to 5m tall, and got winds that were not so strong, up to 25knots. If you are unaware of boat speeds, our boat works like this (and by the way, wind knots and speed knots are a bit different, but influence on it):
3.5 – 4 knots: Dead slow
4.5 – 5 knots: Slow
5.5 – 6 knots: Normal
6.5 – 7 knots: Good
7.5 knots and up: Great!!
So, with these 25 knots of wind we got, we managed to make 16.3 knots of speed! We were just flying! In this more powerful weather we managed to break our sail, where it just ripped out, and lost one of our propellers. Luckily, when we realized this, we were just out of Gibraltar, where we managed to come for an unexpected stop over, which turned out to be a really nice one. Got to see some monkeys and all, great place!
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