Author: Emmasailing

Turns out is was quite a good decision leaving Cornwall asap,

Here’s the weather forecast for tomorrow… (Phew!)

/T

All good with Emma. Sleeping works, boat works. She asked me to check out the wind forecast at windy.com, (quite an amazing site if accurate), and not being able to see the images herself, I recommended her to avoid the lack of wind straight ahead of her, and rather steer SWW until she reaches the lattitude of Madeira.

She is, however, going her own way (as she always does 😉 ), maybe longing for some easier sailing. The last day she’s been pushing the boat to about 7.5kN.

The texting service is quite expensive on her behalf so there’s with few words there’s currently not much more to add. Oh, she belives she spotted a whale!

I’ll keep you posted.

Best regards to all of you followers,
/Tjelvar

Sailing steady in 5kn. Under current conditions, Emma will reach las Palmas in about nine days!

/Tjelvar

As the AIS currently is offline I’d like to share with you that I’ve just received a message from Emma and all is well. Here’s her current position, as of Thurday 10 pm

All the best, Tjelvar. (Boyfriend)

And we are off! Winds are looking great fingers crossed 

Weather is amazing today 🙂

Love from me and Caprice 

I have slowly made progress this week and things are falling into place. The weather has not yet been perfect to leave, but on Sunday/Monday it is turning just in time for me to be ready. And it looks like a week of great winds, at times strong but northerly.

It has been interesting spending all this time alone and watching myself cope with different situations. Being alone can be exhausting. The energy to do things is quite different when you don’t have somebody there to push you on.

But being alone can also give you energy.

This is something I have wanted to do for a long time and though it has been quite tough at times the last two weeks I still managed to remember why.

I now cannot wait to be out there again, this time alone. My first ever ocean crossing alone with the sea.

A couple of days of hard work awaits to further shrink the ‘to do’ list. But it is also important to remember that all boats will always have a ‘to do’ list and sometimes you just need to prioritize and just go. Otherwise you may never leave. A few days ago a man kindly invited me for dinner on his beautiful cargo sailing lugger Greyhound anchored next to me (see picture of last blog) and he said that when people prepare their boats, actually they prepare their minds and many of the practical things are often excuses. He also said ‘remember, boats float and time passes’.

Bay of Biscay, here I come 🙂

Jag har nu varit i Falmouth i en dryg vecka.

Jag har en tendens i livet att köra för hårt tills alla energiförråd är slut och det var precis vad som hade hänt med detta projektet. Utbränd! Hela sommaren har jag kört på högvarv med alla förberedelser och seglatsen hit var fantastisk men också tuff.

Jag fick helt enkelt ligga till sängs ett par dar och mest vila och ‘att göra’ listan kunde jag inte ens tänka på utan att gripas av lätt panik.

Marinan jag låg i var dyr så den lilla energi jag hade gick åt att skaffa en gummibåt och efter 5 dyra nätter kom jag tillslut därifrån och ligger nu på svaj utanför stan.

Jag fick hjälp, stöd och sällskap förra veckan av Ulli och hunden Bettan från London och senare besättningen på Hrönn som seglat ikapp mig från Sverige.

Nu börjar energin krypa tillbaka och ‘att göra’ listan har jag plockat fram och försöker att långsamt bli vän med igen. Nordliga vindar blåser retsamt och solen skiner – jag vill komma iväg! Hrönn seglade söderut igår kväll.

Hoppas att jag och Caprice är redo innan helgen så vi får se vad vädret säger!

I have a tendency to push myself too much until all my energy reserves are gone and that was exactly what had happened to this project. Burnt out! Throughout the summer I have worked so hard with all the preparations and the trip here was fantastic but also tough. I simply had to go to bed for a couple of days and mostly rest. The ‘to do’ list I could not even think of without panic creeping up on me. The marina where I stayed was expensive so the little energy I had I used to get a 2nd hand dinghy and after 5 expensive nights I got out of there and am now on anchor outside town.

I got help, support and company last week from Ulli and the dog Bettan from London and later the crew at Hrönn who sailed me from Sweden. Now the energy begins to creep back and the ‘to do’ list I have picked up and try to slowly become friends again. Northern winds blow right and the sun shines – I want to get away! Hrönn sailed south last night. I hope that Caprice and I are ready before the weekend so we’ll see what the weather says!

Vi anlände i vackra Falmouth i Söndags. Besättningen har mönstrat av och kapten är trött. En hel del förberedelser finns att ta itu men innan jag känner mig redo för Biscaya. Och krafterna måste återhämtas och vindarna måste blåsa rätt. Jag återkommer då planerna börjar ta form men räknar med att vara här minst en vecka. Siktar på Kanarieöarna non-stop. Tack för allt stöd och intresse från er alla. 

Sedan vi kom fram till England har vi haft en välbehövlig paus från den hårda motvind som vi kämpat mot i flera dagar. Vi var less på alla saker som flyger omkring i kajutan, less på att inte kunna se framåt utan att få fullt med stickande saltvatten i hårda fontänstrålar i ögonen och less på allt vatten som flög överallt, till och med genom sprayhooden och rakt på kaffet som vi försökte koka. 

Men det var fina och häftiga stunder ändå. Caprice tog vädret med ro!

Nu har vi dock haft två underbara dagar med sol och nästan platt hav. Badat, vilat och fikat och jobbat lite med båten. Vi har haft bra vindar också mestadels. Tidvattnet är på ‘neaps’ nu så vi har kunnat segla non-stop.

Nu är vi vid Bolt Head och borde hinna fram till Falmouth imorgon, hurra! 

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Since we arrived in England we have had a much needed break from the hard headwind we struggled for several days. We were tired of all things flying around in cabin, tired of not being able to look ahead without getting stingy salt water jets in the eyes and tired of all the water getting everywhere, even through the spray hood and straight on the coffee that we tried to make.

But there where great moments also. Caprice took the rest with ease!

Now, however, we have had two wonderful days of sun and almost flat sea. Swam, rested, had ‘fika’ and worked a little with the boat. We have also had good winds mostly. The tide is on ‘neaps’ now so we have been able to sail non-stop.

Now we’re at Bolt Head and should catch up with Falmouth tomorrow, hurray!

Beachy head, Eastbourne and finally some calmer weather after a fruity morning’s sail along the coast to Calais and a perfect wind angle to cross the channel to Dover. The skipper sleeps and the crew post…