Just sitting on flight at Schiphol Airport and conscious of how lazy I have been not posting.
It was wonderful to sail into St Maarten in the dark and see all the lights glowing from the islands.
And felt weird after 3 weeks at sea to finally anchor and share a few drinks.
I promised to be honest in these updates and so many mixed feelings.
Mentally 3 weeks on the ocean has not been easy and definitely not recommended for all. Of something goes wrong you really are on your own.
For a couple of weeks we suffered a difficult sea but this was caused by the wind coming from the NE which was favourable to Yemaya.
But and a big “But” there have been so many upsides ranging from some fantastic sailing to spotting a turtle to dolphins swimming in phosphorescence alongside to finally arriving.
Yemaya too has been a star bravely shouldering whatever the Atlantic threw at her.
As for our Skipper:
Well he truly did us proud in terms of leadership, cooking even when the seas were hellish and repairing all the little niggles that needed attention.
And yes:
He did make it across this time mast intact!
A huge thank you to:
For the most wonderful experience and a huge thank you to anyone who has been bored with these blogs.
I will be posting various things to keep this going for anyone interested, having started seems a shame to stop but signing off from our Trans Atlantic.
Bye for now
Missing Max