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L'Equatore si avvicina. Italia e Gaetano equidistanti tra Africa e Brasile. Nel video di sabato 12 settembre. Un navigatore felice di stare nel suo elemento naturale: l'acqua. Non lo ferma la fatica, poco riposo, le difficoltà e la solitudine di questo lungo viaggio/tentativo di record per il giro del mondo. Una circumnavigazione ricca di emozioni.
Once again, we are reminded why schedules are a sailors worse enemy. While we wanted to show our friends Shroud Cay, we decided to head south from Warderick Wells to get at least one day of good sailing before the winds shifted. Had we not, we would have had at least one more day of motoring with the winds and the waves on the nose. Rather than head out in the sound, where we were expecting worse conditions, we decided to stay on the Bahamas Bank side. Yes, it would be a longer distance, but we wanted to see the West Side of Great Exuma Island. We had a great night at Little Farmers Cay. Were able to pick up three huge lobster tails from a local fisherman on the last day of the season. Then we head on over to Ty's for a bonfire at sunset. We got a great nights sleep but needed to weigh anchor early to make our way to about 1/2 of the distance to Hog Cay Cut. We anchored on the southwest side of Coakley Cay (Flamingo Cay) at the end of a "tongue" of deep water. All of the charts showed something different for this region. We spun around at anchor all night despite winds in the 15kn range. The current must have been pretty strong there, something we had not expected. Suffice it to say, I didn't get much sleep due to being woken by the bridle on the bob stays. HJog Cay is a shallow cut on the south side of Little Exuma Island needs to be taken at high tide. We woke at 6am and intended to weigh anchor at 6:30. We're glad we started earlier than this because the bridle had somehow gotten caught underneath the starboard hull...very weird.
Our solar-electric catamaran dream finally hits the water after months of blood, sweat, and fiberglass! But wait... gut punch incoming Watch the full Episode 2 here: https://youtu.be/BydVZSRm50w Follow the crazy journey converting a sailing cat to solar power & tackling the Great Loop! Like & subscribe for more boat fails, fixes & adventures! ☀️🛥️