We anchored in the bay of Laganas and while we were anchoring, we suddenly heard a puff coming from the water. It turned out to be a sea turtle that swam at the back of the ship and came up for a moment. We were surprised, because we knew that this bay was famous for sea turtles, but we did not expect to see one right away. And it was impressive, because the sea turtle was at least 1 meter long and weighed 80kg, which means that she is certainly more than 50 years old. The sea turtles have become the symbol of Zakynthos, they are called Caretta caretta and can grow up to 1.20 meters and weigh 100 kg. They mainly eat jellyfish, shellfish and seaweed. The breeding season runs from May to August. Females come ashore at night to lay their eggs in holes, after which they cover them with sand. A nest can contain up to 100 eggs. After about 60 days the young turtles hatch. They navigate to the sea by following the moonlight. The caretta caretta is very threatened by pollution, fishing and tourism. We spent 3 days in the bay, saw a sea turtle behind our boat a few times every day, but often 8 tourist boats immediately came to see the turtle very close as it tried to swim to the beach.

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📍If Gypsea Explorer were a human, her sails would be the arms that catch the wind, carrying us through the water. 💨🌊 ✅ We have three sails on our Sceptre 41; a Mainsail, a gib and an asymmetrical spinnaker. They all have different and important functions. 😱 When we went sailing on a little test ride, the Mainsail ripped, so we had to do a quick repair. The fantastic Kelly at Ullman Sails, made us a new Mainsail, and inspected our other sails. The Gib was sent to Bainbridge Island for a good scrubbing.

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UPDATE: Sunday champagne sailing , 100 degrees to the wind. These boats are more close to multihull than monohull performance. Doing 21 knots in 12 knots of breeze sometimes. To see more of Boris and his adventures check out the website at: www.borisherrmannracing.com or follow us on instagram or facebook at borisherrmannracing. We are still looking for more sponsors so if you are interested you can get in touch with us via the website.

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🔗 Acesse: hubly.work/mineiros-do-veleiro 🔗 Loja Mineiros do veleiro https://hubly.work/loja-mineiros-do-veleiro ⛵ Mineiros do Veleiro – Explorando o Brasil a Bordo do Aires ⛵ Golfinhos dando um show e a incrível Fast Festa

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Is your dream to sail the world? Get started with an Intro to Sailing Course with Sailing Virgins and beachbumblaine. For all the videos from the last Intro to Sailing Course check out @beachbumblaine on TikTok

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