Rúnar Karlsson

Spinnaker flying to the Azores

Google Earth map of the route so far
Google Earth map of the route so far

Siggi is part of a crew sailing from Isle of Wight - Vigo Spain - Azores - Lisbon, working for the UK Sailing Association. They have been making good progress with the ten students, doing 10-14 knots on average in strong winds, sometimes too strong. The day before arriving in Punta Delgada in the Azores, they tore the mainsail with three reefs in! So the last 90 miles were done with a trisail and a storm staysail. They have left the Azores and are enroute to Cascais close to Lisbon in Portugal. They estimate to be there at the end of the week. The crew has sailed over 2000 miles so far with about 850 to go before stepping foot on land again.

 

 

Here is brief email from him in Icelandic:

 

1. November 2008.
Er nuna i Punta Delgada a Azoreyjum og list afar vel a stadinn. Fallegur stadur og folkid vinalegt. Komum hingad i gaer
eftir mikla russibanareid fra Vigo a Spani. Hofdum 7-9 vindstig nanast alla leid. Mest a hlid og thegar vindurinn var
mestur lensudum vid undan vedrinu i a annan solarhring a 10-12 milna ferd med thririfad storsegl, stagsegl og yankee3.
Baturinn er finn en talsvert blautur, ma segja ad framdekkid se meira eda minna alltaf a kafi i sjo og oft mikil agjof
aftur ad styri. Ad sjalfsogdu er engin sjalfstyring i svona skolaskipi! Daginn adur en vid komum hingad
tha rifnadi storseglid. Ad visu var vedrid talsvert gengid nidur tha eda bara 7 vindstig og vid med thrju rif (!) en tha
voru sidustu 90 milurnar hingad teknar med trisail, storm-stagsegl og vel

Vid forum aftur af stad i kringum hadegi a morgun og kursinn verdur til Cascais fyrir utan Lissabon i Portugal.

Aettum ad vera thar i vikulokin.

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