Towards Start Point

After leaving Dover in mist I had a slow start. Beating to
Dungeness, Beachy Head, past Brighton. The NW-erlies appeared at the
right time. Last night I passed St Catherines point in 30kts. Today it
is beautiful upwind sailing towards Start Point. Tomorrow I will arrive
in Falmouth. All well on board Home of Jazz.

MEANWHLE IN DOVER

As you may have noticed it is not easy to get from Holland to Falmouth. SW-erlies all the time and a bit rough too. I fell down in the cabin and crushed one of cabin lockers. Yesterday I repaired this damage in Dover where I am still waiting for the force 7 to calm down a bit. Tomorrow conditions look good for the leg to Falmouth.

VANDAL RACING IN HOLLAND

Some footage of the pre start of the 50 miles race in lelystad. VQ32 Vandal sailed by Leslie Irvine and Dick Koopmans.

Finally at sea

Today the wind eased off to wnw 20-25 kts. Crossed the Maas entrance and
now heading for Dover. Martin Seller is with me. It is better not to be
single handed in these very busy waters. All fine on board. We will sail
to Cowes, where Martin will step off, probably on Sunday. The last few
days I will have some single handed training miles, before arraiving in
Falmouth.

lovely presents

A present for each day from my youngest daughter! She knos exactly what her daddy needs!

STILL IN SCHEVENINGEN

Due to bad weather Home of Jazz is still in Holland. The good news is that I have a new delivery crew. Martin Selles will join me, great. Looks like we can leave tomorrow. The SW 7-9 has declined somewhat this evening.

EINDELIJK VERTROKKEN

Vandaag eindelijk vertrokken om 06.00. Alleen, want de wegbreng
bemanning is op het laatst afgehaakt. Gisteren nog dikke West 6 tegen.
Nu licht weer en zon, maar dat is maar voor even want er komt Zuid West
7 aan. Ik had gehoopt dat net voor te kunnen blijven, maar de gribfiles
van vanochtend laten zien dat dat niet gaat lukken. Heb besloten er een
lekkere zeiltrainingsdag van te maken en naar Scheveningen te zeilen.
Oefenen met het nieuwe grootzeil dat pas voor de 3e keer omhoog is. En
zonnebrand smeren!