Rodrigo just needed some help in Palma with the refit of a 106 foot sailing yacht and connected with Richard. It was supposed to be for one week and turned into a delivery of 3 months. The owner asked them to deliver the yacht to Antigua before the start of the caribean charter season. This yacht needed a lot of work before it was ready to cross the Atlantic, but they were both up for the challenge.

We went on our way from Palma to Sotogrande once we arrived there we had to wait a week for a good weather window for heading down to Lanzarote. After leaving Sotogrande we had a little stop in Gibraltar for filling up our fuel tanks before we left to Lanzarote.
After 3,5 days we arrived in puerto Calero Lanzarote. Refilled the watertanks, did our food provisioning and final checks in and around the ship.
At this point we just needed to wait for the tradewinds, wich would bring us across the ocean.

And off we go heading to Antigua…..that was our plan….. After 3 days of sailing we had an unpredicted wind-drop and we had to continue on the engine – the problem started. The hydrolic valve that controls the pitch of the prop broke. We had to repair this.
Due to having enough spair parts on-board, we were able to fix it in no time. Once we replaced the valve, we headed into the marina of Mindelo, Cabo Verde for  a proper checkup off the hydrolic system. We made use of our time here by refueling and topping of the water tanks.

After a few days we were finally under way to Antigua. It was a nice and smooth sailing with some dolphins and a whale around the ship. We also had some successful fishing, catching a nice Mai Mahi and a wahoo.

After 2 weeks since we left Mindelo we arrived in Antigua where we went to Falmouth harbour. Immediately doing a full check of the whole ship and start cleaning, polishing and leave the ship like new for the owner.