E31 We SAIL to AFRICA, autopilot FAILURE, big waves KNOCK DOWNS
February 24, 2023 by Sailing Nendaz | Language: EN Play Time: 00:17:12 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as we sail from Vilamoura, Portugal to Tangier, Morocco. We sail to Africa!
Because of some strict red tape around exporting/ importing dogs from Portugal to Morocco our weather window was very compromised. We were also in a bit of a rush to try and get to Morocco for Christmas too where we had friends waiting (Sailing Saffron) in the marina, and other friends flying out from England to join us.
We had a health certificate, only valid for 3 days which allowed us to import Walter into Morocco. We had already used one day up in getting the certificate, and the weather was no good. So this meant we had 2 days to get to Morocco, so we decided to sail it in a single 24 hour sail, 145 nautical miles.
About 1-2 hours into the passage our autopilot failed, the plastic gears had worn down to nothing. So it meant we either turnaround, and then we would need to arrange a new health certificate for Walter, and miss our Christmas plans in Morocco, and further overstay our Schengen visa. Or we continue on and just hand steer on shift patterns. We opted to continue on with the help of my (Joe’s) cousin Sam.
We faced a pretty rough sea state, with big waves in the 3-4 metre range. A proper washing machine of waves mixed in from different directions. We nearly experience a full knock down.
Follow Chris & Amy (Sailing Saffron) at Instagram: @sailing_saffron
Follow us on Instagram: @at_the_hansons
Subscribe to our YouTube: Sailing Nendaz
Join us this week on Sailing Nendaz as we sail from Vilamoura, Portugal to Tangier, Morocco. We sail to Africa!
Because of some strict red tape around exporting/ importing dogs from Portugal to Morocco our weather window was very compromised. We were also in a bit of a rush to try and get to Morocco for Christmas too where we had friends waiting (Sailing Saffron) in the marina, and other friends flying out from England to join us.
We had a health certificate, only valid for 3 days which allowed us to import Walter into Morocco. We had already used one day up in getting the certificate, and the weather was no good. So this meant we had 2 days to get to Morocco, so we decided to sail it in a single 24 hour sail, 145 nautical miles.
About 1-2 hours into the passage our autopilot failed, the plastic gears had worn down to nothing. So it meant we either turnaround, and then we would need to arrange a new health certificate for Walter, and miss our Christmas plans in Morocco, and further overstay our Schengen visa. Or we continue on and just hand steer on shift patterns. We opted to continue on with the help of my (Joe's) cousin Sam.
We faced a pretty rough sea state, with big waves in the 3-4 metre range. A proper washing machine of waves mixed in from different directions. We nearly experience a full knock down.
Follow Chris & Amy (Sailing Saffron) at Instagram: @sailing_saffron
Follow us on Instagram: @at_the_hansons
Subscribe to our YouTube: Sailing Nendaz
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We're the Hansons, made up of Flick, Joe and Walter, and we're inviting you to transition with us from our safe, steady, land-based life to a totally new adventure on the high seas aboard our Gib'Sea 402 blue water sailing boat Nendaz. Nendaz is named after a small town in the mountains in Switzerland, one close to our hearts, an ode to our love for the mountains that we can bring with us on our journey across the seas. We're steadily upgrading the boat from a weekend boat to a full-time live aboard and trying to do as much as possible ourselves. Watch as we become mechanics, plumbers, engineers, electricians, carpenters, and finally untie the lines and then the real adventure begins! We post weekly videos every Friday. We're hoping to use this channel to document our adventure and perhaps along the way we might make it all seem a little more attainable for others of you who are craving something a little different from your lives. #liveaboard #sailing #sailingcouple
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