4 cabins
(total)little
(experience)Free
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8/8Majorca, Spain
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8/8Balearic Islands, Spain
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8/8Cartagena, Spain
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8/8Gibraltar
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8/8Huelva, Spain
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8/8Lisbon, Portugal
Porto, Portugal
A new gennaker, complete with a dousing sock, has just been custom-made. Last year, the engine and saildrive underwent an extremely expensive repair and overhaul. In April, a new autopilot system, a modern VHF radio, and a chart plotter, along with active and passive AIS, were installed. A new 8-person life raft is also on board, as is a fresh set of pyrotechnic flares. Furthermore, I have acquired six automatic life jackets and two new fire extinguishers, as all the safety equipment previously on board had expired. The boat is equipped with a 175 W solar panel, a bank of relatively new and powerful lithium batteries (3 x 225 Ah), a 1500-watt inverter, and 230-volt outlets in every cabin. This setup should be more than sufficient to power the refrigerator, electric kettle, navigation instruments, and lighting systems. Given favorable conditions, we can also sail continuously for two to three days using the autopilot. I want to transfer the boat into a german port. I need a crew for the night watches. You can easily see our current location on www.marinetraffic.com. Boat name: SPIRIT OF FREEDOM, German flag. We just came from Sardinia to Majorca. My goal for this voyage is certainly to log some serious nautical miles, but I do not want the trip to devolve into a stressful ordeal. Therefore, my plan is to undertake continuous sailing legs of two to three days at a time, covering daily distances (24-hour runs) of between 200 and 400 nautical miles. We would then take a break in a harbor—and if we particularly enjoy a specific location, we might even stay for two days. The listed ports are not set in stone—we can certainly discuss them further—and, after all, the wind (and in the Atlantic, the tides as well) also has a say in the matter