Sailing Around The World With New Dawn.

Today I was hauled out at Peake Yard in Trinidad. Always a nerving experience, but it all went well. Now start the work to prepare New Dawn to Hibernate for a good months, while I will be back in Europe.

Charlotteville, Man Of War Bay, Tobago 20-27 November 2019: The anchorage at Man Of War Bay is deep and we anchored in 19 meters depth at the Pirate Bay side. It was, at times rolly and it rain a lot when the squalls comes in.The town is small and sleepy and there is not much to do and many of the males seems to be drinking a lot. But they have a good library with friendly staff and I became a member (TTD 25) so I had unlimited use of their Wi-Fi and Internet. David decided that, after all, sailing is not for him and he seemed happy to see land again. He flew out on 25 November to see his family and friends in the US and be with them for Thanksgiving 28 November.I actually enjoyed speaking to him and learn about the film industry which he has been working in for the last 40 years. I then had to fix all the jobs on my to do list, like fridge, freezer, fresh water pump and Silicone the teak desk, where I thought there might be leaks. When most of these jobs were done, I depa...

Sunday 3 November 2019: After a lot of work and last minuted adjustments, especially with the fridge and freezer, we left Jacare Village Marina at 10:15, as it was high water and we would have a favourable current giving us a push to exit the river about eight nm to the open sea. The wind was SE 15-20 kn and once outside I set the course to almost north and we made good progress with a speed of 7-10 kn, helped with a one kn favourable current. The watch system is the typical one with two persons on board with three hours on and three hours off during the night and six hours on and six hours off during daytime. Tuesday 5 November 2019: Sailing along Brazil’s East and North coast is like the rest of the South Atlantic Ocean, namely sailing in the Trade Wind with a SE wind of 15-22 kn and a favourable current of 1-3 kn, most of the way. This gives a most pleasant sailing condition. The weather is warm with up to 34° and the water is 29°. To avoid the various dan...