... between Sicily and Isola di Vulcano, visible behind Staffan at the helm. He is wearing all his safety equipment after having been on duty since 6 AM.
We expect to arrive in Palermo at sunset today after sailing 44 hours nonstop.
Saturday 21 October 2017
Latern repair en route ...
... without fear of heights on our moving and rolling ship - master climber is our commander Micke.
Meanwhile at main deck: Staffan at the wheel operating Pixel for the first time with both main sail and genaker in the right position.
8 knots..
... with mainsail and genaker. Wind from North and wind of 7.5 Ms. Last night we made a brief refueling and ice cream stop in Santa Maria de Lueca, Italy.
We are now sailing as fast as possible to our safe harbour in Palermo, Sicily. Around midnight or early morning hour we will pass thru the Messina strait. Depending on the weather we will stay one or two days in Palermo to wait out the expected bad weather.
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