okolehao2
New member
I may be crazy, but I want my boat back home in Northern Europe and not down in the sunny Med. I have looked at boat transist possiblities and a reasonable 5000 EUR trucking solution + associated crane costs. But now it looks like I just want to sail the thing back to Denmark, after all its a 14 meter sail boat, not a truck.
My plan looks like a 4 week vacation in September down the Adriatic to the atlantic coast of Spain or southern Portugal. Then comming back 6 months later after the winter and crossing the bay of biscay up to the North Sea in June or May. Isn't this when the worst storms come through the bay?
Does this plan seem reasonable? I have poured my head over the pilot books, but what kind of unknowns should one plan for. Is the wind around Gibraltar and on the Atlantic coast ALWAYS blowing southward? Therefore will there be lots of tacking and strong current to fight the whole way home? What kind of stops should one plan for. Right now, I have a stop in Italy, Silicy, Sardina, Mallorica, Malaga and then Cadif. What marinas would one recommend along the way and for the winter months? I see Puerto Sherry as be mentioned as a good wintering place.
Thanks in advance
-Arthur
My plan looks like a 4 week vacation in September down the Adriatic to the atlantic coast of Spain or southern Portugal. Then comming back 6 months later after the winter and crossing the bay of biscay up to the North Sea in June or May. Isn't this when the worst storms come through the bay?
Does this plan seem reasonable? I have poured my head over the pilot books, but what kind of unknowns should one plan for. Is the wind around Gibraltar and on the Atlantic coast ALWAYS blowing southward? Therefore will there be lots of tacking and strong current to fight the whole way home? What kind of stops should one plan for. Right now, I have a stop in Italy, Silicy, Sardina, Mallorica, Malaga and then Cadif. What marinas would one recommend along the way and for the winter months? I see Puerto Sherry as be mentioned as a good wintering place.
Thanks in advance
-Arthur