A type of kite, which works by air flow between two layers of thin material. This kite has no rigid framework, and can be easily bunched up into a bag. If this kite hits the water, you only have a few minutes to relaunch before it becomes water soaked. Due to its light nature, this can be used in very little wind.
We did it! A 04:45 start to catch the slack water. Some waiting around for a gap in the large tanker traffic, then straight across back to Haile Sand Fort, where we left on that Read more…
Last night we looked up when sunrise was. There’s sunrise – when the sun appears on the horizon, and then there’s three different twilights: Astronomical, Nautical and Civil. We just needed enough light so that Read more…
Spirits were high this morning even with the 05:30 alarm clock. We were up, out the lock (marina) and in the dinghy at exactly 07:00. We were obviously optimistic about making the 92 miles left Read more…