For those of you, who would like to know where we were during those two weeks, this is the course we sailed (created by Dick).Several days away from Horta, the wind had caused some damage to the radar which needed to be repaired. Although it is hard to see in the pictures, the seas were quite rough but Michel (always up for a challenge) decided to climb the mast anyway and, with some help from the troops, he got the radar working again.
It was great to have the radar working again. It makes life a lot easier but Marja and Michel had asked Eric, before we left Holland, if he could show them how to navigate using a sextant (just is case). He had brought his books and notes and took to teaching the others (incl. Bas and Anton) like a duck to water. There was a lot of preparing, teaching, calculating, 'shooting the sun' and giggling involved.
As a token of appreciation, the group had made a certificate for Eric and handed it over to him, together with a typical Horta-present (miniature whale made of bone) on our last day together. Anton spoke a few kind words and mushy me got all weepy.
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