Skipper: Oliver, 189cm, 92 – 95 kg :o)
Miles sailed since purchase of first boat in 2014: ca. 12.450 NM x 1,852 KM/NM = 23.057 KM
Miles sailed on current trip: ca. 6.450 NM. (as of April 2020
Current trip in numbers:
Start end of march 2019 in Greifswald Germany moving onto new Hanse 388 „Plan B“
Until June th 2019 testsailing on the Baltic Sea and Elbe River
Miles sailed in "test phase" : 850 NM
Total distance from Warnemünde (Germany) via Lanzarote to the middle of the Atlantic: 4.100 NM
On Friday 13th 2019 abandoned SY "Plan B" and boarded 55m Sailing-Yacht "Elena of London" to continue on to Antigua!
Mid-Atlantic to Antigua: 1.500 NM
Roadtrip in Campervan "The Beast" starting in mid january 2020 until mid march 2020
Trip from Hamburg/Germany to Lagos/Portugal and back: 10.000 km
On 15th of march 2020 move onto Catamaran "Indigo Moon" in Lagos/Portugal
Next trip: Lagos - Lanzarote
Distance: approx. 600 NM
Duration: approx. 4 days
Specs of the boat:
Lagoon 421
Commissioned: 2014
Length over all: 12,64 Meter (41 feet)
Beam: 7,53 Meter
Draught: 1,22 Meter
Hight of mast over water: 19,73 Meter
Weight (empty): 12,3 Tonnen
Watertank: 700 Liter
Dieseltank: 600 Liter
Sail & Rig:
Mainsail 3 Reefs and Lazybag
Headsail on furler
Gennaker
Safety- and Emergency-Equipment:
AIS Class B
Radar
EPIRB 2x
VHF - Radio
Satellitephone Iridium Extreme (for Grabbag)
Satellitephone Iridium GO (as "network" on boat)
Lifevests (2xSecumar 275 3D with AIS / 2xSecumar 275 D without AIS)
VIKING Liferaft 8 Person
Signaltorches and -flares
SeaDoc Medical Bag for bluewater cruising
Wooden plugs for leaks
Leak Hero "paste" for sealing leaks
Axe and crowbar
Wood for sealing leaks of different sizes
Fire-Extinguisher
Backup"systems": Handheld-GPS, Compass, Windspeed
Foghorn
Diverse handheld lights / flashlights
Backup Anchor
basic medicine (needs to be stocked up before major crossing)
Additional equipment on board:
9KV Generator
Watermaker 60Liter/hour
2x Fridge and 60L Freezer
Mikrowave