A beefy bilge pump :) (Patreon)

Hi guys!

Here is the video that will be published on youtube tomorrow :) I hope I'll be able to finish editing next week's video (more DIY in Cherbourg) in a couple of days. As of this week, we are ahead of real-time by one week. As we start sailing, we might not be able to upload every Sunday if there is no cell signal or wifi. I hope over the summer, we can get ahead by 3-4 videos. That would allow us to cross the Atlantic and still publish a video every week :)

In "real-time", we are leaving Cherbourg tomorrow morning (Sunday, May 15th - also known as Ava's birthday). The plan is to head to Falmouth and hang out there for a couple of days before doing the final leg to Irland. The passage to Falmouth should take us about a day and a half and will be our first overnight passage. The forecast looks favorable 12-15 knots gusting to 20. Easterly most of Sunday, dying down around midnight and picking us as southwesterly in the middle of the night. It should be a fairly smooth ride :) Patreons can follow our progress here https://share.garmin.com/saillife or on AIS (public) https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:155335/mmsi:219015928/imo:0/vessel:ATHENA

NB! don't be nervous if our position doesn't update or if the two positions (Garmin and marine traffic) don't match up. These trackers do have hiccups from time to time :) Also, we turn off AIS transmission before arriving in a new country to be able to clear customs and get situated without having people swing by :)

We have a bunch of tedious tasks to do before we're ready to go tomorrow. Last grocery run (Ava is doing that right now), strapping down the dinghy, clearing away any stuff that might come flying, etc. I better go get started on that :)

I hope you're having a fantastic weekend! Thank you so much for your support :) Stay safe :)