Another beautiful bay at Ibiza, close to Isla Tagomago.
Skipper and Crew had to change their plans. Faule Haut’s genoa ripped apart. A tear of 10 m from the bottom to almost the top. Too long to patch it without a maschine. So we arranged a date with a sailmaker at Murcia (mainland Spain) to get it repaired and also to pick up a new one. Therefore we left Mallorca, heading for Murcia, making stops at Ibiza on our way. It will be a long sailing to the mainland without having a genoa. We set up our second forstay and hoisted our storm sail. But that has only six square meters. So we probably need double time to get there.
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Menorca has it
Round Menorca
Splashing day
SY Faule Haut got back into the water yesterday and is ready to sail again.
Check out her cruising plan and see when you can get aboard.
Her home port is Vinaròs, that’s on the mainland Spain, just 200 km south of Barcelona. From there it’s just a one day sail to the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca, Formentera). These islands are a little paradise and a perfect spot for sailing
Dry Dock
SY Faule Haut ⛵️is at her home port Vinaròs and got out of the water for cleaning, sanding and painting.
Singlehand Skipper Ingo has turned into a singlehand sander. He’s been sanding the hull for the last three days. That’s a tough job, especially when you have to do it alone. Because of that corona crap, friends are having trouble or are scared to fly over here and help.
The starboard side is finished with sanding. Two more days for the port side, and than she needs to get painted several times.
Skipper Ingo is looking forward to getting her re-splashed on the 4th of June, for the next destination will be Mallorca.⛵️
Leaving Gibraltar
Faule Haut will leave La Alcaidesa, La Linea/Gibraltar on May 6, 2021.
TWO DOUBLE BERTH AVAILABLE.
Expected crew cancelled, so there are two double berth available for a cruise from here to Vinaròs (Valencia)
There are possibilities to get on board at any of these places. This cruising plan might change slightly according to the winds.
Day 1 FR 7th: reaching Estepona
Day 2 SA 8th: Benalmadena
Day 3 SU 9th: Nerja
Day 4 MO 10th: Adra
Day 5 TU 11th: Aguilas
Day 6 WE 12th: Alicante
Day 7 TH 13th: Javea
Day 8 FR 14th : Valencia
Day 9 SA 15th: Vinaròs
European Mainland
EUROPEAN MAINLAND
Faule Haut left Tenerife on April 12, 2021 heading for Gibraltar. She made a five day stop at Madeira, where she departured on April 22. After another six days of sailing she is nearing the southwest tip of Portugal, getting cell phone connection so that Skipper Ingo can make this post.
More important however is the possibility now to get weather information via the Internet. Faule Haut does not have a Satelliten phone on board. This makes sailing sometimes a lottery game because she can’t avoid any bad weather areas and has to take the weather as it comes. Often, this resulted in encountering heavy thunderstorms and high waves. But the crew has been lucky on this leg. They just had rain for a few hours during this 17 days cruise from Tenerife.
Probably only two more days and Faule Haut will reach La Linea/Gibraltar, where the current crew will get off the boat. ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) Gibraltar is Friday, April 30, 2021.
From Gibraltar on, Skipper Ingo will keep on sailing singlehand again towards his home port Vinaròs, 70 nm north of Valencia.
This means:
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN FAULE HAUL
TWO DOUBLE BERTH AVAILABLE ON FROM GIBRALTAR TO VINAROS (Valencia)
SAIL WITH FAULE HAUT! BECOME A PART OF THE CREW FOR A WEEK OR MORE.
Departure from La Linea/Gibraltar: May 1st or 2nd, 2021.
ETA Vinaros: May 5th, 2021
If potential crew wants, Faule Haut could make a three or four days stop at Ibiza or Mallorca.
More information about the boat on www.faule-haut.de and on
www.faule-haut.de/cruising-plan
Skipper Ingo, on Faule Haut, currently sailing along the southern coast of Portugal
Leaving Porto Santo
Faule Haut spent last night at anchor at the Island of Porto Santo (belonging to the Archipelago Da Madeira), and left, heading for La Linea/Gibraltar.
ETA Gibraltar: May 1st, 2021
This means:
TWO DOUBLE BERTH AVAILABLE ON FROM GIBRALTAR TO VINAROS (Valencia)
SAIL WITH FAULE HAUT! BECOME A PART OF THE CREW FOR A WEEK OR MORE.Departure from La Linea/Gibraltar: around 02.05.2021.
ETA Vinaros
: May 7th, 2021
If crew wants, Faule Haut could make a three or four days stop at Ibiza or Mallorca.
More information about the boat on www.faule-haut.de and on
www.faule-haut.de/cruising-plan
Skipper Ingo, on Faule Haut
Leaving Madeira
Faule Haut spent two days at anchor after the crew made their required COVID Test.
When the authorities send the negative test results via WhatsApp, the crew could take down the quarantine flag and pulled into the Port of Funchal for two days. After having spent four days at Madeira, Faule Haut just left the Marina Funchal, heading for La Linea/Gibraltar. Wind conditions are perfect, if the forecast is right.
Faule Haut should reach Gibraltar in about seven days. The crew (Ben, Till, Paul and
Skipper Ingo) might make a short stop at the Island of Porto Santo (belonging to the Archipelago Da Madeira) and anchor there for the night. They do have a real nice beach there. The current crew will get off the boat at Gibraltar. This means:
TWO DOUBLE BERTH AVAILABLE ON FROM GIBRALTAR TO VINAROS (Valencia)
SAIL WITH FAULE HAUT! BECOME A PART OF THE CREW FOR A WEEK OR MORE.
Departure from La Linea/Gibraltar: around 02.05.2021.
ETA Vinaros: 07.05.2021
If crew wants, Faule Haut could make a three or four days stop at Ibiza or Mallorca.
More information about the boat on www.faule-haut.de and on
www.faule-haut.de/cruising-plan
Madeira
Faule Haut has reached Madeira, today in the morning at 01:15.
The cruise was exhausting, because they were facing the wind for five days in a row. But the crew was astonishing tough and managed to do the cooking every day on a rocking and rolling boat. Distance from Tenerife to Madeira is only 270 nm, but they had to tack (zigzag) all the way, so they actually sailed over 430 nm.
Right now they are anchoring in front of the Marina Funchal, waiting to get permission to enter the port and go ashore. The Police came to the boat already and checked the crew’s papers and later the coast guard came and did the same.
The crew is in good spirits and takes it as it comes and is happy that Madeira is open and not in a state of lock down