Life; a blue canvas where you draw lines and others constantly appear that undo your line.
This summer our canvas has been filled with unexpected and unpredictable lines.
_August 16th_
Finally, we have our Furia 44 ready; revised engine, electronics, electricity, plumbing, portholes, leather cover for the helm, bimini, davit, upholstery, ropes, anchor, all new. We set sail!
No wind, we use the motor. Gusts of just 2-3 knots, Genoa and a little engine. Barely 15 miles away from our base port, without warning, we lost the engine. We are a sailboat but the crossing is too long and complex to do it without an engine and we decide to return to the harbour by sail, but the time passes and the wind is too weak to advance, we have just enough speed to control the boat. Finally, the wind starts to blow and we head home with the Genoa, but when we try to hoist the mail sail, it doesn’t move at all. Ok, with Genoa we get 3-4 knots!
Several hours later, we use the radio to ask the port for help because we will enter the port without an engine and only with the Genoa. We decide to slow down a bit rolling the Genoa up a bit, but the furl doesn’t roll the sail. It just turns, unable to roll the sail. The sailors appear in extremis- we were already inside the mouth of the port surrounded by a lot of sailing children and idiots on jet ski. We were lucky because the next day the same thing happened to another boat and the marine’s (Mariano, same sailor that “helped” us) response was that they were out of boats – What a fuck Mariano? – . We get towed. End of the journey. Crew a 10, calm, control and acceptance. General slump. Late night off and digestion of what happened, beers and burgers .
Our loved Furia 44 damaged and only with the Genoa
The next day we turn the page, action!, the goal is to repair everything and go out when possible and Neptune allows us to make our summer journey – addio estate!-.
Thanks to Miguel from ServInnBoard, the patron protector of our Furia 44, it seems that soon everything will be arranged to be able to leave the first week of September.
The contaminated diesel blocked the engine, a locked Harken slider car blocked the mainsail and a broken plastic piece of the Genoa furling system caused the problem.
Adventure is the way and we continue on it, aboard our beloved Furia 44 .
In September everything returns to “normal”. We hope that from then on sailing will be our normality throughout the year…
We will keep reporting. Meanwhile, we will delighted to read your learning from the sea this summer or how it changed your plans at any time..
Ángela Lago founder of Just the Sea wearing the Miró visor
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This has not been the typical postcard summer. Saturated with perfection and the slavery of the networks, I declared a strike of photos and videos. I took few and without much enthusiasm. I dedicated myself to living in the moment, to feeling and breathing freely, without any further aspirations. I can’t complain, it has been …
What the sea thaught us this summer
The sea
Life; a blue canvas where you draw lines and others constantly appear that undo your line.
This summer our canvas has been filled with unexpected and unpredictable lines.
_August 16th_
Finally, we have our Furia 44 ready; revised engine, electronics, electricity, plumbing, portholes, leather cover for the helm, bimini, davit, upholstery, ropes, anchor, all new. We set sail!
No wind, we use the motor. Gusts of just 2-3 knots, Genoa and a little engine. Barely 15 miles away from our base port, without warning, we lost the engine. We are a sailboat but the crossing is too long and complex to do it without an engine and we decide to return to the harbour by sail, but the time passes and the wind is too weak to advance, we have just enough speed to control the boat. Finally, the wind starts to blow and we head home with the Genoa, but when we try to hoist the mail sail, it doesn’t move at all. Ok, with Genoa we get 3-4 knots!
Several hours later, we use the radio to ask the port for help because we will enter the port without an engine and only with the Genoa. We decide to slow down a bit rolling the Genoa up a bit, but the furl doesn’t roll the sail. It just turns, unable to roll the sail. The sailors appear in extremis- we were already inside the mouth of the port surrounded by a lot of sailing children and idiots on jet ski. We were lucky because the next day the same thing happened to another boat and the marine’s (Mariano, same sailor that “helped” us) response was that they were out of boats – What a fuck Mariano? – . We get towed. End of the journey. Crew a 10, calm, control and acceptance. General slump. Late night off and digestion of what happened, beers and burgers .
The next day we turn the page, action!, the goal is to repair everything and go out when possible and Neptune allows us to make our summer journey – addio estate!-.
Thanks to Miguel from ServInnBoard, the patron protector of our Furia 44, it seems that soon everything will be arranged to be able to leave the first week of September.
The contaminated diesel blocked the engine, a locked Harken slider car blocked the mainsail and a broken plastic piece of the Genoa furling system caused the problem.
Adventure is the way and we continue on it, aboard our beloved Furia 44 .
In September everything returns to “normal”. We hope that from then on sailing will be our normality throughout the year…
We will keep reporting. Meanwhile, we will delighted to read your learning from the sea this summer or how it changed your plans at any time..
Enjoy The Sea Side of Life!
Text and photography by Just the Sea crew
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