Sunrise over Gibraltar

We made it!
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The Rock

On a misty morning. Three thousand seven hundred twenty four miles down, two and a half to go.
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Time:09/01/2009 02:34:57 (GMT)
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Time:08/31/2009 18:10:38 (GMT)
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Bread and veggies hammocks

At the end of an Atlantic passage. Slim pickins': a little bit of ginger, one lemon, two limes and one hot pepper.
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Time:08/31/2009 09:27:41 (GMT)
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Underway from Cadiz

Bound for the Straits.
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Time:08/30/2009 11:34:22 (GMT)
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Watching for fish traps

As we enter Cadiz Bay to wait out the gale blowing -- the wrong way, easterly -- through the Straits of Gibraltar.
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Time:08/29/2009 09:41:47 (GMT)
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Eating corn flakes off the Algarve

We rounded Cabo Sao Vincent overnight, and now motoring through a calm toward Gibraltar.
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Time:08/27/2009 10:34:50 (GMT)
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The backbone

Of Sao Jorge, with the cone of Pico behind. Seventeen miles down, 1,102 to go.
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Our first dolphin encounter of this leg

(Sorry, no actual dolphin in this actual photo.) Atlantic bottlenose, for those keeping track. A pair of them. Smallish, about 2 meters in length.

Orion and Rigel are approx 1.5 meters, for those keeping track.
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Rigel steering us out

Underway at 1204. Until next time, Horta!
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Topping off the water tanks

Making ready for sea.
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The Last Five Days

Well, the BIG  work is done. Now, we have nothing left to fix. Mr.Matthew is coming tomorrow. He is bringing a lot of stuff in addition to is own. He will be coming with us. There is not much time until we leave. Our next destination is Gibraltar!   
             

To the cooperatively done final piece

Oil on chipped concrete. 2009.

Good job, Juno's crew.
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From Rigel's original design

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And we're done!

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Almost done. . .

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Loading her up

For the passage to Gibraltar.
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Orion handling the detail work

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Leaving Juno's mark

On Horta's famous seawall.
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The Frigging

The 'fridge as been having some problems lately. The problem is that it was leaking fluid. It is also a gas.  It expands when under presser, sucking up heat. That is how it works. That is the problem.
Sim (seem).

Mr. Sergio

Fixing the refrigeration pipe that had chafed through. A million waves over 27 years will do that to you.
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Sewing up a loose window on the dodger.

Thirteen repairs down, seven to go before departure day.
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The Fireworks

Two nights ago, we were awaken by a series of loud concussions.
My dad got my brother and I up to come look at the spectacular display
of lights being launched from the outer seawall. Sea Week had
officially ended, and they were launching flights of firework rockets
from the big outer seawall. The detonations were extremely close up,
and every explosion of light came with a very loud concussion and the
air seemed to pulse. The show was amazing, and much closer then you
would see at theme parks such as Disney World. We had just walked along
the outer seawall the evening before, and we could imagine how close
they were launching the rockets from.

-Orion

Trying out the storm sails

Hoping we never need to use them.
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Walking the seawall

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The Whaleboats

This week, the Club Naval de Horta has been having a special
event where they let people sign up for rides on the old whaleboats. You
have to sign up in advance, then be at the club naval at 18:30 hours to
get on one of the small dinghies that take you out to the whaleboats.
Two days ago, we signed up for the whaleboat rides for yesterday. It was
amazing. The whaleboats are pretty small, but they are really fast. Ours
was almost always making at least six knots, and in a strong wind it
could easily have made eight or ten. The thing was, the whaleboats were
extremely tippy, and to keep it from heeling over too much, we all had
to sit on the upward side. It was great fun though, and I had a blast.
We stayed out for about 45 minutes, then we had to gave other people
their turn. Sometime we might be able to do it again. I certainly hope so!

Downloading our

First weatherfax. Wow! We can actually see some isobars!
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The Super-freaky Whaleboat

UGHEUGHEUGHEUGHEUGHEUGHEUGHEUGHEUGHE! THAT WAS FREAKY! It was supposed to be fun, but the  LONG, SKINNY, AND TOTALLY HEELY  whaleboat was worse than the worst roller coaster! We went on this whaleboat that was made for speed, and it kept heeling over so much that water came over the side. We had a bailer, but it was still scary! I CAN HEAR YOU; IT'S NOT FUNNY! NOT FUNNY!

Cooking along in the channel

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Wow -- they can really move

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Our boat getting rigged

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Gearing up

For the whale boat ride -- actual, traditional whaling boats with a big, gaff rig. Wind's been up today. Might be interesting.
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Sea Week

After three weeks of setup and preparations, Sea Week, or semana do
mar, has finally begun. The road in front of the marina has been
partially blocked off, and huge tents have been set up. There is just
one downside to the occasion: the noise. From midnight until morning you
can hear the enormous racket that the huge stages that have been set up
make. Tall, metal structures have been put up beside the stages, each
one holding two banks of speakers of six speakers each, and each speaker
is almost five feet tall and two feet wide. The result is the loudest
noise you have ever heard. The rest of the festivities involve dancing,
music, races (sailing and swimming), food, and most importantly beer.
Sea Week is a very fun event, and tomorrow we are going to have a ride
on an old whaling boat. The boats don't have engines, just oars and
sails. The rest of Sea Week promises to be a great time. Look out for
more updates!

- Orion

The stop switch now fixed!

We fixed something else today! This time it was more than a little
doo-dad, we-don't-need-to-do-it yada yada yada. It was the little button
thingy that makes the motor for the boat stop running. Well, there is a
cute little lever that is attached to the motor that can make it stop as
an alternative. But you need to open the engine compartment and expose
the darned, hot engine to turn it off. That is something we do not like
to do. There were only four wires for the glow plug and there were six
terminals on the stop switch. We were switching the two, and Daddy
thought it was hopeless but then I realized that two of the terminals
led to a light attached to the switch. Daddy said that is was a very
good discovery, but I thought is was the obvious. Don't tell anyone
about this, because it is a bit embarrassing when people say "Rigel
saves the day!"