One Man, One Boat, 4000 Miles!!!

Tropic 4 Cancer Trans Atlantic challenge is an expedition to sail single-handed 4000 miles across the Atlantic, from the western seaboard of Africa to Antigua. The route follows a defined course along the Tropic of Cancer, which is a circle of latitude running around the Earth at approximately 23 degrees north, and which marks the most northerly position at which the sun may appear directly overhead. Find Out More

Skipper and Yacht ‘Haskapa’ arrived in Gibraltar on schedule and undamaged!

Posted on October 18th, 2013

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The journey south across Spain took the form of a drive-by history lesson of British impact on the Iberian landscape. Towns such as Salamanca, Badajoz and Cuidad Rodrigo will be well known to students of Wellington’s forays into the Peninsular – the rest of us will know them as the backdrop to Sharpe’s bodice and French head busting!!

An overnight stop in Jerez was short and sweet – and dry (chuck that one in for all you Sherry joke lovers!), before the final sprint to Gibraltar.

 

Predictably everything then slowed right down due to the ongoing shenanigans on the border. It really is as slow and tedious as reported!!

The boat is now once again rigged and ready, and the next few days will be full of sorting out all the kit necessary for the voyage, and checking (and double checking) that everything’s working!