Pictures of the crossing

Atlantic 

Pictures of the Atlantic cross taken by crew member Antonio

Some jamming on the beach in Las Palmas before heading out on the big sea

Chilling out in the Marina in Las Palmas

Out on the sea finally, I am satisfied the new rigging is working really well

Beautiful sail-setting, a modified Vega for sure!

Martin is chilling out and reading 

A dolphin, to bad we didn't get a picture of the whales!

Captain is chilling out

Antonio is enjoying the sun and ocean

If there is a place called heaven I am sure it is located somewhere around there....

....or maybe there 

A nice Dorada, beautiful and tasty fish

Benoît with the rainbows

Just a regular evening

I don't know the name of this fish but it is ugly as hell, tasted ok though

Some mas climbing, maybe not the best to do on the Atlantic but it went well

Man of war bay, Tobago. This is my Norwegian neighbor Blomsterskatt.

The Atlantic cross

Finally in Tobago

At 11:03 am yesterday, 28 days after take off in Las Palmas we have finally reached our destination, Charlotteville, Tobago

Since we left the only sign of humanity we have seen is one other sailing boat in the horizon. Other than that we have been forced to inhale the appearance of our own bad smelling community.

Though no other people were around as company, we have been visited by some other beautiful creatures. A couple of whales, far bigger than our own home. A lot of fish in different sizes, dolphins and birds, in the middle of Atlantic!?

Some of the fish had the splendid opportunity to step on board Yoldia but unlucky for them they ended up in a pan to provide four crazy sailors with fresh food. During one night shift a flying fish flew right into Martins knee, knocked himself out and suited perfectly well for a lunch the following day. 

When fish were not served, tin food spiced up in all different ways did the job. Not to forget the every day porridge for breakfast. Can't complain on the food served on board. For example the last dinner before hitting shore was fresh tuna fillets fried together wit potatoes and a tomato sauce. 

For some reason the days weren't that boring and long at sea in my point of view. The fact that cooking, go to the toilet and even move two meters takes about double time on board, combined with reading, chatting and a lot of thinking made your day linger on until it was time for your night shift.

The weather though was a bit worse than I thought it would be. Good winds and mostly very easy sailing but a lot of rain. For a couple of days we had really band wind unfortunately and for 24 hours we had none.

The frustration and loneliness during that day is hard to describe. The boat, your life, your responsibility for three other dudes lives are stuck in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the Atlantic. With no chance of getting out of there until Ägir has decided your fate. Questions as, did I take us too far north, have we got enough of water for a couple of extra weeks?, are eating your brain. Sound in this text like the captain freaked out and panicked which wasn't the case at all but a little concerned by the turning point of the situation I was.

Anyway, the wind started to blow again, I headed south, just to be sure and soon we were back on track.

Among a lot of beautiful sun sets and sun rises and other creations of nature, the star bright nights were the best. Like a firework in the sky the milkyway looked down on us while the ocean along the boat was full of plankton which made a fantastic gloom. It was times like these I think we all wished a mermaid would show herself among the green shiny dots.

The new crew had a rather though first week fighting the sea sickness and were probably wondering what they were doing in a small boat crossing the Atlantic. To me it felt like when you show your favorite movie to a friend who doesn't pay attention at all and are on the phone during the best bits. But what can you do, just enjoy it yourself, and that I did. 

They got better though and were an awesome crew during the rest of the travel.

You know your sense of distance is a bit crazy when you look at the Gps and utter: Its only 1000 nautical miles left, (1852 km). Atlantic is pretty big and the travel was long enough to think through a whole lotta things in life. 

Thank you Martin, Antonia and Benoît for sharing this experience with me, now it's time for a couple of days consuming ice-cream beer and the wild nature of Paradise.

Cheers mate!

Atlantic ocean, here we come

Crazy shit is going on!

This has been a rather stressful day, it feels a bit like when I left Gävle almost six months ago. Today we are leaving for Tobago which will take approximately 30 days. The boat is ready and now we just going to eat a little meal before going out to the big sea. 

Thank you Las Palmas for the wonderful time you gave us and thank you all the beautiful and awesome people we have hanged out with. 

Antonio, Benoît, Martin and the Captain will see you on the other side...  

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

We have been in Las Palmas for a month now and it is time to move on for sure. Things are starting to get ready but we have had some problems with the propeller since one blade is missing but hopefully we can fix it in the end of this week and then we will ready to cross the ocean. Yesterday we had a Swedish christmas lunch with some pickled herring and meatballs in the cockpit.

Here is a new interview on the local news:  tv 4

Morocco

Salam alikom!

The visit to Morocco has really been a special experience and I both love the country as I find some things a bit strange. We have been to Mohammedia, Casablanca, Marakesh, Safi and currently we are in Agadir. Yesterday a local fisher man in the harbor gave us an octopus that was totally alive, it even tried to flee over board with its strong tentacles. Luckily he had killed the nerve system in the head and he died quite quick. I boiled the slimy animal for a couple of hours, then fried it together with onion, parsley and cos cos. Very tasty I have to tell you.

Now we are about the head for Lanzarote, see you in Spain.

Me gazing at the horizon

Some more pictures

In Almeria 

I have to thank everyone who follow the trip and for all nice comments on the facebook page. We are in Almeria now, me and Martin Lydebrant. Tomorrow we are going to keep on sailing towards Morocco, there we are going to meet up with a friend of Martin and also my little brother Martin Wicksell who are going to stay on the boat for a couple of days. I am looking forward to that a lot. The weather is still very warm but it has starting to bit more windy and the sailing has become a bit tougher.

Me catching a fish a long the east coast of Spain

Amazing sunset

I think the picture speak for itself

A large ship in marina of Alicante 

Another nice sunset, have seen few during these months

Pontus Jansson is chilling on the boat

Simon Larsson is also enjoying the stay on Yoldia

And the Spanish sun

Longboard trip in Alicante, I think I am going to invest in one of those, a bit smaller than a Bike

Simon Larsson again

Beautiful

The boys are chilling, me Simon Larsson and Martin Lydebrant

Long time no seen

Hello!

It has been too long since I wrote here in the blog and that is for sure i shame. If you want to now what has been going on during this time, simply visit the facebook page: Awaiting Forecast/I Väntan På Vinden

To sum this past month I can just say it has been wonderful and I have just been chilling in the Mediterranean. At the moment I am in Alicante and the crew members are Pontus Jansson, Martin Lydebrant och Simon Larsson.

On the video you can see me and Jonas on our way to Ibiza!

Here is a picture of Yoldia anchored in a little bay near La Herradura