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Then it was the Covid lockdown, under the Spanish
military. You were not allowed in the water to check your
anchors, they had drones flying around, people were not
allowed in their swimming pools, it was very extreme. I
decided to sail across 22 days the end of April, arriving at
Guadeloupe part of the Leeward Islands in the Northern
Lesser Antilles chain in the eastern Caribbean Sea the end
of May.
I had no idea what was going on in the world, I was just
half expecting World War 3 to be going on. I stayed there
from May until October 2020, then I needed to get to
the U.S. I sailed Guadeloupe to the British Virgin Islands
and rested there for one night. I did offshore the Bahamas
straight to St. Augustine. It was still hurricane season. I
was 200 miles east of the Bahamas, I don’t want much drift
room between me and the reefs.
WBM: What languages do you speak?
KW: English, Portuguese, Spanish and French.
The Mara Noka
LOA: 41’
BEAM: 19’
DRAFT: 3’
SPEEDS: 7.5 to 8 kn on a broad reach. 7.5 kn
straight into the wind. Downwind average 5 kn.
RIG: A Portuguese telephone pole mast, a hand-carved
gaff spar that originally was a boom on
an Azorean whaling boat, and a 33’ tree branch
as a boom.
FUEL: 20 gallons in jugs on deck
WATER: 120 gallons in jugs on deck
MAIN ANCHOR: Bruce 30KG
POWER: a 25hp Johnson outboard (not used at
sea, taken up 5 miles out.)
ROWING DINGY: 8’ folding Banana Booat ®
ROWING DINGY: 6’ handbuilt child’s dory
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