Sunday, January 9, 2011

Windleblo 2011 Cruising Plan

Hello! It's been awhile since our last blog entry. Looking out my window in Golden, Colorado, this frosty morning, I see new snow piling up...hardly the setting to prompt thinking forward to summer cruising.

But that's exactly what we're doing! Entered below is the Windleblo Cruising Plan for 2011. With a little help from our friends, we'll move the boat from Sweden to Spain, with Scotland, Ireland, and Portugal the season's featured cruising grounds. Contact us at windleblo@gmail.com if you want to take part in our adventuring.

Leg 1: Svineviken to Lerwick; Jun 10 - 30 (530 nm)

Jun 10 - 13 Seasonal commissioning at Båtvårdsvarvet marina, Svineviken, Orust, Sweden. Conduct safety inspection; receive service briefings from Johannes & Urban; perform initial provisioning.

June 14 - 16 Move boat to Hallberg-Rassy harbor in Ellos. Take delivery of HR Parts order; attend to final HR service issues; finalize systems and safety checks and provisioning.

June 17 - 28 Sail to Hjellestad, Norway. Clear Norwegian Customs in Kristiansand.

June 29 – 30 Sail to Lerwick, Shetland Islands, UK

Leg 2: Scotland & Ireland; July 1 – 31 (650 nm)

July 1 – 10 Cruise the Shetland Islands, Fair Isle, and the Orkney Islands

July 11 – 15 Caledonia Canal

July 16 – 28 Irish Sea & east coast of Ireland

July 29 – 31 Biscay Passage provisioning, Cork, Ireland

Leg 3: Biscay Passage; August 1 – 5 (650 nm)

August 1 – 6 Yachtmaster Ocean qualifying passage from Cork, Ireland, to Porto Portugal

Leg 4: Western Iberia; August 6 – 28 (630 nm)

August 7 – 15 Coastal cruising from Porto, Portugal to Lisbon (160 nm)

August 16 – 21 Lisbon

August 22 – September 5 Coastal cruising from Lisbon to Gibraltar (300 nm)

Leg 5: Costa del Sol; September 6 – 27 (150 nm)

September 6 - 8 Gibraltar

September 9 - 12 Coastal cruising from Gibraltar to Malaga, Spain (65 nm)

September 13 – 19 Shore excursion in Andalusía, Spain

September 20 – 22 Sail Windleblo from Malaga to Almerimar Marina (85 nm)

September 23 – 27 Prepare Windleblo for winter storage at Almerimar Marina

September 28 Depart Almeria, Spain, for return air travel to Denver

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