Barcelona World Race 2010

Barcelona World Race 2010

I got to admit they look great.

Barcelona World Race 2010

I was in Barcelona and as a sailer i could not whait to go to the marina to take a look.
Guess what... i was about to see the Barcelona world race and a chance to take all the pictures i whant,i could talk to the skipers and see the boats real close ,things that if it was in Portugal it will be almost impossible to get close to them.

Sail or not to sail...

The day i took this picture was a bad day to sail,big seas and the river was replete with everything you can think off and the color of the water was dark brown,
so i decided to climb the mast and do some clean up and next month it´s time for the police do the inspection to the boat in the water and out of the water that happens every 5 years in Portugal,and it´s going to my firs experience,am i nervous?.... i prefer not talking about because if doesen´t pass the inspection that means i can´t sail and means i got to spend more money to get what ever they think i should have or repair and finally pay another reinspection $$$$$$$$$$

Harmony

As you can see my wife was very excited with my invention,actually in this picture she looks more like a cowboy then a sailer...

sailing with autopilot

Since the wind is almost gone,i decided to make a autopilot with elastics that does not need power to work(to mutch sun in my had again).
To tell you the true,it actualy works,the helm moves to compensate wen the waves push the boat and comes back to the same place,so we sail and sail with it all day long,the only thing i got to do is get more strenght on the elastic.
Take a look at the picture.

Cascais

sailing with 5knots of wind it will take us a long time to reach Cascais