Around the Atlantic (7) Azores to Spain (part 1)

Hans de Man

Rough seas and wind up to 7 Bft followed by a short period of no wind at all. A few minutes after we started the engine our prop caught a fishing net. Had to dive to cut out the net which we took on board to avoid other boats or fishes getting into trouble. We had first planned to sail to the UK unfortunately the forecasts became worse with winds up to 10 Bft. This made us decide to first change course to the south to avoid very strong winds. Then we ripped our genoa leaving us with just the small staysail. We decided to change course to Spain for the necessary repairs.