The last preparations (14/8-10)

In the well equiped boat shop in Ishøj, the last list of needed items for our sail journey is bought today, some 24 hours before we are setting sail first time. 

Bent have just experienced that the one thing we could not get, is a broken inner glass for the stove. That must be ordered for later delivery, and have to wait until a new port which will revisited, like somewhere on the Canary Islands. It will at least be nice to have the possibility to bake fresh bread during 20+ days while crossing the Atlantic.

Rescue float beeing attached 

The sailboat is big and secure, we have several methods for stopping most types of leakage in the hull, both plugs in several sizes as well as tarpaulin (presenning) to wrap over potential bigger rifts which the plugs can't tighten.  Beside this and the convential inflatable motorized boat laying on the front deck, even a rescue float was added today.