Zephyr leaving Coxhaven - Kjell Arne leaving Zephyr (26/8-10)

After some 3 days with too much wind in the English channel for proceeding the sailing, finally a opportunity window came on Thursday morning at 04:00. The wind is decreasing and the tide was optimal:

Resulting wind forecasts based on GRIB files

Thanks to education from Koss at No-X, we've learned how to master the core information delivered by and for professional meteorologists - GRIB files (GRIdded Binary is a mathematically concise data format commonly used in meteorology). When downloading these fresh files from our region, we can make our own precise weather forecast for our localization, destination and own selection of time. 

Zephyr in Coxhaven

The destination for Zephyr before next stop could be anything from Gröningen to Amsterdam depending on weather and sailing conditions. Since Kjell Arne had a  flight booked for going back to Oslo on Friday, the safest was to terminate the participation here in Coxhaven.


It has been really nice joining Zephyr, Bent and his crew for nearly two weeks now, since I first came down to Ishøj on Friday 13. August.  I know there are many people booked up for later parts of this relaxed, safe and really joyful cruise with Zephyr.You will enjoy it!


About the BLOG:
Since I have handed over the BLOG-address and ownership to Bent, there are some minor technical changes:

1. The ownership is changed from my (Kjell Arne) google-account to Bent
2. All articles are "republished" and some of the earliest with new pictures, film-cuts and sometimes a little more text.
3. Old comments and followers are gone - so please register as a follower once more

Thanks a lot to Bent for allowing me to join the cruise - and thanks to all you folks, following my part of the documentation of the beginning of this event.

Old map from Hamburg Maritime Museum

Hamburg by night before flying back to Oslo, Norway