Cape Horn of Spain again

South Pacific Familyadventure 2008
Claes Brodin
Thu 27 Oct 2022 18:59
This I wrote on this blog 5 years ago:
The wind though picked up even more and at midnight it peaked around 34kts. This was also when I had reached Cabo de Gata(Cape Horn of Spain?) and the seastate was horrendous. With headseas Dora Mac plowed slowly through the waves dropping down to 2,5-3.2 kts at 1500rpm and regularly taking heavy spray all over the flybridge.
Not being used to be at sea I was seasick and the combination of fear and seasickness was not a nice feeling. After a tedious passage of Cabo de Gata the new course to Almeria was wnw which meant beamseas . I set the paravanes but being singlehanded I didn`t launch the "fish".Upon arrival at Almeria I had to heave to waiting for sunrise before entering the port. At 07.00 I was safely tied up in the marina, had a cafe´americano at the yacht club, relieved and happy.
How could all forecasts be that misleading?
This time we passed Cabo de Gata on flat seas as well as along the recommended route by Jimmy Cornells World Sailing Routes (at least 10Nm out from Cabo de Gata)

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