16/12 - 8 days - 22'24'N - 27'37'W - 320 miles NW of Cape Verde
Even today, calm day with little wind bow, about 24 hours to go and the engine. It was an opportunity to make necessary repairs and to rest before the next disturbance, in which we are just entering. This should be the last, thank God should be the last. Today we crossed the Tropic of Cancer, and it is noticeably warmer, now we're all in shorts and a T-shirt.
I found a catalog of boat superyacht charter, all from 30 feet up. List price up to € 750,000 a week, and 1.5 crew members for every guest. I was disgusted with the idea that there are people able to spend this money to go even in the midst of poverty in the Caribbean, sipping a cocktail on the deck. A slap to poverty - perhaps at the end I'm on the side of Somali pirates, who try as they can to take their slice of unbridled luxury, of wealth of the world's shameful Supernaut.
Even our boat at the bottom in his small (and to me it looked great) has a neutral impact on the environment. We will probably have burned 2500 gallons of diesel fuel on arrival, 3500/4000 amounted to €, 7 crew simply because we were going to Grenada by air, not to mention the food, parts for repairs, etc.. Luckily the sail should be the most environmentally friendly means of transport!
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