The Atlantic Crossing.

12.05.2012:

Got early up and at 08:00 we hoisted the sails and headed close hauld to the NE part of Anguilla, where we could ease the sheets a little bit and head NNE on a course of 32° T (True). The wind is strong and the waves about two meters, but we manage a good speed at about eight kn.

Everyone seems pleased with the way New Dawn handles the waves and with her speed, although we are nearly close hauled and facing the waves; so a bit of banging. We have two reefs in the main sail, but full Genoa.

Most of the day we had strongish wind and remained close hauled at about an apparent wind angel of 39° on starboard. The waves grew during the day and became rough during the night, where we also received several thunderstorms.

Jay’s Chicken dinner was good and we managed to eat it in the cockpit, although the conditions were rough.

William is, like all three, a good cook and do like to work in the kitchen. I think he is here making Swedish pancakes. It is amazing how easy the 3 of them can cook up a meal; they can do this in 15 min and it is tasty and good, albeit a bit like "student meals". I don't complain at all and we eat well.

 Filip and William watching a video.

New Dawn's inside while in long distance sailing mode.

13.05.2012:

The wind and waves moderated and we had a wonderful sail most of the day. It was sunny and warm, which was welcomed by everyone as a good change from the day before. William cooked the Mahi Mahi  (fish), we had in the freezer from Grenada, for dinner, and all was well.

Noon to noon distance was about 190 Nm, which is an excellent performance close hauled.

14.05.2012:

My watch started as usual at 00:00 and soon the wind started to pick up and I reefed both sails so the crew could get a more comfortable sail and a good sleep. Soon squalls came in and we received wind strength at close to 30 kn, so more reefs in the sails. Loads of heavy rain and New Dawn received a well deserved boat wash. About an hour later, the wind moderated to 15 kn, but the swell/wave remained large and I could roll out a bit more sails.

At 01:30 the quarter Moon showed up, but was soon hidden behind the thick clouds. By 03:00, when my watch was over we had covered 22 Nm and I wonder how many times I had reefed in and out during the past three hours.

Although we are not heading directly to Horta in the Azores, as we are heading north at the moment to try to avoid the Azores high, in the straight line to Horta it is 1.924 Nm away and we have 572 Nm to our first WP (Way Point) which I fixed to be 55° W and 30° N.

The team is, so far, good and work well together, which is a pleasure for me to witness.

 Yours truly.

 William improving each day his steering skills.

 Jay enjoying the wheel.

Filip happy steering.

15.05.2012 at 02:10 (LT):

Yesterday we had wonderful sailing conditions. Relatively steady east wind, sunny and warm and we all enjoyed it 100%. Dinner was Jay’s Bolo sauce, which he had prepared before we departed St Martin and put into the freezer. It was excellent.

The nights start to become cooler as we head north and only 400 Nm since St Martin, starts to show a difference. Since we left Marigot Bay we are now over 420 Nm to the NE, but we are still in the Trade Wind belt, hence the steady east wind. Wonderful sailing.

Tonight we have a lot of squalls and during my watch (00:00-03:00) and I have had to adjust the course and the sails continuously to avoid the strong squalls and to optimise the speed. The swell is becoming a bit more moderate, but still we have waves of a good two meters.

The Iridium Sat Phone is now up and running. I took a 12 months subscription. Thus, I called Chris to give and receive updates.

As the weather conditions have moderated during the last 24 h, we have all been able to catch up on some sleep, which was needed for us all. But since yesterday we are running with one reef in the Genoa and five reefs in the mail sail, as this gives a good balance and a comfortable sail, without loosing too much speed.

By 01:45 a small moon showed up, but again it was partly covered by clouds. It is always nice to see the moon and one can thus see the outline of the horizon in the direction of the moon, at least.

Today sun raise is at 05:14 and sunset is 19:32, which mean that the days are slowly getting longer as we head north. In the Caribbean the sun rise and set, are around 06:00 and 18:00 respectively.

At 02:30 we have 426 Nm left to the WP1 (55° W and 30° N).

A problem has showed up. The Auto Pilots are not working well and we keep getting alarms, that the Clutch Bypass is Overloaded and also the Rudder Feedback is not working. Other different alarms shows up and when they do the Auto will cut off and we have to hand steer. The new Auto also blew the fuse. This is a real worry for us and all the work I have had done trying to sort this out seems to have been wasted. The manufacture, Simrad, had promised to send me a replacement Auto Computer, but they messed around for days, which delayed them sending it and I feared it would not arrive in time.

Lats night it all went wrong and we hand steered for hours and this continues this morning. I checked what I could and found that one of the new relays installed in Trinidad, at great expense, had melted and was almost impossible to take apart. But I did it in the end, laying under the bed and it transpired that the base and relay had partly melted as well. Fortunately I had feared that this could happen and had bought two new relays as spare, but not the base. I installed the new relays and fixed the connecting wires in a better way. So far the Auto works, but the relays are getting warm, and I am not sure if the same problem will happen again. Thus, I emailed the installer Rudy in Belgium, Silmrad in Denmark and also Simrad in Trinidad. But I have little hope to find solutions while at sea. So I cross my fingers and hope for the best. More to follow....

Evening: Well it did not work, as the relay lasted about 90 minutes and also that one got too hot and failed. We now have to hand steer for the rest of the about 2.100 Nm to the Azores and likely right to south France. 

The crew took the bad news in a stride and in fact like to hand steer New Dawn as she is so easy on the wheel. I changed the watch system and we are now only on watch for two hours at the time, as this is long enough to steer. So we will be two hours on watch and six hours off, not counting the other jobs that needs to be done.

I have emailed Dan on Skylark and he gave me his position and those of Emma (his wife) on Great Escape and Christian and Lucie on Northern Child. They left Antigua a day before us and are heading on the Rum line straight for Horta, Azores. It was interesting to see that they are all three yachts close together and we are not far away. We are further north and further west of them. Our average daily runs are however quite competitive with theirs as we seems to average around 180-190 Nm/day, through the water.

16.05.2012 at 06:00 (LT).

Hand steering is still in fashion, as I have not (yet) found other means of steering as we also burned the replacement relay. So we have no other option. The team is good and in fact they all like to steer New Dawn and it give us all the feeling of "how it use to be".

Yet another good day for sailing, with wind of 10-15, but gusting to 22 kn T from E. No thunderstorms  and only a few squalls of importance. We have only seen four ships so far and one came about one Nm from us, but the rest were up to 23 Nm away (AIS can tell).

Soon after my watch started last evening at 22:00, I noted a red light inside the two Nm distance. It was obviously a sailing yacht that had run without navigation light and when they noted us, they switched on the lights. It must have been a small yacht as he was slow and we soon passed them.  I tried to hail them on the VHF, but received no reply.

As I write this on my new watch (06:00-08:00), we have nice weather but a 90% cloud cover. The nights are still getting cooler each day and this is the first day since 5 January that I am wearing long pants (jeans) and a jumper.

At 06:10 (LT) our position is 26° 29,78N; 057° 36,95W. SOG (Speed Over Ground) is, just now,  a slow 5.7 kn. Distance to WP1 is 254 Nm and to Horta in a straight line is 1.628 Nm. So far we have sailed 600 Nm since Marigot Bay (again GPS straight line, as boat distance is likely to be 20 % more), which give a little over 150 Nm/day. Course is 36° T (True), or about 51° M (Magnetic); I usually use T as in the Caribbean and this longitude we have a 15°W M deviation.

The wind has moderated from the E and the swell/waves are OK at about 1.5-2.5 m. I have just unfurled the Mainsail as the wind moderated more and as soon as that was done I received 22 KN, so back young man and furl again the mainsail. Then we got some rain and it proved to be a short lived squall.

The forecast for the coming days according to the GRIB files I can get via Sailmail, is for 15-20 KN wind from ESE and E and in about three days, it should be down to 10 KN, but change to slightly S of E, which is OK for us.  

So, as I mentioned earlier, at present we hand steer and as I am writing with my right hand, I steer with the left hand, or feet. One has to adapt. It is amazing how easy New Dawn is to steer. She hardly need any work on the helm and she is very light on the rudder; just need 3-4° rudder to port. This is the result of the rigging tuning and straightening of the mast, we did in in Trinidad. Everyone are pleased with this, as it makes our work much easier and pleasant.

We noted a big flock of small Dolphins playing around New Dawn. As our speed was a good 7-8 kn, they stayed with us quite a while. Now and then Flying Fish land on the decks, to offer themselves as an addition to our breakfast diet. Not much flesh on them, but plenty of bones.

Ready for the frying pan.

At 08:00 (LT) we have sailed 601 Nm since Marigot Bay (GPS straight line) and have 242 Nm to WP1.

17.05.2012 at 06:05 (LT)

Yesterday was wonderful sailing with steady 15 kn E wind and moderate swell/waves, so we all enjoyed the ride and to catch up on some needed sleep. But last night was rough with up to 30 kn wind and big swell/waves and many squalls carrying heavy rain. Not too comfortable to sleep and I guess most of us will again be tired and needing to sleep. Thus, we hope it will calm a bit so we can recuperate.

As I write this, it is still rough with 24 kn E wind and rough seas, but the sun starts to warm a bit.The nights are still getting cooler, as we head N, so we dress warmer with jeans, jumpers and wet jackets, as especially with the strong wind it can be cold.

The mainsail is currently reefed to almost nothing and we carry only about 2.5 m of it. The Genoa has a  1.5 reef, which gives a good balance, without loosing too much speed, which is at present 7.5 kn.

At night we run the Radar and have seen no ships during the last 24 h. It is a big ocean out here. The sea temperature has dropped from 28° C in St Martin to 23° C and the air temperature has followed this downwards trend.

Our position at 06:05 (LT) was: 28° 40.87N; 056° 25.19W and I have now changed to my WP2 located about 233 Nm to the NE.

Dinner last night was my “Boef med Loeg” with Mashed Potatoes where I added Garlic and Parsley. We all eat well and everything was eaten AND no one complained about the food – guess it is a polite crew?

At 22:45:

This is yet another wonderful “Starry Starry Night...” with only the odd cloud. All around New Dawn there are stars. It is too early to be able to see falling stars, as one usually have to wait till mid summer to August, when the nights are clearer.

I am back on my night watch and at the moment we receive a fresh E wind of 16 kn and the seas are being kind to us. We carry full Genoa and again about half mainsail to give us a pleasant ride and give the crew a good sleep.

The water temperature remain cool at 22° C and the air is cold now, so I wear jean, jumper and the sailor anorak.

Our current WP2 is 145 Nm to the NE and is situated about level with Bermuda but about 500 Nm E of the Island.

The f’cast I received this evening is for 10-15 kn wind from E (what we have just now) but it should turn slowly to SE, perhaps already tonight, or tomorrow and moderating to 10 kn. This f’cast looks good to me as it should allow us to head a bit more to the east as we get further north. But we run the risk of getting into the Azores High and that is an important element to consider for our progress, as it might reduce the wind to nothing, meaning that Volvo Penta will need to be exercised. I still hope that I find winds more favourable and to avoid the High, without going up to 40° N, where there should be W winds, but as I noted in 2004, that is not sure, as we at that time received NE winds (on the nose) already at 37-38° N. Well that is one of the many challenges for this W to E crossing.

Only positive comments, is that in the Azores High, the seas should be calmer and hopefully the temperature warmer; at least that is the theory. However, I have noted on the GRIB files downloaded before departing St Martin, that the high had not yet settled and the winds could be found, although a bit confusing coming from all directions. The present strategy - change all the time – should reduce the distance to Horta by 200-350 Nm; I hope.

Life on-board is pleasant and my three crew are getting along well and are chatting all the time. William and Filip, the two 20 years old Swedes, have known each other since school and complement each other extremely well. They speaks perfect English and are kind and interesting to be with. They are both heading for Universities in Scotland and perhaps Ireland. They both appear more mature than their age, at times.

Jay has more experience in his bag and worked for NASA training Astronauts for space walks. He is 34 years old and is very interesting to listen to and to hear about his work. He worked for NASA, Huston, Texas and have taken a couple of years off following NASA scrapping the Space Shuttles a year ago. He has travelled extensively and has yet another year planned to see the world. He is a competent sailor and is a pleasure to have on-board. Jay writes an interesting Blog and if interested click on: http://www.bayworldtour2.blogspot.com/

All three are sailors and after the first few days of getting to know New Dawn, they are now familiar with her complications and her hydraulic furling and electric winches, which I have noted before with other crews that it is often not really understood well.

I seem, as usual, to be in charge of the navigation and technical tasks, like Generator, Batteries, weather, radio, etc, which apart from also being an equal member of the watch system, give me quite some work at times. But then I am less in the kitchen cooking than the others, except for the  dish washing which I often do together with Jay help.

“Auto”, it seems is broken and I fear it is the drive (motor) that is damaged as it made some unpleasant noises. I can’t see that I can repair it and I fear I will need a new drive (think it cost EUR 4.500?). So we hand steer and I divided the watch system into two hours each as I believe that two hours is sufficient to not loose our concentration, as three hours might can be too long, especially at night time. We all seem to be happy with this system and I am pleased for the positive reaction everyone showed when I announced that the hand steering was now in fashion.

Distance to Horta is now: 1.418 Nm and to WP2: 143 and to Marigot Bay, St Martin: 836 Nm (all GPS straight line).

Until now we have not yet used Volvo Panta, we will keep it in reserve and I have tanked 1.200 fuel, to prepare for its use.

Sun in this area raise at 04:46 and sets at 18:30.

18.05.2012 at 23:00 (LT) or 03:00 UTC.

It is still getting cooler and the water temperature is now below 22° C. The wind treats us well and is now  15-18 kn from SE. With the mainsail reefed a lot and full Genoa, it gives  a SOG (Speed Over Ground) of a good 6-7 kn.

Distance to Horta: 1.280; to WP3 145 Nm (half way mark) and to Marigot Bay: 981 Nm.

19.05.2012 at 06:30 (LT) or 10:30 UTC:

The wind continue to spoil us - I hope it will continue – with 14 kn from SE and the waves/swell has decreased to 1-1.5 m, which makes for a wonderful sail at an acceptable speed of 5.7-7.5 kn. We are still close hauled at 40° to the APP (apparent) wind.

To my great surprise, this morning’s weather f’cast shows an area, in front of us, with no wind. The good news is that I calculated that we might pass that area before the wind drop to zero. Then another good surprise is that a bit further to our NE (our course), the wind should turn to SSE at 10-15 kn. That is almost like winning in the Lotto, as we would be able to ease the sheets and head comfortable in the direction of Horta. My only worries are: - will it last and for how long time? – Is it a  start of the outside of the Azores High and thus be the beginning of the windless area? We shall see.

The water temperature has  now dropped to 21° C. The sun shines nearly all day and the Barometer starts to go over 1020. So we are definitively closing in on the High, which can become 1030. However, I remember from the seven day weather f’cast, downloaded  in St Martin the day before we departed, that  the High was smaller than usual and it had some wind for most of its area. But then that was to be 2-3 weeks before we would get there.

In any case it has been, at least until now, a very pleasant cruise and we all are happy the way it has turned out and the way New Dawn handles the conditions.

Distance to Horta: 1.234 Nm and to WP3: 95 Nm and to Marigot Bay: 1.028 Nm.

We continue to reef the mainsail a lot and it has about 2-3 reefs and with full Genoa, unless we spot squalls, which can come fast and give over 40 kn winds. When this configuration is well adjusted it balance the sails well and we hardy need to steer, as New Dawn almost sail by herself and we only have to, now and then, make small adjustments to the wheel.

Not having the use of “Auot”, save us a high amount of power, so both the freezer and fridge works well, so far. Ugh, as they are quite full…

I am in contact with Dan on S/Y Skylark (Sky 51). He and Northern Child  (Swan 51) and Great Escape, left Antigua the day before we left St Martin. Yesterday’s positions showed that they are about 70 Nm ahead of us, but a bit further to the W. If this continues  to be correct, it is prove that New Dawn can sail well and even points high and still be comfortable. The other three yacht are race yachts and should point higher than a HR53, as well as being faster. I will keep following this, but no doubt I have, again, given them an incentive to start racing us. Interesting.

20.05.2012 at 12:00 UTC:

Well the wind increased yesterday evening and it became rough again. Fortunately it changed during the very early morning and the seas calmed, as well as the wind moved almost to the S. This is great for us and during my watch (06:00-08:00) I could ease the sheets and New Dawn accelerated to 7-9.4 kn under full sails. Wonderful sailing condition. However, there is a depression ahead of us and I am not sure we can avoid it. As far as I can see we might get winds from all over the place for the next 24 h, but then we might get W winds of 15-20 kn in its tail, which is fine.

Today it is Sunday and breakfast is eggs and bacon. Perhaps with Flying Fish as an addition. 

We passed last night the mid WP for Horta and have this morning about 1.075 Nm to go. Our position was at 12:00 UTC: 33°32.709N and 049°54.03W. SOG: 7.8 kn. COG: 068° T.

21.05.2012 at 18:15 UTC:

This afternoon I advanced the clocks 3 h to fit the Azores time zone, which is UTC -1 h, even though we are not really yet at the Azores, but it give me less work to figure out the exact time and also to coordinate the clocks on-board. This mean that the Sun raise at 07:00 and sets at 21:05 in this area.

The wind has been playing around us and we have had a little bit of everything, as well as large swell/waves. This afternoon we have W wind of 17-19 kn and as the Genoa was banging around, even when the Mainsail was heavily reefed, we put out the Spinnaker pool and are now sailing Wing-on-Wing at a good speed of 7-9.5 kn. But it require the helmsman 100% concentration and hopefully they are all up to that task. In any case I have asked that no one disturb the helmsman. So far so good. I started to helm, then William, Filip and Jay. But by sunset we will take down the pool and reduce the steering and speed for the night, as it is too dangerous to continue on the Wing-on-Wing configuration after dark and when only one is on watch.

 Sailing Wing-On-Wing.

I called Rameldange as the boys, Natalie, Lise and HJ and their friends are there for dinner.

Distance to: Horta 900 Nm and to Marigot Bay: 1.319 Nm. Our position at 17:45 UTC was: 34°20.023N and 046°38.434W.

Jay made a Bottle Post with a message for whoever finds it and throw it over-board at 18:15 UTC. He wait with eager if anyone contact him after they have found the bottle and read his message.

 NASA science going back to bottle post.

22.05.2012 at 09:30 UTC:

During the last 12 h we have seen big wind shifts and huge seas. As we were sailing fast down wind, we ended up with several accidental gybes and  were lucky that nothing broke and no one got hurt, including me. In the large waves and having the wind dead aft, needs 100% concentration and no disturbances, as the smallest error done and bang we gybe. Not always easy for everyone.

This morning we had yet another big wind shift from a W wind to NNE. The f’cast state – until it change again – that we should have wind from N for the coming days, but we shall see as it change continuously out here and the large swell we have just now must have been created by something to the NW-W of us. Chris have seen a Tropical Depressinon the Internet (usually before a system become a Hurricane) at 35.5N and 71.5W. This center is about our latitude and well W of us. I have asked Chris if she can find the expected track for that Depression, as if it comes our way, we will have to alter course, to avoid it.

Position is now: 34°43.336N and 044°48.610W. COG: 68° T. SOG: 6.5 KN. Distance to Horta: 813 Nm and to Marigot Bay: 1.397 Nm. Sun raise: 06.51 and sunset: 21:00. Sea temperature: 21° C. Barometer: 2021.

23.05.2012 at 20:20 UTC:

During the last few days we have seen several pods of Dolphins. They are rather small, but come around especially early mornings – at least that is when I see them as I am on watch between 06:00-08:00 LT – and they stay a short while playing around the bow.

Until now we have had a great run with relatively good wind most of the time, but this evening the wind dropped to 2-3 kn from N and a huge 4 m swell set in, meaning that the SOG fell to 1.5 kn. Thus, the difficult decision was taken to exercise the Volvo Penta at 20:15 UTC (1.663 h at the start) and thus, to wobble us ahead in the big swell.

We have 612 Nm to Horta and have sailed 1.584 Nm since Marigot Bay (both using GPS straight line), but in reality we have probably covered 20% more, or say 1.900 Nm (the instruments states 2.075 Nm, but we know that it overstate).

24.05.2012 at 07:45 UTC:

I am back on watch at 06:00 (07:00 UTC), but for me It really starts around 05:00 as I need yo get the emails and weather f’cast via the SSB/HAM HF Radio. If I am a bit later and as the propagation is not ideal at the moment, the download of the weather f’cast GRIB files will be slow and take too much time.

We are still motor sailing and the wind is only 3 kn, so not much we can do with the sails. We have a huge 4 m unpleasant swell from the N and get it at an angel of 80° so it is rock’n roll again; not fun.

On the more positive side the morning was wonderful with a great sun raise and a New Dawn started.

But in the horizon to our N is a system that seems – luckily for us – to be stationary and it is pouring with rain.

 Go N young man and get a free wash...

The water temperature is below 20° C and the nights are cold now, so on comes jumpers, jeans, socks, shoes, etc. What a change from the Caribbean in just 12 days, with the water temperature dropping from 28° C to 20° C.

25.05.2012 at 01:30 UTC:

Still no wind and we are motor sailing on and off all day yesterday. We started the engine on 23.05 at 20:30 UTC and ran it for 19 h before we tried the sails again, but that was short lived, so back came Volvo in action.

Yesterday afternoon we stopped the engine and rolled in the sails, so the crew could have their wish come through, namely to have a swim in the middle of the Atlantic, even if it was only 19° C. At the same time Filip checked the propeller and rudder as I had heard noises from there for a few days.

 A Mid Atlantic swim. The boys are having fun.

Filip found nothing wrong. One of the noises was a kind of banging when there were pressure on the rudder and it had me worried for days, as I could not find out why. I then took the aft bed apart for the X number of times and found the cause. When I changed the battery in St Martin, I dumped a piece of wood as it smelled bad of acid. That wood was to fix the batteries so they would not move inside the box. But I forgot to replace it with a new piece of wood. Thus, when New Dawn was healing and moving from side to side in the swell/waves, the batteries shifted from side to side about 2 cm and thus the knocking noise. Also as the new glass fibre bottom of the battery box is slippery, it accentuated the sliding of the batteries. Luckily, as far as I could see, the walls of the box has not suffered any damage. I then fixed the battery movements with a strong hose that I coiled inside the box, but I will need to check this again when we are again moving from side to side.

At 08:25 UTC, I heard a loud noise very close to New Dawn and I turned to see a huge (Sperm or Humpback - likely the latter) whale (say 18 m long) only, say, 15 m away to starboard. It had obviously just surfaced and was breathing heavily and making the fan of sprays, as we passed it. It turned briefly to our direction, but remained steady with its large fin and back sticking out of the  water and continuing to breath heavily for a while. I am happy that we (just) missed it, as it would not have been funny to have such a big whale hitting us from below. It was close this time and I hope we will not see any such whale so close again. I did not have sufficient time to take any photo/video; what a pity. 

At 08:45 UTC: The wind came as my watch was finishing and we received 23 kn, with dark clouds all around us. I changed course to more SE to try to outrun the system and we managed OK. William came up for his watch and we reefed both the Mainsail and Genoa, just in case we would get the Gale that is shown on the f’cast.

27.05.2012 at 07:30 UTC:

As predicted by the GRIB files I received by email and also as Nicolas emailed me, we were to get troublesome weather with strong wind and loads of rain. 

Boy did we get just that. The wind went up to about 40 kn (8 + BF) from the aft and loads of rain, as well as large waves. It lasted longer than we had anticipated and life on-board became a little complicated. But we coped, albeit wet and rocked....

Then the wind died, as predicted, and Volvo was started at 20:00 and we are, as I am writing this, still enjoying the performance of Volvo. Usually, for the direct route to Horta, one would count on using the engine 4-5 days, depending on the size and location of the Azores High, so if we will use Volvo, say, 2-3 days on this trip, it will be great. So far we have used it 47 h. I run it at 1.100-1.200 RPM, which give a speed of 6.5-7.3 kn if the Gori propeller is in overdrive (not easy to obtain), depending on the state of the sea. This comsume about 5-6 l/h. However, if I run it at 1.800-2.000 RPM, the consumption double to about 10-12 l/h and this only to bobtain a speed increase of, say, 1-2 kn, which, as we are not in a hurry, is not worth it.

At the end of my watch the wind picked up and I set all sails and obtained a nice 7.2 kn speed. But withing 30 min it turned to NNE (on the nose) and dropped to a wind speed I could no longer use for any reasonable speed. So Volvo is now in action again.

Today it is Sunday and I have taken Bacon out of the freezer. Our tradition is for eggs and bacon for Sunday breakfast.

Position is at 09:35 UTC: 38°05.512N; 030°22.677W.  Distance to Horta is: 86 Nm and to Marigot Bay is: 2.092 Nm. It thus seems that we will arrive Horta later on this evening.

We finally arrived at 23:00 and were all happy to go for a beer at Peters Sport Cafe and I met again the owner Joseph, who has always been helpful for me.

We tanked and only needed about 300 l.