Wow! Beautiful day for sailing! I would have liked to be there. Happy travel!

Nice with video, and great quality too. Did feel like i was there too :)

IMPRESIONANTE!!!!

HOLA SOY DE ARGENTINA -SANTA FE- LOS ESTOY SIGUIENDO , LAS IMAGENES SON HERMOZAS, Y EL VIDEO FANTASTICO! SALUDOS Y BUENOS VIENTOS!

Looks like great fun! But it makes me feel cold. Or maybe that's just because it is -12 here right now. Gibraltar may not be the tropics but it has Canada beat for temperature right now.

i'm enjoying following your progress.. and all that comes with. nice video
not to tell you your business, but some foot cord tension (if you have it) would make that jib happy.. and i'd really hate to hear how you lost alex because he wasn't clipped into those jack lines. i sail offshore with my wife and daughter often,and as they are both not able to manage the boat in a breeze .. i force myself to don the inflatable pfd & clip in.
looking forward to your crossing as i know you are.

only getting on you cuz i care :)

regards, greg
SF Bay

How did you negotiate all the commercial traffic, I noticed a lot of freighters lined up on the horizon?

Mitch: Yes, it WAS cold! But so fun that we forgot about the cold for a while. Can't wait to get down on the African coast for some sun and warmer breeze.

Greg: It's a working jib which has no foot cord tension.. It is only possible to tension the leech. Can't wait to start using the new sails from North Sails.

Yes, the jack lines are very important, you're right. Mainly using them in night time sailing. I think I would be able to bring him back up from the water in this condition. Hopefully I don't have to :O

Capt puffy: Yes this is one of the busiest straits in the world, the Gibraltar Strait. It was no problems though as most of them were anchored and we could cruise around them. Would have been harder in the night I suppose.

You 'think you would be able to bring him back up from the water'. Not good enough. PRACTICE. If you can you will know. If not then you need to devise another strategy. You don't want it to be the real thing when you first try it.

I was in the coast guard for 8 years. Just like any emergency drill: don't be trying to learn how to do it (or if you can) when you're playing for keeps.

You're right Mitch, we need to practice this often and so we do. It gets better and better and goes faster with every time we practice the MOB procedure.