was that an explosion
what a tense week we had here at the marina in valencia we decided to leave the marina
towards ibiza to start our season so first thing was to provision joy with as much
food as we could get so we would not need to stop on the islands to stock up it is just
great that they deliver everything all the way to the boat so we took advantage of it
finding space on joy for everything was a hard work but after a few hours we got everything
organized so we're getting ready for the summer time and one of the things that we do is uh we
store away all our winter clothes in those bags this saves a lot of space we wash everything and
whenever winter comes it's very easy you just open this thing and the clothes are you know
are smelling good just like we had just uh washed so it's a it's a good thing that we
have done it's one of the tasks that we we have been doing for the past week is tore everything
away it's just heavy but uh it's so compact now and we go over there and put in the in the bilge
we were totally focused on the organization and storage
that we ended up not even paying attention what was going on outside all right
All done! Was that an explosion? Yes it was an explosion and not very far from where we were in
the marina a San Lorenzo 88 feet almost new yacht had a lithium battery explode and we looked out
there and it was white smoke coming out of it this is a yacht that had coming to the marina after a
two-day crossing from france their is signal was still transmitting pesa was the name of the yacht
with the estimate cost of around 8 million euros was in flames used for chartering at the balearic
islands with a cost of around 80 to 100 000 euros a week was facing some serious issues on top of
it the yacht had just filled up with about 8 000 liters of fuel at the gas station right next to it
in only 10 minutes the flames totally took PESA
the boats that were next to it were quickly removed and did not have any damage
the firefighters could not control the
flames and were afraid that a big explosion could happen at any time
I believe as the fire could not be contained they proceeded with this big vessel that
started to throw lots of water which caused the boat to eventually sink in its lot
it is just sad to see a boat to go down like this
no one was injured in the accident which resulted in PESA being sunk
a lot of people don't like to do that go up in the mess but it is super necessary especially whenever
you are out there in the ocean you gotta check everything is okay no shapings on the halyards
so that's what we're gonna be doing today and another while at the top of the mast we'll be
applying this fix that hopefully will result in the total elimination of the roaring noise
we experienced in our cabin i believe you may remember that from our previous episodes
this was a tip from a fellow friend owner of a lagoon 46 that also had some sleepless
night at anchor so here it is what we will do i will fix the cable on the side stays
and roll around in order to try to stop the vibration from this black
tube that you see here that vibrates when the wind comes from in front of the boat at anchor
this was the first time Patricia helped me go up the mast
don't know which one of us was more nervous
while was up there as i mentioned i checked all of the rigging and
trying to clean a little some of the dust that we had on the mast
before tying a knot at the side stays
love
everything okay there
wanna bring me down
foreign
now my life was in your hands thank you so much
was it dirty over there the master look at this nastia the line is uh totally fixed up there so
we're gonna go around the stay all the way down here and i think i think this is gonna do for the
roaring noise that we had for so long in our mast so let's see if it resolves
so
is
blah blah
so we're fast forwarding to the future and as you guys can see here 30 knots of wind
head-on and let's go over there here in the cabin
we do not hear any roaring noise anymore that was coming from here so problem solved
3 31 a.m and it's time to leave
we're gonna leave valencia towards ibiza and that's how it starts our new season
it does not matter to me how many nautical miles i have sailed in the past
the start of a new season after a long winter in a marina without much sailing makes me very anxious
and it feels almost like i'm untying the lines for the first time we chose to leave at 4 00
am so we could sail just a few hours at night and arrive at ibiza at anchor during the day
as we left the channel in valencia we felt a joy rock back and forth from one side to the other
we had our engines on and the combination of ocean movement
with diesel smell in the air on an empty stomach and very nervous that we were sailing again i
started to feel seasick last season sailing almost 2 000 nautical miles i hardly felt seasick
but today was different and he was going to test me patricia on the other hand was
feeling great and encouraging me to rest to get better only at half way to ibiza
the wind picked up and we were able to turn the engines off and seal the rest of the way
unfortunately i was not getting better and i was not able to eat
anything or even hold down the medicine i tried to take
i have always heard that even very seasoned sailors do get seasick at times especially
when away from the ocean for an extended period of time in my case i definitely lost my sea legs
somewhere in valencia during the winter time i felt sick 17 times during this passage before we
were able to see visa at the horizon and of course those beautiful whales they came by to say hello
we safely arrived in ibiza after sailing for 14
hours and dropped anchor in a bay at the city of san antonio
now only 10 months ago patricia embarked on joy with very little sailing experience
and today she sailed us to safety in ibiza as i was throwing up my guts out
sailing proved to once again to be a team playing activity that strengths the bond between people
we are so happy and fortunate to be able to leave this experience
and share it with all of you here on Sailing Joy