Another trip on Ilha de São Vicente was on the T0-Do-List for today. These are the easier ones to tick off! More photos under the link below as usual.
It took me to the northeastern side of the island with less Harmatten today, two villages and beaches I wanted to visit.
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I have finished my yoga in the engine room for the day. The Fischer-Panda generator is cleaned and all salty remains from the recent water leakage of the sea-water-pump removed.
The issue on the water maker, high pressure pump tripping, is caused by the generator loosing its AC power at 2.5kW. We suspect either the capacitors or the rev servo motor to be the ultimate root cause.
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It was time to get back into the saddle and some blood circulation into the legs. Although there was some Harmatten up in the air bringing a bit of sand from the Sahara at PM2.5 levels in the range of 25µg/m3, it is considered to be okay to perform light exercise.
Being now out of the “European Culture and Comedy” for a while, above photo gives a sniff of the road environment here on São Vicente, particular Mindelo.
We also faced some hard cobbles, which finally broke the glas of my bike iPhone by ripping it out of the handle bar holder and smashing it on the road. Glas broken, phone working. 
Finally we have now left La Gomera and the Canary Islands heading for Cabo Verde. These stop-overs took a bit longer than planned but now we shall have fair winds and following seas to make south. Cross fingers. Our adventure continuous!
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PS: Thanks for the video Marcel!
Together with Tobi, 1st mate on SY Sutje, I went for a hike today while the wind keeps blowing. We got a recommendation from Petra and Jan, both chief hiking experts besides sailing SY Sutje.
The bus ride to our starting point was already breath taking as you can see above. For details on the hike itself please have a look at the Komoot recording, if you like. I am still puzzled from today’s impressions. Amazing landscape!
Fair winds…
As expected, we are getting some gale force winds blowing over the Canary Islands at the moment. The eastern part at Lanzarote is hit even harder/longer than the western islands. As per the latest forecast, the wind will peak here in San Sebastián de La Gomera around noon today at 45kn. Tomorrow afternoon it will all be over.
I am impressed how well protected this marina is against these northerly winds. Hidden behind some high rocks, there is hardly any boat movement and no jerking of lines generating this squeaky noise from the mooring lines all over the place.
Peaceful night with restful deep sleep.
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What to do with 1kg fresh Wahoo filet? To start off, I decided, that my light lunch today will be a Wahoo steak with some Avocado dip, topped with some local grown Thymian. I learned that Avocados are also grown on La Gomera and wonder, what else you cannot get on this island. Still learning every day, but bottom line is, that my learning curve is much steeper compared to the days before this adventure started.
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