Sarah, Aurélien and their two children continue to move closer to the Panama Canal, which will finally allow them to enter the Pacific. They left Cabo de la Vela to reach Barranquilla, nearly 185 miles away. But sometimes, on board Maloya, things don't turn out the way they'd like them to. It's not easy to handle gusts of wind at 35 knots when you have a sick 3-year-old boy and a crying 2-month-old baby on board...
While sailing at 6 knots under staysail with this established wind of 30 knots and a swell of 2.50 m, the couple decided to put Maloya "on the run". This means continuing to sail without any sails, only pushed by the wind and the waves. And this is the first time in two years that this has happened to our crew. And in spite of this speedy backup, their Océanis 411 continues to make headway at between 4 and 6 knots, sometimes even plus?!
Finally, after several days at sea, Barranquilla appears in the distance. We will have to be a little more vigilant because of the estuary of the Rio Magdalena, the largest river in Colombia, before reaching Puerto Velero and taking a breather. On the programme for this first stopover, cycling for Nael, windsurfing with foil for Aurélien and walks on the beach for Sarah and the children.
