Why can't you trim the mast properly? And why does the palm push the hippopotamus' cabin deck in? Questions the answers of which call for an urgent repair. After more than three weeks, however, the Roevers set off again.
"We loosen our ship line by line. Judith shifts into gear and HIPPOPOTAMUS moves away from the jetty. Finally - after more than three weeks - we turn our backs on Sadden. A short time later we set the sails and set off through the starry sky To sail to the Spanish west coast at night. Around 120 nautical miles around the famous Cape Finisterre to the Ride Vigo, the river mouth where the port city of the same name is located. It could also be fifty or two hundred nautical miles. We don't care. We just want to just away from Sada. Without tinkering, without waiting for spare parts, without nervousness. It is difficult for us to dismantle the latter at first. Does our mast support hold? Is the stuffing box tight? Have our problems now been resolved? Yes. Everything is OK. However, we check every crackle and crackle very precisely. Was your unusual noise? False alarm. Everything is as it should be."
The report from aboard the "Hippopotamus" shows the relief that Judith and Sönke Roever felt when, after more than three weeks in Sad in northern Spain, they were finally able to continue their journey halfway around the world. With their 10 meter long Gib Se106, there are still around 14,000 nautical miles ahead of them before they reach their destination in New Zealand.
Anyone who would like to find out more about the journey of the "Hippopotamus" and her crew, Judith and Sönke Roever, can do so at: www.hippopotamus.de