HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AND MAY IT BE A BLESSED ONE
On New Years Eve they arrived in Gibraltar after a Grueling 55-hour passage from Valencia, Spain having the wind on the nose.
They are at a Marina waiting for a weather window to head out on the Atlantic to the Canary Islands.
They took on fuel $1200 for 300 gallons of Diesel in which they carry 500 gallons. Jeff said the boat became very noisy and no matter on his watch adjusting sails to better sail didn’t work. This is all new for him, with 2 pontoons. Lots of ship traffic, fishing boats, Everyone on board is doing their jobs and doing great. They visited the rock and will go shopping at Costco on Tuesday
Here is a little info about Ukiyo: Built in 2010, cost was a Million dollars, it is 61.5 ft, beam 30 feet, height of mast 96 feet. 2-150 hp diesel generators (Yanmar), batteries capacity is 70kw-4 lithium.
Sails consist of Main, staysail, genoa, geniker. solar panels 2600 watts
Watermaker makes 35 gals an hr. has washer, dryer, dishwasher, 2 refrigerators, 2 freezers. icemaker and 4 cabins w/each queen size beds, shower and heads. air conditioners, heaters.
If you want to see the boat and crew can go to: INSTAGRAM@CRUISINGUKIYO
