Dad, I love this experience you had in Algeria! What amazing people. I love that you can still find the humor in the stressful situations like having your boat searched. What an amazing story! Thank you for sharing this.
Mac-thanks for the comment. Yeah it was some what stressful. By the time we had arrived at the fishing village and they had finished interrogating me it has been over 36 hours since I had to last slept. I once I had gotten some sleep I felt a whole lot better. The number of people who came to see the boat and me was absolutely amazing. And as I stated in the video they were the kindest people I almost have ever met. They repeatedly asked me if I needed anything that they would be more than willing to accommodate me with anything that I needed. That Sunday afternoon that I spent talking to the people of Algeria was one of the finest moments of my life.
That is a long time between siestas! I bet it was stressful. Some of the coolest moments tend to shine through our toughest times. What an experience. I also loved your comment about the beautiful mosque. One of my best friends is from Iraq. She’s islamic and we have been really close for 12 years. I love our different backgrounds and she has the most beautiful heart of anyone I’ve ever met. I’m glad your journey has brought you in contact with similar souls. Regardless of where we grew up we all share the same humanness . And what I’ve found is that most people are innately good.
@@laurinvassella6699 you are right about most people being good. It only takes a few bad ones to spoil the party. Irregardless of what deity we worship, or how we worship, we are all humans and should act as we would want others to treat us. Being in Europe ( and Africa) for the past 4 months, I certainly had the chance to interact with numerous people of different cultures and nationalities. Amazingly enough all my experience have been positive. Of course there is the matter that Spain is the only country (4 so fair) that I have been it that I have not been stopped and interrogated - to different degrees - by authorities of some fashion or another!
Hi. Well thank you for the free publicity for our small fishing port. Actually we also did injoy your company. Was a kind of unique experience having you in port . Hope we meet again wish a good luck. From ismail(the RADIO operator) take care.
Thanks so much for commenting. I made it to Gilbraltor without any problems. I meant every word I said about feeling like a millionaire having spent the afternoon in conversation with all that came down to the boat. Everyone there was so kind and friendly to me. I so appreciated it. Please tell anyone that was there hello for me. Take care. David
You’re right about the setup. The line for the roller furler was using the port side jib sheet winch. If the port side jib sheet was on the winch, you had too let it flap in the wind to roll up the jib. That has been corrected. I also now have a line to aid pulling the mainsail down, that works really well. No more going on the deck to pull a reluctant mainsail down. Thanks for your comment!
Dad, I love this experience you had in Algeria! What amazing people. I love that you can still find the humor in the stressful situations like having your boat searched. What an amazing story! Thank you for sharing this.
Mac-thanks for the comment. Yeah it was some what stressful. By the time we had arrived at the fishing village and they had finished interrogating me it has been over 36 hours since I had to last slept. I once I had gotten some sleep I felt a whole lot better. The number of people who came to see the boat and me was absolutely amazing. And as I stated in the video they were the kindest people I almost have ever met. They repeatedly asked me if I needed anything that they would be more than willing to accommodate me with anything that I needed. That Sunday afternoon that I spent talking to the people of Algeria was one of the finest moments of my life.
That is a long time between siestas! I bet it was stressful. Some of the coolest moments tend to shine through our toughest times. What an experience. I also loved your comment about the beautiful mosque. One of my best friends is from Iraq. She’s islamic and we have been really close for 12 years. I love our different backgrounds and she has the most beautiful heart of anyone I’ve ever met. I’m glad your journey has brought you in contact with similar souls. Regardless of where we grew up we all share the same humanness . And what I’ve found is that most people are innately good.
@@laurinvassella6699 you are right about most people being good. It only takes a few bad ones to spoil the party. Irregardless of what deity we worship, or how we worship, we are all humans and should act as we would want others to treat us. Being in Europe ( and Africa) for the past 4 months, I certainly had the chance to interact with numerous people of different cultures and nationalities. Amazingly enough all my experience have been positive. Of course there is the matter that Spain is the only country (4 so fair) that I have been it that I have not been stopped and interrogated - to different degrees - by authorities of some fashion or another!
Hi. Well thank you for the free publicity for our small fishing port. Actually we also did injoy your company. Was a kind of unique experience having you in port . Hope we meet again wish a good luck. From ismail(the RADIO operator) take care.
Thanks Ismail. I appreciate your kindness for the flag, and for hanging out with your daughter. It was a wonderful afternoon. David
Hi david.am one of the men in your pic in azefoun.
How are you?
U are foums in azeffoun now.
Good like
Thanks so much for commenting. I made it to Gilbraltor without any problems. I meant every word I said about feeling like a millionaire having spent the afternoon in conversation with all that came down to the boat. Everyone there was so kind and friendly to me. I so appreciated it. Please tell anyone that was there hello for me. Take care. David
You seem to have a lot of sail issues. Something not right with your setup.
You’re right about the setup. The line for the roller furler was using the port side jib sheet winch. If the port side jib sheet was on the winch, you had too let it flap in the wind to roll up the jib. That has been corrected. I also now have a line to aid pulling the mainsail down, that works really well. No more going on the deck to pull a reluctant mainsail down. Thanks for your comment!
@@sailingsoloat7052 I had a 41 Morgan sloop that I converted to a catch just so I could truly single hand it in heavy water.