Well guys I've finally done it . Two weeks sailing from Portugal to England. I really had a great time to sum it all up nicely. I've experienced dolfins, bad humor, gales, trawling fishing boats (at night), being on collising (?) courses, etc. The safety on board was good. I tried to wear my life jacket all the time on deck but that didn't happen even though they were not uncomfortable. I'll just blame it on that no one else wore theirs. But i did make sure i always wore it at night (even though no one would stand a chance of being recued at night with waves 3m high) or in windy weather.
I was with ten other people on the UK's biggest, oldest privatly owned boat. it was 100 years old. A trawler. It was my first big ädventure"and one of many I hope.

reinhardt