So, I am on the train. It's going to Roskilde – first I am going to Joan and Soeren. I am not really sure if I should be looking forward, it will probably come later. I said goodbye to the three girls, and it was weird. But they were a bit envious. A shame that they can't come along. I miss them already.

Friday the 3^rd of January

I am leaving from Joan and Soeren about three hours before the flight to Fort Lauderdale. I barely slept tonight, so hopefully I can sleep a bit on the plane during my flight to the U.S. I guess I am starting to look forward.

So, I am in the plane. It is just eight hours flying, then I will be in the U.S. At 3:50 in the afternoon the plane is taking off, and I think I can get some sleep. I couldn't...

Saturday the 4^th of January

Today we made a shopping list. And then it was off to go shopping. You try and shop for 10 people, who need food for +10 days. I had never tried that before, but it was rad. We had four full shopping carts, and the bill came to $1,100. When we were done putting everything away and stowing it properly, we went out for dinner and before we were back it was late, so I went to bed.

Sunday the 5^th of January

Today we had to clean the boat, because at 10:00 a.m. we had an open boat event with a US-organisation, called Shake-A-Leg. It was good. The Americans thought so too. The Mayor of Fort Lauderdale and a lot of others were there. Shake-A-Leg is a sailing community for people who have been injured or have an incurable disease or handicap, such as people who are paralyzed from an accident.

At 12:00 noon we left from Fort Lauderdale to sail through the night, because now we were going to the Bahamas. It is gonna be big. We expect to be there around 6:00 p.m. the next night.

Monday the 6^th of January

We arrived here around 6:00 p.m., but it was pitch black, so we couldn't see a thing. But we are staying here for a day, I think, and it should be very beautiful, so I am looking forward to tomorrow, when it gets light. Goodnight and sleep tight.

Tuesday the 7^th of January

Yes, it is beautiful here, but the sun isn't shining yet. Hope it shows later.

The dinghy is punctured in the bottom, but it will be fixed, when it stops raining. Right now we are just cleaning up the boat, while it rains. We are anchored by some islands called Ship Channel Cays. And now I think I'll go for a swim.

Wednesday the 8^th of January

Today I woke up around 7:30 a.m. Stayed in bed for a bit, and then I got up. Jeanette, my wife, sent me a text, that Elvira, our youngest daughter of 13, has seen us on Facebook when we were in Fort Lauderdale, where we had our picture taken with Mayor Seiler and were filmed as we sailed out of the harbor. It is nice to know that somebody is following us! And I must admit I was a bit touched, and had to wipe off a tear (just a little one).

Right now we just had breakfast and Emil is fixing something in the galley. Then we are sailing to Staniel Cay. What else the day brings, I don't know. I guess we will see!

Report from Bosun Bertram:

As the weather cleared up yesterday, Ship Channel Cays turned out to be an amazing anchorage, allowing us to stay so close to shore that you could swim to the beach. Fish of all colours at the nearby reef and as soon as we had repaired our punctured dinghy, we were racing back and forth from the palm trees to the orange yacht. This morning the wind had picked up significantly from the west, and instead of trying to snorkel through the waves, we agreed to make the best of the wind and do a leg south. Genoa on a spinnaker pole and south it went with an average of 9 knots in 22 knots of wind. We're now an hour away from Staniel Cay, where we will drop the hook for a night before we do the long stretch to Jamaica.

Local time on board is 13:45 an our current position is 24'15.81N , 76'36.53W.

Danish Translation:

Saa har jeg sat mig ind i toget. Det er til Roskilde – jeg skal foerst over til Joan og Soeren. Jeg ved ikke rigtigt om jeg skal glaede mig, det kommer nok. Jeg sagde farvel til pigerne *3, og det var underligt, men de var en smule misunderlige. Aergeligt at de ikke kan komme med. Jeg savner dem allerede.

Fredag d. 3. januar

Jeg skal afsted fra Joan og Soeren ca. 3 timer foer flyet til Fort Lauderdale. Jeg har stort set ikke sovet i nat, saa jeg kan vel sove lidt paa flyet til USA. Jeg er vel begyndt at glaede mig lidt.

Saa, nu sidder jeg i flyeet. Saa er der kun 8 timers flyvetur, saa er jeg i USA.

1550 flyet letter.

Nu skal jeg sove.

Det kunne jeg ikke.

Loerdag d. 4. januar

I dag har vi skrevet indkoebsliste. Saa var det ud at handle. Proev lige at handle til 10 mand, der skal have mad i +10 dage. Det har jeg aldrig proevet foer, men det var vildt. Vi havde 4 fyldte indkoebsvogne og det kom til at koste 1100$.

Da vi var faerdige med at saette paa plads og ordne det hele,  tog vi ud og spise, og inden vi kom hjem var klokken mange. Saa jeg gik i seng.

Soendag d. 5. januar

I dag var der oprydning og kl. 1000 havde vi aaben baad sammen med en US-organisation, som hedder Shake-A-Leg. Det var ok. Amerikanerne synes i hvert fald det var stort, baade borgmesteren og andre var der. Shake-A-Leg er for folk, der er kommet galt afsted eller har en uhelbredelig sygdom eller handicap, som f.eks. folk, der er lamme pga. et uheld eller lignende.

Kl. 12 tog vi afsted fra Fort Lauderdale og sejlede hele natten, for nu tager vi til Bahamas. Det bliver stort. Vi regner med at vaere der ved 18-tiden naeste aften.

Mandag d. 6. januar

Vi var her kl ca. 1800, men det var baelgragende moerkt, saa det var ikke til at se noget. Men her skal vi vist vaere i en dag, og der skulle vaere meget smukt, saa jeg glaeder mig til i morgen, naar det bliver lyst. Godnat og sov godt.

Tirsdag d. 7 januar

Ja, det er smukt her, men solen skinner ikke endnu. Haaber det kommer senere.

Gummibaaden er punktereti bunden, men den bliver lappet, naar det holder op med at regne. Lige nu er der gang i oprydningen, mens det regner. Vi ligger ved nogle oeer som hedder Ship Channel Cays. Og nu tror jeg, jeg gaar ud og bader.

Efter endt badetur *2 sejlede vi til et andet sted. Det tog ca. 2 timer og Guy lavede paella – det smagte godt. Jeg har vasket op, og da jeg var faerdig, satte jeg mig ud sammen med de andre. Nu ligger jeg i min seng. Godnat.

Onsdag d. 8. januar

I dag vaagnede jeg ca. 7.30. Laa lidt og stod saa op. Jeanette, min kone, sendte en SMS til mig og fortalte at Elvira, vores yngste datter, havde set os paa Facebook i Fort Lauderdale, hvor vi blev fotograferet med borgmesteren og blev filmet, da vi sejlede ud af havnen. Det er rart at vide, at nogen foelger med!!

Jeg maa da indroemme, at jeg blev en smule roert, og maatte klemme en taare (bare en lille en).

Lige nu har vi spist, og Emil er ved at ordne koekken, og saa sejler vi til Stanley Cay. Hvad dagen ellers bringer ved jeg ikke endnu. Vi faar at se?

 faar at se?