First day at sea

Norbert on IY Open60AAL

I personally want to say THANK YOU so much to all of you ๐Ÿ‘ฑโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿง”๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿฆฐ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ‘ฑโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿฆณ, who came at the departure and also who joined online on the live video or who wrote motivating messages ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜Š. It was really a departure full of emotions!! ๐Ÿ™‚

First day at sea and I have to get used to the completely different life again โ›ต๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’ฆ. Being alone, surrounded only by the ocean ๐ŸŒŠ, sometimes a bird comes by ๐Ÿ˜ƒ. The opposite to yesterday, where I was surrounded by many people at the departure. The weather keeps changing, sunny, cloudy and raining… โ˜€โ˜๐ŸŒฆ๐ŸŒง The first night was rather calm, good to get into it again.

Click on HERE to follow my progress ๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŒŽโ›ต

Norbert and team on IY Open60AAL waving to fans
Norbert on IY Open60AAL crossing the starting line

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