Daily updates (and photos!) from our passage from Ponta Delgada on São Miguel in the Azores to Cascais in Portugal.
Author: Mike
Goodbye Azores!
Well, a last check of the forecast tonight has confirmed that the weather looks good for a departure tomorrow. We’ll be leaving the dock first thing in the morning. Light winds are forecast for the day tomorrow, and we may be motoring a lot as we work our way north and east. Sometime before noon Continue Reading
Going the rest of the way
Another big passage ahead of us.
Terceira: History, and Holes in the Rock
A week exploring the political and natural history of a fascinating island.
Welcome to Horta
Landfall and a warm welcome in this legendary Atlantic port.
Atlantic Crossing: Week 3
Week 3 of our passage from the Caribbean to the Azores
A Winter in the Caribbean
It’s the first week of August as I write this, and I am back in Trinidad after spending a few weeks in Vancouver for a break to visit friends and family. Obtviously our blogging efforts lagged once we started island hopping in the Caribbean in February, but we’ve really enjoyed our travels and there are Continue Reading
Boat TLC, and Goodbye to Antigua
Sailboats use “anti-fouling” paints on under the water to stop, or at least slow down things growing on the hull. Without the paint, hard growth such as barnacles, and soft growth (plants/sea weed/slime) happily attaches to the hull and grows. The developing forest makes it harder for the boat to move through the water, slowing Continue Reading
Passage to Antigua
While on passage to Antigua, we posted daily updates on our progress and things going on to the PredictWind tracker. Since we’ll be shutting down that tracker shortly, we’ve copied those posts here and added photos and videos.
The weather window is Open. Antigua here we come!
Our 44 hour sail down to Cape Lookout was a great chance for our new crew-mate to get used to life on passage, and arriving for a few days on the beach with warm weather felt positively tropical. Almost like we had a mini-version of the passage to Antigua. Anticipating a spell of bad weather, Continue Reading