Bermuda to the Azores

The Captain and the Admiral have a hug prior to leaving Bermuda

 

Skipper at the helm on a chilly, damp day.

 

Dave equipped for the ocean

 

 

Dawn on a broad reach on the Atlantic

 

Bob and John

 

 

Kazoo serenade on Bob's birthday

 

Oops! Bob's special birthday outfit!

 

Birthday boy!

 

Froggy stowaway?

 

Berthed in Lajes, Ilha das Flores, Azores

 

The Admiral inspects the fleet.

(Adventuress in the background)

 

Porto das Lajes, Ilha das Flores

Thursday May 29  17.15 local time (GMT)  39.22.767N 31.10.155W  At dock.

 

It was dark when we arrived, but the entry into the anchorage here is wide open and there was plenty of light from the street lamps of Lajes to see the other boats in the anchorage: none! We dropped the anchor in 34 feet of calm protected water, let out 175 feet of chain, and opened the champagne.

 

With light following winds we had motor-sailed the last 112nm. This added 15.5 hours to our engine time, making a total of 31.5 hours motoring. Our passage was fast: we dropped anchor exactly 11 days and 7 hours after leaving the fuel dock in St George's harbour, Bermuda. We travelled 1,795nm for an average speed of 6.6kts, and we still had over half left of our 250 gallons of water. We saw lots of dolphins in the second half of our trip, and we enjoyed winds behind the beam for most of the passage.

 

Now we are berthed along a floating pontoon in the inner harbour's new marina, and we are on vacation! We will stay in Flores for a few days before sailing 130nm to Horta on the island of Faial, one of the five islands that make up the central group of the Azores islands.

 

John and Nancy, with Bob and Dave