Arrival at the Azores
Stargazer of Southampton
Susie and Adam (both think they are skipper)
Wed 6 Jun 2012 21:40
06.06:12, 38:31.83N
28:37.41W Arrived today at Horta at 11 in the morning, our total journey taking us 17
days and 20 hours which we’re pretty happy with. We only used an amazing
100 litres of fuel in motor sailing about 130 miles – so we have a full tank and
some full jerry cans left on deck!
We had strong winds this morning getting toward the island of Faial which
Horta is on – 30 knots plus with squalls going over, we each had a turn in them
whilst the other was fast asleep! The marina is packed so rather than raft
up 3 deep on the walls we have chosen to anchor in the Harbour for a few days to
await more space. Been to walk around Horta today – it is very pretty with
Portuguese style cobbles and buildings and very, very clean with not a piece of
rubbish anywhere, the hillsides are all very green. The people are all
very friendly and polite. Bought some wonderful fresh bread and cakes – we
remember from last year that the Portuguese are good at cakes. We can see
the massive cone of the volcano on Pico island just across from us.
It is lovely to make a cup of tea without spillage and holding on and it
was really nice to actually walk around Horta – we haven’t walked anywhere in
over 2 weeks, and we are looking forward to a nice sleep tonight with no getting
up to sail the boat – that will be a huge luxury. The harbour is very calm
with no wind at all right now.
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