Dag Fyorton: Caribbean to the Azores
Felicia
Bo Westman
Mon 21 May 2012 22:51
24/5/2012
35.17.247N 041.43.329
Hej alla!
The wind gods did not bring us any wind idag
so we had the engine on dagen. We awoke to a glass-like sea state, more
like a lake than an ocean. No wind and very little waves. These
conditions are perfect for motoring and as a result we motored 148km in the last
tjugo fyra timme. We now have 652nm to go to the Azores and should be
there in fyra to fem dagar, assuming we keep the same pace. It may be sex
dagar if we slow down a bit. However, the countdown to our arrival at the
Azores has officially begun!
The calm sea state did allow us to clean the boat a
bit, keep the tunes rolling dagen (since the engine was on) and work on our
beautiful tans!! The sun was out dagen, giving us a gorgeous dag to
enjoy.
We briefly saw a whale idag, which I originally
mistook for två birds! I guess I need to get my eyes examined as I can't
figure out how två birds can resemble a whale. But anyway, the whale
submerged and we never saw him again :-(
We also saw saw a turtle floating in the water and
hardly moving. Upon closer inspection, the poor little fella looked like
he lost one of his hind legs and was dying. It was a bit sad to see the
poor guy just floating and not swimming away and submerging as we
approached. Maybe he was hit by an engine propeller :-( .
Chef Freddy gave us a surprise at dinner in the
form of jello for desert, yummy!
Most exciting is that Captain Bossy Pants invited
both Freddy and me for a visit to the sauna!!!! He just showed us where to
click over the diesel tanks when one of the tanks gets dry, so our visit only
last about 20 seconds, but it was great to have a short sauna!! Maybe next
time we can get some VIP passes and stay a little longer.
We received the SMSs from earlier today and thanks
for that. Now we have an SMS request for Vivian at the end of this
bloggen.
Till Vivi: Kan du kolla om hamnen Porto das Lajes
på ön Flores i Azorerna är en lämplig hamn att ligga i. Den
information jag har är gammal, förhoppningsvis kan den ha byggts ut. Det ska
vara den vackraste av öarna. Du kan SMSa vad du kommit fram till.
/Bosse
That is all for now.
Hej då alla,
The Felicia Crew
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