Update from the Atlantic
S/V Galatea update
Neil Scott
Sat 1 Apr 2017 23:00
Hi all, A brief update on what is now day 8 since our departure from Mindelo. We are now about 1100 miles north of the Cape Verdes having had a good run. All in all with minimal issues so far, other than a brief scare when the engine transmission lever was stuck in reverse. Luckily it was just the cable linkage which we managed to adjust. We have finally decided on our course forward from here and are heading to San Miguel Island in the Azores. The Azores are about 38 degrees N, 27 degrees W and about 240 miles to the north. We should arrive there late Monday morning and will wait there until we get a decent weather window to complete the last 1000 miles across to Gibraltar. Unfortunately the high pressure ridge that has helped us to get north from the Cape Verde islands is moving northwards and blocking a nice run eastwards across to Gibraltar. We are hopeful that we will be lucky and not have to wait too long in the Azores. It is not a bad place to wait though and we will fly across to one of the other islands west of San Miguel, that is, to the town/marina of Horta on Faial. We will visit there for a couple of nights making sure to frequent Cafe Sport, a famous watering hole for yachties and reputedly the same place that Joshua Slocum visited back in the 1880's during his circumnavigation. Horta is actually where Scott and I met in April 2008 at the start of our cruising training expedition across to Ireland. So it will be good to get back there. That is it for now. Next update once we arrive in San Miguel. Neil, Kev and Scott - S/V Galatea (Due to limited satellite bandwidth, please delete any previous text in the string or compose a new message when replying) |