Lunaquest38's Web Diary - Bye to Cape Verdes...start of Atlantic crossing

Bye to Cape Verdes...start of Atlantic crossing

Lunaquest38

Sat 15 Dec 2018 17:45

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Blog Entries

2020

Sep 2020

Mon 7 Sep 15:59

Aug 2020

Tue 25 Aug 16:10
- 2020 - "Plans are written in the sand at low tide"

2019

Jun 2019

Mon 17 Jun 19:48
- No swimming here
Fri 7 Jun 16:36
- Link to youtube video - Line-handling on Panama Canal transit June 2019

May 2019

Fri 31 May 01:39
- Link to YouTube video - Brief summary Dingle to Panama
- Shelter Bay Marina, Panama
Sun 26 May 15:15
Sat 25 May 11:00
- Porvenir, San Blas, Panama.
Sun 19 May 16:23
- Tayrona National Park, Colombia
Fri 17 May 18:05
- DIARY - Sierra Nevada, Minca, Colombia
Sat 11 May 20:51
- More Santa Marta views
Wed 8 May 18:47
- Santa Marta views
- Santa Marta views
Fri 3 May 23:09

Apr 2019

Fri 26 Apr 03:51
- Chicago for Helen and San Francisco for Austin....catching up with family and friends from 11th to 26th April ✈
Wed 10 Apr 14:43
- Cartagena views
Tue 2 Apr 14:38

Mar 2019

Sat 30 Mar 13:04
- DIARY - Bonaire
Wed 27 Mar 22:39
- More Bonarian views
- Bonaire views
Mon 25 Mar 23:49
- Bonaire the beautiful
- Austin and Helen in Bonaire
Fri 22 Mar 10:30
- Bonaire, Harbour Village in Kralendijk
Mon 18 Mar 10:00
- DIARY - Martinique
Tue 12 Mar 17:09
- Beaches of Martinique
Mon 11 Mar 01:07
- Pottery village Martinique
Tue 5 Mar 15:18
- Carnival in Martinique

Feb 2019

Fri 22 Feb 20:06
- Fort de France
Sun 17 Feb 16:41
- They must have known she's a Kerrywoman with the Green and Gold
- Luna Quest in marina du Marin, Martinique
Wed 13 Feb 18:21
- Marina du Marin, Martinique
- DIARY - St Lucia
Sun 10 Feb 20:54
Wed 6 Feb 14:41
- Marigot Bay and visit to St Lucia Distilleries in Rouseau
Tue 5 Feb 14:45
- Dennery waterfall
- Soufriere and the Pitons

Jan 2019

Tue 29 Jan 22:26
- Luna Quest in Rodney Bay, St Lucia
- Rodney Bay, St Lucia
Mon 28 Jan 11:01
- En route to St Lucia
Sun 27 Jan 17:23
- Farewell to The Grenadines as we head North to St Lucia
- DIARY - Barbados to St Vincent & The Grenadines (Bequia, Tobago Cays, Mayreau, Union Island)
Sat 26 Jan 15:28
- "Harman the helpful" in Clifton, Union Island
- Bob is omnipresent
Fri 25 Jan 14:45
- Clifton, Union Island
Wed 23 Jan 16:59
Tue 22 Jan 15:53
- Met with Eddie English and crew
Mon 21 Jan 14:21
Tue 15 Jan 17:30
- Sunset, with Siobhán's lovely Christmas lights still up
Sat 12 Jan 17:17
- Saturday evening bath-time Bequia
- Mike Goddard's pottery in Bequia
Fri 11 Jan 13:57
- Bequia beach-sign
Tue 8 Jan 18:00
- Farewell sundowners at Princess Margaret Bay
Mon 7 Jan 18:53
Sun 6 Jan 12:57
Sat 5 Jan 17:35
Fri 4 Jan 16:00
Thu 3 Jan 19:38
- The "Foxy John's" of Moontown, Barbados

2018

Dec 2018

Mon 31 Dec 11:20
- Eithne and Helen having a swim in Port St Charles
Sat 29 Dec 19:04
- DIARY - Atlantic Crossing - Mindelo, Cape Verdes to Barbados
- Barbados flag
- Port St Charles, Barbados
- Sailing buddies
Tue 25 Dec 16:20
- Helen working Christmas dinner mid-Atlantic; she’s really serious about it.
- Nollaig Shona daoibh
Mon 24 Dec 21:24
- Catalan Christmas song from Lluc
Sun 23 Dec 14:11
- More chilling-out (Champagne sailing!!)
Sat 22 Dec 16:30
- Serious sailors mid-Atlantic
Fri 21 Dec 18:20
- Winter Solstice
- Winter Solstice mid-Atlantic
- Sundowners
Thu 20 Dec 16:14
- Chilling out in the cockpit
Wed 19 Dec 17:16
- Chilling out on deck
- Grooming-time
- Dorado ceviche... yum
Tue 18 Dec 11:13
- Maxime and Lluc...first catch of the voyage
Mon 17 Dec 17:42
- Mid-Atlantic sunset
Sat 15 Dec 19:00
- DIARY - Tenerife to Cape Verdes
- Bye to Cape Verdes...start of Atlantic crossing
- Provisioning in market for Atlantic crossing
Fri 14 Dec 15:02
- Austin and Adilson
- Atlantic-crossing crew at Mindelo, Cape Verdes, with Maxime and Lluc
Wed 12 Dec 15:23
- Austin getting a better view
- Mindelo streets
- Mindelo marina
- Mindelo
- Kerrygold!
Tue 11 Dec 14:22
- Mindelo marina ⛵
- Mindelo marina
Sat 8 Dec 13:20
- Mindelo, Cape Verdes
- Cabo St Vicente in view
Fri 7 Dec 02:04
- Palmeira pals
Thu 6 Dec 15:11
- Whipping the bitter end
Wed 5 Dec 18:09
- Strela Kriola of Cape Verde
- Palmeira sunsets
- Up the Kingdom
- Street art Palmeira
Tue 4 Dec 17:28
- Sunset Palmeira
- No stress Cabo Verde
- Luna Quest at anchor in Palmeira
- Local sailors
- Chilling-out in Palmeira
- Palmeira with Scott
- Streets of Palmeira
- Palmeira
Mon 3 Dec 18:00
- Palmeira sun-set
- Scott and Austin
- Dingy-dock Palmeira
- Palmeira, Cape Verdes
- Cape Verde flag
- Sal, Cape Verdes in view
- Captain and First Mate with Sal in view
Sat 1 Dec 17:27
- Sunsets en route to Cape Verdes
- Dolphins playing on way to Cape Verdes

Nov 2018

Thu 29 Nov 15:00
- Tenerife to Cape Verdes with Scott Mackeown
Wed 28 Nov 14:31
- DIARY - Cascais to Tenerife
- Scott in Santa Cruz, Tenerife with Luna Quest
Mon 5 Nov 15:06
- Santa Cruz, Tenerife
Sun 4 Nov 14:31
Fri 2 Nov 14:25
- Farewell to Madeira

Oct 2018

Mon 29 Oct 14:14
- Headland at Quinta da Lorde (no...not Ceann Sleibhe)
Wed 24 Oct 15:00
Sun 21 Oct 22:05
- Night-watch
Sat 20 Oct 19:36
Thu 18 Oct 14:14
- Cascais/Lisbon
Wed 17 Oct 13:59
- Sinatra castle in the mist
Sat 13 Oct 19:57
- Cascais with friends
- Sagres and Super Bock of Portugal
Mon 1 Oct 18:00
- Cascais
- DIARY - Vigo to Cascais

Sep 2018

Tue 25 Sep 12:12
- Porto
Mon 24 Sep 12:59
- Portuguese flag
Sun 23 Sep 14:26
- Baiona to Porto
- Porto
Fri 21 Sep 23:06
Thu 20 Sep 17:15
- Baiona
- Setting sail for Baiona
Wed 19 Sep 16:00
- DIARY - Cruising in the Rias Baixas
Mon 10 Sep 14:46
- Vigo
- Cangas anchorage, Ria de Vigo
Sun 9 Sep 16:30
- Cangas
- At anchor Cangas
Sat 8 Sep 17:05
- Ria de Aldan
- Aldan anchorage, Ria de Aldan
Fri 7 Sep 14:06
- Chicos Mark and Austin in Combarro
- Combarro
Wed 5 Sep 11:11
- Mark and Austin in Pobla do Caraminal
Tue 4 Sep 17:15
- A Pobra De Caraminal

Aug 2018

Fri 31 Aug 17:59
Thu 30 Aug 17:09
- Sunset near Finisterre
Sun 26 Aug 12:45
- An Daingean
Thu 23 Aug 22:35