A breeze got up after breakfast and we sailed all day, a light southerly, so a beam reach at 6 or 7 knots made for a beautiful, if uneventful day, we also saw three large pilot whales as we had our 1800 beer. We put the clocks forward two hours so we will arrive in Horta on Azores time. As I type this it is 2130 and the sun has just gone down, we have 58 miles to go and expect to make landfall around 0600 tomorrow, perfect, just as the sun comes up.

And that is what happened. We eventually pulled into the harbour at Horta at 0900 after 3 or 4 hours motoring towards and around this beautiful, lush island. We were welcomed at the Marina reception with civility and friendship, formalities took hardly any time, and by 1000 we were safely rafted up against the marina wall with electricity and water at about £17 a day which is not bad for 51 feet of boat. We walked to the famous Cafe Sport for a massive breakfast to celebrate our arrival, generously paid for by Joe and Karin, then it was off to arrange some diving, boat cleaning etc. Great to be here and a respectable12 days 20 hours! And we are all still talking to each other!