Horta to Scillies, 1.6.13

Persephone... Cruiser/Racer
Nigel & Karen Goodhew...
Sat 1 Jun 2013 18:13
We are off...engine all fixed and exactly a month after leaving Bermuda, we are off on the last leg of our Atlantic adventure.
 
As Whisper woke up after slipping into Horta last night, Persephone prepared to leave. We managed to say hello and goodbye to Noel and Sandy, who evidently had a blast of a crossing from Bermuda to Flores in 12 days!!!
 
As I write, it is 1800UT, the guys back at home have been racing round the Isle of Wight. Persephone has just passed the island of Graciosa, so we are slowly leaving the Azores behind.
 
Once again, we left in the company of the Dutch yacht Shishco, also bound for the Scillies, but already, after 8 hours at sea, we have left them 13 miles behind us.
 
Karen is trying the seasickness patches...so we hope she will soon adapt to life at sea again.
 
Position as at 1800 is 39 09.562N  28 01.625W
 
Wind is 15 knots from the south east and we have a relatively flat Atlantic for a change.
 
All well