Lat: 38:40.8. N : Long: 028:12.1 W. Sunday, 29th June, 2014 in Horta Marina, Faial.
Sulana's Voyage
Alan and Sue Brook
Sun 6 Jul 2014 21:17
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Lat: 38:40.8. N : Long: 028:12.1 W. Sunday,
29th June, 2014 in Horta Marina, Faial.
Unfortunately unable to stay any longer in Horta, to meet
up with Joachim & Rosa, the Owners of "Mariela" as we had hoped,
we headed out on a mission to keep another appointment, to
meet up with David & Annie Chatterton, on board the other West Mersea
yacht in the Azores, "Resting Goose". They were staying in the
neighbouring marina of Velas, on Sao Jorge island, and David had
used his extensive local contacts to secure us the last (or
only) remaining berth for a 17 metre yacht for us. Only a very short 34
miles away, this was easily done as a short day hop under motor, as winds were
very light indeed.
Velas was also a lovely little marina, well served, very
cheap rates and provided with superb facilities, includsing smart,
clean showers and a modern laundry faciility, all with water and
electricity thrown in for free, too! As we arrived a local festival was just
concluding and we just managed to get the last free lunches of the day, with
fresh 'Lapas' (Limpets) and a big bowl of fish stew. All this was provided
by the local community as part of their celebration of the month of the Espiritu
Santo (Holy Spirit). Their hospitality was humbling, quite frankly.
We went to sleep very peacefully that night, listening to
the hundreds of Cory's Shearwaters returning home in the dark and whistling,
cooing and cawing like so many parakeets on an excess of sugar
drinks.
Sao Jorge
was lovely. A long, volcanic strip of an island, often covered with cloud.
David had to drive very, very slowly in heavy, dense cloud, like fog, on our
return trip from visiting the North-Eastern end of the island. We
had
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