Simon, apparently, is stupid enough.

And we are having a grand old time! Our day sail from Faial to Terceira provides a particularly good example:

Flat calm water (which unfortunately meant a lot of motoring...in fact we used more in the first hour of that crossing than we did in the whole of the rest of the Atlantic crossing), beautiful weather and visits from four different groups of whales. We managed to get the sails up twice, which was good practice for Emma and I, and we even came off okay with a short company sail alongside the magnificent Malisi.

Thoughts now are turning toward the final island hop before we head north toward what up until now have been the distant shores of old Albion. Emma and I are very much excited. It's been a good chunk of time since we stepped foot on home soil, and we've been promised a special meal upon arrival :)