8th July 2010. 02.00.
Flores 20 miles ahead with glittering orange patches in the dark. Getting more well defined as we get closer. I saw it not long before sunset, looked up and there it was, with the smaller island of Corvo to the north of it. Wow! Sailing nice through the dark with occasional dolphin squeak through the hull. Been pacing the decks all day excited, finally landfall. Should get in not long after dawn. Radar alarm set to 12 miles in case sleep takes over from excitement.
10.30. Anchored! Quite a few boats here.
16.30. No idea what time zone this is but those prawns were GREAT. As was the wine. Easy check in, no need to check out, just leave whenever you want to. Well stocked supermarket. Everything a boy could want. Poor ole boat is looking like a rusty sad thing. Easy to see which tack I was on the whole way. The rusty one. Don´t worry love, paint and tender loving care is coming your way. In another thousand and a half miles or so. Not far now.....
Well done, I have been following your slow but steady progress across the Atlantic.
ReplyDeleteWhere are you headed on your return to UK. Currently I am on my 50-foot steel ketch in Gosport, will you be coming this way?
Best regards David < lenseman > YBW
Hi David, Heading for London in the end probably landfall in Falmouth. But if I happen by the Solent I´ll maybe come and have a look at your boat :)
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