Our perceived weather window was more ajar than open and although the German yacht āCerceā left as planned, Alegria and Hejira chose to spend the night in the marina and leave at first light. In theory, to leave after a good nightās sleep is a fine plan but the surge into the marina made Hejira... Continue Reading →
TeDiouS
The mission was to get the jobs ticked off before exploring the City and first among these was to replace the membrane on the water-maker. This turned out to be a surprisingly easy job and the mechanism was āfired upā with some trepidation given our rather chequered history with the unit. Switching to production, we... Continue Reading →
Michelin Star
The passage to Terceira was uninspiring and a bit unpleasant as it started with strong but unreliable winds mostly from dead astern and when the gods finally decided what we deserved, it was a big quartering sea with little wind so we motored most of the passage to make our ācheck inā deadline at the... Continue Reading →
We was ‘ere
We had arranged with the Dutch yacht rafted outside of us that we would be looking to depart soon after 6am and they agreed to co-operate by leaving to clear the way. They were an old couple in an old but solid ketch and they had been around the world twice together which prompted some... Continue Reading →
Emotions
The organised tour of the island was interesting and enjoyable with our coach finally delivering us to the venue for the evening prize giving. The 1957 volcanic eruption added 2 square kilometres to the western end of Faial and the event was held in the underground visitor centre built within the volcanic ash. I was... Continue Reading →