Date: 06/20/2011Location: Horta, AzoresWeather: Sunny and WarmTitle: Monday, Day 2 Ashore in Horta I found out where the post office was and boxed up the stuff I didn't need and sent it home. Lesson learned. In the future, pack so this is not necessary. It cost about 60 Euros or about $80 to do this. On the way back, I found a place to get laundry done which would be undoubtedly cheaper than what the hotel will charge. I found a WI FI cafe which has good f...

Date: 06/16/2011Latitude: 39* 01'.7 NLongitude: 031* 55'.0 WDistance to Go: 181 milesWeather: Fresh Breeze, Sunny but coolTitle: Thursday, day 15 at sea. The winds have held steady day and night for the last two days and at the present average speed, we should reach Horta by 10pm tomorrow night. However, Barry doesn't want to arrive before Saturday morning which suits me fine since he plans to go into the marina and it will be easier to get off with all my g...

Date: 06/04/2011Latitude: 35*39.6NLongitude: 059* 33.3WDistance to Go: 1712Weather: Light Winds, OvercastTitle: Saturday, Day 3 at sea Well, I honesty thought yesterday that we were going to sail the rest of the way there. But the wind died last night and we had to resort to mechanical wind. I did have a nice watch on the 1400 to 1700. The wind was behind us and the sky was clear and sunny. Just a beautiful day with lots of flying fish and Stormy Petrols skim...