Madeira

Ana

An upwind sail from Madeira to La Graciosa, Canaries

This was it we were going to sail upwind to the Canaries when most people sail downwid to get there!

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2022-10-25>27 Machico, Madeira, Portugal > Playa Francesca, La Graciosa, Canaries, Spain

Logbook extract for the sailing trip from Madeira, Portugal to La Graciosa, Canary Islands, Spain 272 nautical miles in 46 hours

Ana

Half-day sail from Porto Santo island to Madeira Island

We start getting closer to Madeira, the winds start pressing blowing close to 20 knots true wind, and we pick up a bit more speed 7/8 knots

Sailing The Dream

2022-09-17>20 Cascais, Portugal > Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Cascais, Portugal to Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal 486 nautical miles in 79 hours

Ana

A fast run from Cascais to the Madeira Archipelago

The PredictWind routing weather forecast did tell us the previous days that we should have tracked north to try and keep with the winds

Ana

105 hours of sailing upwind - Madeira to Cascais

We left Madeira mid-afternoon on the “tail” of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet. They had passed on the same route we were planning to do earlier

Sailing The Dream

2017-10-26>30 Madeira, Portugal > Cascais Portugal

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Madeira, Cascais, Portugal 608 nautical miles in 105 hours

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Re-entering Schengen through Madeira

The moment you realise life can get extremely difficult and that we may go through problems when reentering Europe with Ella and hope for th

Ana

Our first real offshore passage

Pretty much all the sailing we've been doing on The Dream qualifies as offshore passage but I think the difference between doing a 2-day

Sailing The Dream

2017-10-02>05 Rabat, Morocco > Madeira, Portugal

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Rabat, Morocco to Madeira, Portugal 488 nautical miles in 72 hours