PRE-TRANSAT

Ana

Mindelo, São Vicente Island, Cape Verde - the wrong turn

That’s when we came to full realisation of our mistake. We should have made landfall on the most Eastern island of the archipelago, Sal.

Sailing The Dream

2022-12-17>23 Passito Blanco, Gran Canaria, Canaries, Spain > Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde

Logbook extract for the sailing trip from Canary Islands, Spain to Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde 849 nautical miles in 152 hours

Ana

First trade winds of many - Gran Canaria to Mindelo, Cape Verde’s

We kept the two sails poled for a short while and until after sunset when the wind decided to pick up more than we felt comfortable with

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!

Sailing The Dream

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