Sailing on the Distant Horizon
Viking Cruise
This morning a cruise ship anchored outside the Bangor Harbor. The ship was too big to come into the harbor. Viking Cruise Ship at Anchor Outside the Bangor Harbor To get the 900-1000 passengers ashore, they had to ferry them using their lifeboats as tenders. Those boats would land at the fuel dock. Ship’s Lifeboat
Ocean Passage – Week #3
Obviously with so many days with light to no wind, and more recently no engine to motor along; this passage was taking longer than expected. Dan and I spoke over the course of several days, trying to decide which would be the better path to reach Oban, Scotland. Time and distance were important, but weather
Ocean Passage – Week #2
To start the second week at sea, I was woken up from a very sound sleep by a thumping sound. I went around the boat several times and could not find the source of the sound. I checked the bilge. It did not have any more water than I would have expected. So, I didn’t
Ocean Passage Start – Week #1
The Passage started out with light winds, mostly from behind the boat. Initially, we started sailing west. The forecast was for the Azores High to establish north and east of the islands. It was predicted that I would have to motor in excess of 5 days. I do not have enough fuel to motor that
Goodbye Terceira
I have departed the Azores and begun my long passage north to Oban, Scotland. I am planning 14 days. However, I have doubts. There are gales crossing the Atlantic Ocean from North America, and south of them where much of my passage will be, there are several High Pressure systems filling in. This means I
Bull Fighting
Of course there is bull fighting on Terceira. It is the more traditional form that you are probably imagining. It is held in an arena like that shown below. I had mixed feeling about this So, I never went to see this. If the matador is so brave and whatever they think he is… Why