We left Bermuda for Horta on Faial Island in the Azores on May 17. We sailed 2,880 km, arriving at 2:40 on the morning of May 30, having taken a little over 12 days to sail from Bermuda. The first 3 days were stormy, but then the weather settled down and again we had 2 or 3 days with almost no wind. Highlights of the crossing including seeing dolphins almost everyday at the front of HALCYON and seeing whales on several occasions, including a Fin Whale, the second biggest whale species after the Blue Whale, not more than 10 metres from the boat,
After a two-week tour of three of the islands in the Azores archipelago, Faial, Sao Miguel and Santa Maria, we left June 12 for Lagos, Portugal, a distance of 1,296 km. We hope to make landfall by June 18th. There were many highlights, but from a sailors point of view, painting our boat name, logo and crew names on the dock in Horta was the fulfillment of a long tradition of sailing vessels that pass through Horta.
We sailed from Santa Maria on June 12 for Lagos, Portugal, a passage covering 1,296 km. We hope to arrive before June 18th. The highlights of this passage has been seeing several breeches by a pod of large whales which we even managed to get on video. The most exciting highlight for us, however; was that after 4,000 km, we finally caught a fish, an eight pound tuna. The tuna was cut up into 6 steaks which were on our plates an hour later. When we arrive in Lagos, we will have sailed more than 5,500 km.
