Day 12   Saturday, May 31, 2014

As predicted the winds got really light as we approached the Azores High which had settled over Faial. So at about 0530 we fired up the diesel and began motoring the las 80 miles. At this point the Island of Flores is abeam to port, however, 50 miles away so we could only imagine how it must appear. The sun is out in force and the seas are a beautiful blue and calm. With about 40 miles left to go off the starboard bow the silhouette of a mountain peak begins to rise above the horizon…It is Pico! About 15 miles later another silhouette off the port bow…it is Faial!

The reality that we've made it sets in.