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| Madeira, Portugal |
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| Gran Canaria, Spain |
In a few more days we head back to the Azores - Horta, to begin the next phase of the journey south to the Island of Gran Canaria, part of the Canary Islands - a territory of Spain. This Island is situated approximately 900 miles from Horta, 250 miles from Madeira, and 70 miles off the coast of Morocco in north western Africa. Las Palmas, Gran Canaria is the launching point for the World Cruising Club's "Atlantic Rally" which steps off in late November taking us and approximately 200 other boats west accross the Atlantic to the Caribbean Island of St Lucia - a 2900 mile trade wind ride.
If all goes accroding to plan we will say good-bye to Horta late Friday, September 5, 2014. If the weather prediction is favorable we will slip out of the harbor and head south -southeast leaving Pico to our left and our bow pointed towards Funchal, Madeira, 650 miles away. If time allows we will have a brief stop in Madeira (1 day) and then onto Gran Canaria. The crew aside from myself is my father, John Pinheiro along with Ryan Hughes and Brad Curtis.
