Atlantic Passage West to East

2011

 
 
Departing Cape May, New Jersey

Departing Cape May, New Jersey

Cape MaY, NJ, to the Azore Islands

Our friends Berrin and Kasım were wonderful hosts in Cape May. We left Cape May on a sunny morning which soon turned to continuous rain which would last the entire trip.

 
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Azores to Point de Sagres, Portugal

When we departed from Horta we knew that there would be high winds ahead of us. What we encountered was worse then we expected! The wind picked up as we approached the continent but we also had the wind forward of the beam. It certainly was not a pleasant ride…