Category Archives: Santa Maria

Yet again on the go

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We spent the whole Tuesday with planning the next stages of our journey. With reasonable Internet access here, we also once again all necessary updates on computer and, Play charts and our navigation. Also we were looking for a suitable dive base for our Azores underwater adventure. Then stood down at the end of the afternoon, We continue sailing on Thursday to Horta on Faial. This was so our originally planned first stop in the Azores. We will visit Santa Maria until end of June again, around here to dive. End of may the diving season had begun here anyway still do not really. Da sind wir wohl etwas zu früh aufgetaucht 🙂

For the evening we had our Swedish neighbours by and invited Kateryna by the SY SCARLET on a glass of wine on the SUMMER. Arrived on Monday morning shortly before us and were only removed a box from us. Already during daytime we had understood well and many similarities (as for example, the given name :-)) discovered.

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Since you Yes special guests always something very special to offer, We had one 19 Selected years of old Bordeaux. This turned out to be opening as pretty unwilling. He almost 20 Years old corks had removed only in very small crumbs, and it took a while, bis wir zum eigentlichen Flascheninhalt vorgedrungen waren 🙂

Did that but the funny round no demolition and after the wine the Lords on a tamperproof rose drinks with screw cap, the Poncha resurrected on Madeira (Mix drink made of rum with fruit juice). Auch der Korken einer weiteren Flasche Madeirawein stellte sich nicht quer 🙂 und so saßen auch die Damen nicht auf dem Trockenen :-). Around 1 pm we finished the fun round with the fixed plan, the experience sure to repeat.

According to late and tedious the Wednesday morning started. Erstaunlicherweise sind wir aber trotz der interessanten Mischung von weiteren Kopfschmerzen verschont geblieben 🙂 So bereiteten wir unseren nächsten Segeltag vor, baked bread and some dishes cooked in. In the afternoon we met Steffen Wahoo diving, the dive center of Santa Maria of our choice. The personal impression in nothing was the good impression of the website. We are looking forward to end of June, wenn wir wieder auf Santa Maria sein werden und viele interessante Tauchgänge unternehmen werden 🙂

How many times longer shocks tonight remained cold the kitchen on the buzzer. Instead we went with via and Kateryna again to Vila do Porto and tried the restaurant recommended by the harbour-master. Wie so oft ein guter Tipp 🙂

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In the there was another one in the port of Marina “Farewell pina colada” on the SY SCARLET. About eleven o'clock, we had to finish the evening but unfortunately already. Tomorrow morning at seven the alarm would ring relentlessly. To arrive on Friday in the light at Faial, must we punctually throw off the lines at eight.

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Aber in gut zwei Wochen werden wir uns auf Terceira wieder treffen 🙂 und darauf freuen wir uns jetzt schon.

 

First impressions from another world

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Knapp 1400 The Azores are located west of the Portuguese coast in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. To the West you have only more 4200 Kilometres, to reach the American coast. The island group was, It consists of nine larger and inhabited islands as well as several small, early on for the sailors from all over the world a popular and strategically important point. In the second world war the American on their way were refueled here once again to Europe and back in the United States long-range bombers. Thus, the Azores also from a military point of view were a very valuable base.

After we after arriving only once with a regular white sausage breakfast had strengthened us and then have allowed a relaxed sleep break us, We went to a first exploration tour.

We are on Santa Maria, the easternmost island of the Azores,landed. It has an area of 97 Square kilometres and is inhabited by only five and a half thousand people.

The harbour is protected from wind and waves very well maintained and well. Hier werden wir sicher gut und sicher schlafen können 🙂 Es waren noch viele Liegeplätze frei und mehrere Yachten stehen noch im Winterlager an Land. Apparently the Azores sailing season here has not really started.

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The landscape around the harbour is unusually green and lush vegetation for us :-). The largest city of the island is located directly above the Harbour: Vila do Porto. Let's see, was die so zu bieten hat 🙂 Einen kurzen Fußmarsch später befanden wir uns auch schon im Zentrum.

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There are a lot of churches in any case, but also the physical well-being is extensively provided. Several restaurants and bars, and two well stocked supermarkets were open no wishes.

Just outside of the town it was again amidst the impressive nature. Here you can walk safely wonderfully. Before we would have to talk a first word but again with the weather God. Denn im Regen ist das ja nicht so lustig 🙂

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Back in the Marina, we thought not to trust our eyes. Of course had been reported by the abundance of fish of Azores us :-), but that the rays in the Harbour off the Jetty were, hatten wir nicht erwartet 🙂 Jetzt freuen wir uns natürlich ganz besonders auf die hier geplanten Tauchausflüge.

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Three days and 19 Hours – a review of

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On the day of our departure, I promised more, You also go out to keep abreast. Aber auf dieser Tour ist mir mal wieder die Seekrankheit dazwischen gekommen 🙁 So wurde nichts aus dem geplanten Blog-Schreiben. Also all the tasty things, I shopped and prepared had, gingen zum größten Teil in Dietmars Magen 🙂 Mein Motto dieser Überfahrt: Mit der Segel-Diät zur Traumfigur 🙂

But now even from the outset. Donnerstagmittag we left the Marina Quinta do Lorde on time and sailed towards the East of Madeira. When we had left the country coverage behind us, showed diagonally from front of the Atlantic Ocean from its harsh side with a three-meter wave. The trendy north-easterly wind was distracted unfortunately in the wind shadow of Porto Santo in the North and we had to past fight us hard up against the wind on the north side of Madeira.

Again and again, the waves from the course pushed us and “Otto”, our reliable autopilot, headed firmly against. This led to a stodgy swing course, He hit me on the stomach :-(. But that was not all yet. Repeatedly contradicted the ship motion of wave motion and our SUMMER was braked hard or suddenly hung with the bow in the air. The partly strong wind gusts were repeatedly changing slopes. Our roller coaster ride was perfect.

The noise in the ship was impressive. Actually, everything was well protected, but all sorted out our SUMMER again. Auch unser Schutzengel wurde kräftig durchgeschüttelt 🙂

We ran only with jib and 30 % the Großsegeln evenly between five and seven knots. After we had left behind us Madeira, could we leave the feathering position up to the easternmost-Santa Maria of island in the Azores. So everything good was actually, If only that “Waves games” and “Right-left role” not so hard would be. You could move a step, no hold themselves with at least one hand somewhere properly. The deck was flooded with sea water every few minutes vigorously. We had made us long time below deck comfortable and pleased about it, that man with a deck saloon yacht by inside everything well in sight has.

So Dietmar had to take back the entire service on this tour, while I had made comfortable me in my favorite corner in the living room. Im Essen aufwärmen ist mein Kapitän schon nicht mehr zu schlagen 🙂 und meistens bin ich ja auch nach zwei bis drei Tagen wieder fit.

On Sunday evening we decided together, not yet 200 To sail nautical miles further up to Faial, but to start the first possible island: Santa Maria. Not in the morning to three in the dark there at the port to arrive, We further reduced the sail area and wandered with four to five knots our goal contrary to. On Monday morning at eight o'clock, we are then 517 Nautical miles finally arrived :-).