(July 16, 2017) Appreciation and Pride! It is the wind and a few hours of motoring that took us to Flores Island in the Azores SAFELY, 13 days and 6 hours crossing the Atlantic Ocean after leaving Bermuda. A total of 1,874 nautical miles. Remarkably respectfully, and thankfully, we didn’t have any boat issues during this trip. We used only a total of 17 gallons of diesel for 13 days to run the generator (for water maker and freezer) and to run the engine only about 12 hours.
About 40 miles away from the island, John said to me ‘Land Ho’
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