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Friday, Feb 4, 2022 Latitude 16o 53’ N Longitude 25o 00’ W Mindelo Marina, Cabo Verde Mindelo Marina The harbor of Mindelo Cabo Verde and neighboring city is more developed than expected, with large ships anchored offshore, a marina with 144 spots, and multistory buildings. Mindelo Harbor, Cabo Verde. The developed nature of the port…

Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022 Latitude 16o 53’ N Longitude 25o 00’ W Mindelo Marina, Cabo Verde Arrival in Cabo Verde Tuesday morning at 3 AM we were sixty miles from our planned landfall in Mindelo, Cabo Verde, sailing at slightly over four knots. Four knots would normally be very satisfactory but the math was not…

Friday, Jan 28, 2022  Latitude 22o  26’ N Longitude 21o  08’ W Halfway to Cabo Verdes Underway The night sky is bright with stars not usually visible. Orion shines brighter than ever, yet ironically is more difficult to distinguish due to unfamiliar stars intruding about his belt and shoulders. Brimmer is on watch, and I’ve…

Friday, Jan 21, 2022 (Late Entry) Latitude 28o 30’ N Longitude 16o 12’ W Santa Cruz Marina , Tenerife The Mid-Atlantic Crew From my perspective, I’ve been nothing but fortunate in the blue-water crews that have sailed on board the Lillian B. over the past 20 years. The caveat “from my perspective” is because I…

Thursday, Jan 20, 2022 Latitude 28o 30’ N Longitude 16o 12’ W Varaderos Anaga , Tenerife Maintenance I returned to Tenerife a week earlier than the crew out of concern over the batteries. Back in the Fall at least one of those batteries had failed and the others were suspect due to their age. The…

Sunday, Jan 16, 2022 Latitude 28o  30’ N Longitude 16o  12’ W Varaderos Anaga , Tenerife Life on the Hard I’m back from  my Winter break in the US and  now on board the Lillian B in her spot in the Varaderos Anaga boatyard in the Canary Islands. As planned, my wife Kay flew  into…

Thursday, Sept 30, 2021 Latitude 28o  28’ N Longitude 16o  15’ W Santa Cruz Marina, Tenerife A Winter’s Pause Pete and I arrived in Santa Cruz on Monday morning the 20th of September. By that afternoon Pete had found a COVID testing center and passed his required PCR test. By Wednesday morning at 4:30 AM…

Wednesday Evening, Sept 22, 2021 Latitude 28o  28’ N Longitude 16o  15’ W Santa Cruz Marina, Tenerife Landfall On the afternoon of Sunday, Sept 19th a hint of the  high coastline of Tenerife first became visible shrouded in haze. That evening and on into the night, the sailing remained the same as it had been…

Tues Evening, Sept 14, 2021 Latitude 38o 58’ N Longitude 12o 10’ W 650 miles to the Canaries Smooth Sailing We have crossed over to the favorable side of the low pressure system and small waves now push gently on our stern and the wind blows softly at 14 knots over our right shoulder. Together…

Monday Evening, Sept 13, 2021 Latitude 40o 06’ N Longitude 11o 35’ W Rough Seas The seas today were coming hard at the boat, not in neat waves but confused, driven by an approaching low pressure. They were only a meter or so in height, but steep. Sequential hedges of water. The wind builds to…