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Month / December 2014

Mindelo, Sao Vicente, Cabo Verde

We arrived in Mindelo, Sao Vicente at 2am on 19th December. 1000 miles sailed in 108 hours. A fast passage and our first taste of trade wind sailing. Downwind and down waves. The boat likes to surf. We celebrated Dawn’s 40th birthday about 300 miles West of Mauritania. Great to be back in Cabo Verde. […]

Setting Sail to Cape Verde

We have been here in Lanzarote now for 2 months (with a quick side trip back to Guernsey for JP to break his jaw windsurfing and get it bolted back together again and to meet our newborn nephew, Stanley).  Finally JP is healed and Escapade is loaded with food and we are ready to go. The […]