Articles about the region 'Canary Islands To West Indies'

OK, the stop-over in Mindelo was very nice and the crew had wonderful food and fun for Christmas but... it's time to continue on with the passage to the Caribbean. The reason for stopping in Cabo Verde was due to the winds dropping off to almost nothing across the entire Atlantic. Now, that reason is going away as the trade winds are coming back and should be fairly steady for the...

A Portuguese guitarist softly plays traditional ballads the acoustic melodies leave his guitar, his lips, and drift out across the harbor to where we are moored here at the far edge of the Marina. We are in Mindelo, Sao Vicente, part of the Cabo Verde chain of islands located one hundred miles west of Dakar, Africa.

After a rest of five days the crew is ready to take off for the passage to Antigua. As noted in another post, Art will be staying behind in Lanzarote to mend a broken rib and will fly to join up with the yacht in Antigua. We'll look forward to happy reunion with both Art and Carmen in time for New Year's Eve. Like last year, Feelin' Good will be out to sea for Christmas so be sure to...

Aboard the SWS 82' Feelin' Good, Art, Giamma, Dan, Richie, Carmen, Tracy and Gustavo crossed the Atlantic from the Canaries to Grenada taking 13.8 days and averaging close to 10 kts for the entire time. Lots of high winds and heavy seas to deal with as well as mixing it up (always at night!) with numerous squalls as well. A much different crossing than the one made several years back...

We're ready to begin our passage across the Atlantic to the Caribbean tomorrow. The crew and boat are ready and we have so many provisions, we could go across and back again! We wanted to have all our favorite items onboard from Europe from the winter season as it's difficult to find what we want in the supermarkets of the islands.

Aboard the Hallberg-Rassy 54 Feelin' Good, Art, Sean, Roland and Gustavo face the Atlantic during the ARC Atlantic Rally for Cruisers November 2011. It was an incredible experience to be so far offshore with good winds, clear blue skies and dolphins dancing around the yacht. We ate well and worked as a team for the 15 days and 15 hours it took to make the passage.

We're entering the final week before we leave on our Trans-Atlantic passage from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Rodney Bay, St. Lucia. The yacht is ready and so is the crew so this last week will be spent completing our provisioning and welcoming our last two crew members, Gustavo and Roland as they join us. Of course, the final week will have the evening get-togethers with other yacht...

Since we have a number of different nationalities onboard with family and friends following our adventure at home speaking Italian, Spanish and Swedish, I thought it would be great for each of the crew to write something about this passage in their native language. I apologize for not thinking of this sooner. Enjoy and feel free to comment if you are so inclined.