Category: Ports of Call
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Atlantic Crossing – Gran Canaria, Cabo Verde, Martinique! (Part II)
On the early morning watch shift, after six days at sea, I caught my first glimpse of a rugged coastline on the horizon – Santo Antão, Cabo Verde. Cabo Verde (or Cape Verde) is an island country in the central Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa. The nation consists of ten volcanic islands…
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Atlantic Crossing – Gran Canaria, Cabo Verde, Martinique! (Part I)
With a favorable weather window ahead of us, we bid farewell to La Línea and embark on the first leg of our Atlantic crossing with a small dose of trepidation and incredulity and plenty of excitement. Aside from a few intense hours spent navigating heavy tanker traffic in the Strait of Gibraltar and keeping an…