Alto Fortim Residencial Cape Verde San Vicente Mindelo

... equator ceremony the afternoon after we crossed. King Neptune and his Queen handed out sentences to three passengers guilty of various activities - cutting in line at the buffet, taking the elevator up one deck, using too much ice in their drinks, etc. They had to do different things to repent - kiss a dead fish - drink snake blood, etc. Then they were all thrown into the pool. It was kind of fun to watch. The ...

I was pretty excited to be visiting the island of Sao Vincente in the Cape Verde Islands just off the coast of Africa . It was a very nice morning - warm and sunny - the island didn't look like it supported much life and vegetation and as we made our way around the island to the port it looked like most of the others. There were only two tours offered for this port so we decided to venture out on our own. I have to say ...

We woke up to a gusty morning and waters are very choppy. Looks like our plan to leave today will be postponed to tomorrow or when the weather's better. We're gonna get some food provisions later after this. I'll have to put the little spanish that I know and the little bargaining skills that I have to use. It was difficult in the beginning, but after you know roughly the price around, it's much easier. I had a go myself ...

... is so colourful here. We noticed quite a lot of chinese-owned shops here too! Haven´t found my chinese provision shop yet...I'll be asking around later. Need more of my instant noodles ;p People are very friendly. The streets are rather full of kids, asking for money...but it seems to be more out of mischief than their real need... they would complain that the money's not enough! Whoever said that beggers can't be chosen has obviously not been here. I ...

J+9 : Vendredi 16 Nov Si on maintient notre vitesse, on devrait arriver samedi dans l'apres midi. Aussitôt dit aussitôt ... pas fait. En fin de journee le vent tombe pour atteindre 0km/h pendant la nuit. J+10 : Samedi 17 Nov On a plus du tout de vent. C'est très frustrant d'être si près du but (70 miles) et de ne pas pouvoir bouger. Pas un soufflé, la mer est parfaitement calme : un miroir ...

(En français) Ah notre deuxième poisson. Pas très gros mais très bon et surtout très long a démêler la ligne qui s'était prise avec une autre. On a passe environ 1 heure, Claudia et moi, pour faire ce boulot. (In English) It's been 8 days since we've sailed and all we've managed to catch so far was a calamari and this unidentified fish, we call "ugly fish". Ugly fish had a head like a barracuda, but it's long, bony and black. It wasn't an eel because it had a fish tail. We've caught it ...

(En français) Fabuleux, on tient une moyenne de plus de 4.5 noeuds. Et alors qu'on est a près de 6 noeuds, survient notre première frayeur : Je suis en train de lire dans la cabine quand Claudia arrive et me dit qu'elle va se baigner. « Tiens, la mer et le vent se sont calmes ! ». Bon j'enfile mon short de bain et arrive sur le pont. La mer est agitée, le bateau va toujours a 6 noeuds et je vois le capitaine Philip entrain de se savonner dans un saut d'eau et prêt a aller a l ...

(En français) Apres nous être fait dépasser par un voilier qui avait une voile a droite et une voile a gauche, on décide de faire de même pour permettre de mieux prendre le vent qui nous arrive de derrière. Gagne, on accélère enfin et tient une vitesse de 5 noeuds. On décide également de changer notre destination. Au lieu d ...

(En français) C'est très calme en ce moment. Quelques dauphins phosphorescents dans la nuit. Au petit matin, on manque de se prendre un porte containeur en pleine face : C'est assez difficile de voir la direction des navires dans le noir, surtout quand on voit pas bien les couleurs et sans vent, pas facile de manoeuvrer un bateau. Bref on a du démarrer le moteur pour ce sortir de sa route. Bien évidemment, lui ne s'est pas inquiète pour nous. (In English) In the ...

... Calamari Luckily, my attention was diverted to the fishing line which was now reeling itself furiously. We sensed something heavy on the other end, but it wasn't struggling at all. Strange...I still held the hope that it was a fish or something we can eat. Greg threw the wet blanket, as usual, said that maybe it was some plastic thingy stuck to our line! We finally pulled the line in and saw this big calamari (about 30-40 cm) at the end of it. Greg approached to ...