A blog by nerds afloat
So the Azores are the most interesting islands Mel has never heard of. Geography was not her best subject. Of course, she is not alone. Greg and Mel have been reading Mark Twain’s travel book, The Innocents Abroad, which describes … Read More
This is Greg, pinch hitting for Mel, who is sound asleep. We have arrived in Ponta Delgada on the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores after a 150 nm overnight from Horta. We had mild winds and swell, and … Read More
The Burnetts are still in a bit of a post-offshore daze. The technical term for this is “secondary adrenal insufficiency” that resulted from a week of unusually high endogenous cortisol production. But Mel will call this “a daze.” Don’t … Read More
The Burnetts have arrived in Horta on the island of Faial in the Portuguese island chain the Azores. We are not on land yet, as we had to anchor out. Last night Calamity and Mr. Pissypants collaborated to make us … Read More
We are fine. Waves and wind are not our friends right now, but we are surfing along. We have changed our watches to two hour shifts and that helps with the hand steering. Wind 40 kts, waves 15 feet. Allie’s … Read More