We woke up quite early and went ashore with Sym & Amy to officially check into the Cape Verdes. First visit the police station to announce our arrival and surrender the ships papers (I hate doing this!).
Lindsey was hoping to be home for Christmas so the mission was to find some method of transport to the international airport on the island of Sal. After much asking around we finally found the TACV office that deals with inter island flights and successfully booked her flight for the following day (Tues 23rd).
Knowing that Lindsey was going home we (Amy, Sym and myself) decided we would celebrate Christmas on the Wed 24th and set sail for the Caribbean Christmas morning! This also meant that our next trip to immigration we could get our passports stamped for entry and exit of the Cape Verdes in one hit, perfect.
I know I should really spend some time exploring and sight seeing in the Cape Verdes, but to be honest, the weather here is currently howling winds and pouring rain, a miracle as someone said it normally rains about 9 days a year?!?!?! Being single handed again, I am keen to get back out to sea and achieve my main goal of crossing the Atlantic.
After the immigration office, we all went back to the police station, showed our exit stamps and managed to retrieve our ships papers meaning we can all leave at any time.
Already having a flight booked in the Canaries from Sal to Munich, the only remaining task was to book a flight from Munich to the UK in time for Christmas, which she managed later that evening, albeit with a 15 hour layover in Munich - ouch!. Lindsey spent the evening packing her stuff and booking her final flight before we risked life and limb in the dinghy ride to Quartermoon in about 30kn gusts, for a farewell meal cooked by Sym.
Its now just after 10am local time and Lindsey is on her way home. After waking up at 5am, I took her ashore to meet the taxi she had ordered at 6am in Quatermoon’s dinghy we borrowed due to the howling winds. Her itinery, Mindello -> Sal -> Munich -> UK for about 1am Christmas day.
I now have 2 days to get the boat ready for the ‘big one’…
Lindsey was hoping to be home for Christmas so the mission was to find some method of transport to the international airport on the island of Sal. After much asking around we finally found the TACV office that deals with inter island flights and successfully booked her flight for the following day (Tues 23rd).
Knowing that Lindsey was going home we (Amy, Sym and myself) decided we would celebrate Christmas on the Wed 24th and set sail for the Caribbean Christmas morning! This also meant that our next trip to immigration we could get our passports stamped for entry and exit of the Cape Verdes in one hit, perfect.
I know I should really spend some time exploring and sight seeing in the Cape Verdes, but to be honest, the weather here is currently howling winds and pouring rain, a miracle as someone said it normally rains about 9 days a year?!?!?! Being single handed again, I am keen to get back out to sea and achieve my main goal of crossing the Atlantic.
After the immigration office, we all went back to the police station, showed our exit stamps and managed to retrieve our ships papers meaning we can all leave at any time.
Already having a flight booked in the Canaries from Sal to Munich, the only remaining task was to book a flight from Munich to the UK in time for Christmas, which she managed later that evening, albeit with a 15 hour layover in Munich - ouch!. Lindsey spent the evening packing her stuff and booking her final flight before we risked life and limb in the dinghy ride to Quartermoon in about 30kn gusts, for a farewell meal cooked by Sym.
Its now just after 10am local time and Lindsey is on her way home. After waking up at 5am, I took her ashore to meet the taxi she had ordered at 6am in Quatermoon’s dinghy we borrowed due to the howling winds. Her itinery, Mindello -> Sal -> Munich -> UK for about 1am Christmas day.
I now have 2 days to get the boat ready for the ‘big one’…
Farewell Lindz...
2 comments:
Hi Boo I am glad you made it safely to Cape Verdes, I was getting a bit concerned. Good luck for "the big one" tomorrow, certainly a different way to spend Christmas day. Stuart says hi and that he is going to call you soon. Take care, Rachel
Hi Rach - Long time no speak. My mobile phone is not working here in the CVs, so I will have to catch up with you both on the other side of the pond in 2009.
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year to you both. -x-
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