Changing Plans

Besides smaller issues T-Fish is now in almost pristine conditions. I used the last weeks, besides hiking 10 days with my wife on Madeira, to finish many open 'projects'. A problem is only the delivery of spare parts to Porto Santo. Parcels take ages to arrive from the main land (in fact I am still waiting for two outstanding deliveries). 

Sailing friends in Porto Santo adviced me to visit the Azores islands, a must see because of their spectacular nature. They also mentioned that as long as arrive before mid to end of May I should not have problems finding a berth before the bulk of yachts arrive for a stopover on their way from the Caribbean to the Med or Northern Europe. Therefore I decided to sail to the Azores, first and plan to discover the islands in May and June before sailing back to Porto Santo where i will leave T-Fish for the summer before continuing to the Canaries in autumn. So far the new plans.

Landfall on the Azores is planned on Santa Maria, the smallest inhabited and the most southern Azore islands, some 500nm miles from Porto Santo. This time Simon, a old friend and ex- colleague will support which makes night shifts much easier. We plan a 4 days transit leaving beginning of May.

And here the hiking video. My wife and me did  even the PR1, a famous trail from Pico Arieiro to Pico Ruivo and return. This was not only a challenge for me not being free of giddiness but also for our physical condition. The next day we were dead - but we did it! All other hikes along various levadas were easy.

Hiking in Madeira