Preparing to leave in the morning. Euro-irony: cost paid to police E50 to tell them engine not working, which I knew, and E50 to tell them it was fixed (which I know). Now clear to go.
Let it be known that the marina manager at Lajes de Flores is the most helpful, nice guy ever. He is a real star.
Paul Heiney and Libby Purves are writers and broadcasters in the UK, are married, and have sailed together for over 30 years. Libby is also a monthly columnist for 'Yachting Monthly' magazine. [...]
Paul has made many singlehanded passages; in 2003 he took part in the Azores and Back Race, and in 2005 in the Singlehanded Transatlantic Race.
Both Paul and Libby have written about their sailing adventures.
'One Summer's Grace' is Libby's best-selling account of their voyage round Britain with their, then, two small children.
Paul wrote of his solo transatlantic experiences in 'The Last Man Across the Atlantic'. The clue's in the [...]