We arrived at the final Rally destination, Lagos, at just before midnight of June 19, after five and a half days travel from Ste Maria. Time now for a little reflection, after 3 days of celebration and partying here in this delightful port steeped in the traditions of the sea.

We departed from Portsmouth, VA on May 12th, and after staying in Hampton River, crossed the line on May 13th. Arriving in Lagos on June 19th, means we transited the ocean in just over 37 days or 5 weeks, 2 and a half days, including our 10 day tour of the Azores.

The rhumb line distance from the Chesapeake Bridge to Lagos is 3,240 nautical miles. With our route rhumb line via Bermuda and the Azores was 640nm Portsmouth to Bermuda, 1800nm Bermuda to Horta and 820nm Ponta Delgada to Lagos or 3260nm in total.

Checking our routes, the distance we actually travelled was
Portsmouth to Bermuda. 671nm
Bermuda to Horta. 1922nm
Azores cruise. 219nm.
Ste Maria to Lagos. 809nm.
Total: 3,621nm.

During the crossing, we motor sailed for about 203 hours or 1100nm, nearly a third of the distance. During this we consumed about 110 US gallons of diesel, including that used for charging the batteries.

The best days run was 176 miles, but on average, when at sea we covered about 130 miles per day.
The weather was particularly easy on during the crossing. We had about 5 days when the wind blew above 20 knots, otherwise we had more days with less than 10 than between 10 and 15 knots.

The hardest task was apart from dealing with our wayward spinnaker was the weather forecasting and course planning.
The crew was fantastic. A big thank you to Sue, Mike, Isabell, Peter, Keith and Tammie Jo!

So here we are in Lagos, pronounced La Gosh, or Lay Gosh or Le 'Osh depending on who you talk to. The adventure of the Atlantic over, we now cruise the Algarve before taking a break..