Bonanza has crossed the Atlantic again!

We arrived at Horta on Faial, one of the Azores islands, yesterday morning, after 15 1/2 days at sea. The morning before, we cheched out the harbour in Flores, but the conditions were really bad, so we decided to continue to Faial. Everything has gone well, no serious problems at all.



Horta is nice, and we have met some of the norwegian boats that are here, some of them we haven´t seen for a long while. The norwegian boats that are here are Fatuhiva, Apricus, Vanvara, Felizie and Aurora. We have also met the french boat "Voile Magazine" that we first met in Brazil, and then in Trinidad.



Something is wrong with our satelitte phone, we don´t know what yet. We will sure try to sort it out before the next leg to Falmouth. This is the longest crossing any of us have made, but the time passed fast, with the help of DVD´s and books. The weather was variable, with winds from 5 to 40 knots, but most of the time from a favourable direction. The last weekend a low pressure developed over the Azores, and we expected a lot of wind. Together with Harald, our weatherman in Norway, we decided to sail more north to avoid the heaviest winds. That was a smart move, after we arrived we talked to other boats that had experienced 40 to 50 knots of wind, in norwegian "liten storm", the last day of the crossing.



Yesterday a friend of us, Ragnhild arrived, and she will sail with us the rest of the way to Norway. Nice with new crew. We plan to stay on the Azores until about the 15th before heading for UK.