Safe arrival in Cape Verde islands
S/Y Pelerin
Colin Speedie & Louise Johnson
Tue 11 Dec 2012 17:51
So this note is just to let anyone reading that we got in safely, and we’ll write more soon when we’ve had a good sleep – both exhausted, but really happy to be here. We bypassed the island of Sal as it would have meant arriving at night, never a good idea in harbours were navigation lights are possibly not maintained (and wrecks litter the anchorage). We continued on making the most of the great north-easterly trade winds and came straight to Sao Vicente, one of the main islands towards the north-west of the archipelago. So we’ll write more soon… now sleep (after a swift G&T, of course).