S/V Aphrodite

Following  18.5 days at sea, we made landfall yesterday morning at St Lucia, the largest of the English speaking Windward Islands, under blue skies whilst flying the spinnaker.  The last several  days of the trip we got to experience the trade winds that we had expected to have had all the way – I certainly [...]

We made landfall in Cascais, Portugal near Lisbon yesterday evening.  The sun was still shinning at 10 in the evening and the port looked beautiful.  We celebrated our crossing with a bottle of reserve Azorean red wine given to us by Pierre who stayed with us several days in San Miguel, Azores.  It was delicious, thanks Pierre!  Our crossing took 5.5 days, [...]

We have stayed here for much longer than we expected. The streets which were foreign to us just a few weeks ago now feel like home and strangers like family. Our experiences here are ones we are not likely to forget.This is a great story, one which is characteristic of how we live now and [...]

We have been in the Azores for 9 days with our biggest news being our additional crew. We have been enjoying each and everyone of them. It is Gideon’s birthday today so we have had several celebrations, starting with a bag of chocolates for him after breakfast (his passion) and will finish with a chocolate [...]

It is Friday, June 1st, and we have made it through the high winds and seas.  Everything is calming down and we are anticipating our arrival at the Azores.  We are still 500 miles out, so it won’t be for a few days, 3 probably.  We have been covering about 200 miles/24 hours.
Two days ago [...]

The start of this leg of the rally was on Wed. at noon.  It was VERY exciting because the winds were 25+ knts with 7′ seas.  I got to take Aphrodite over the starting line.  Our start was good, but not great.  We were probably in the middle of the pack.  But within one hour [...]

The repairs are finnished, we are provisioned and we are raising anchor for a 12:00 race start.  Some of the boats will remain in Bermuda for 2-3 extra days for the Bermuda Day Celebration.  We feel the winds are most favorable to leave now.  We acquired a new crew on Monday.  His name is Gidon, [...]