Sailing a 33ft Yacht from Scotland to the Azores

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We set sail from Scotland, near Oban, sailed down the west coast of Ireland and out into the Atlantic ocean. The Azores are an archipelago of nine main island. The islands lie on a parallel with Lisbon, Portugal, on latituties 39o 43'/36o 55'N and are Portuguese territory. Our skipper Rev. Bob Shepton, is an experienced, well known yachtsman. The crew will just be Rob, myself and Mark Mckellar; we all met while teaching skiing in Verbier, last winter. We are expecting the voyage to take between 15-20 days and then hope to spent some time sailing around the islands.

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  Sleeper train to Scotland   London, United Kingdom on Jun 23, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Arrive in Oban, Scotland   Oban, United Kingdom on Jun 24, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Isle of Mull   Isle of Mull, United Kingdom on Jun 25, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to Oban   Oban, United Kingdom on Jun 25, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Work on the yacht moored in Kilmelfort   Kilmelford, United Kingdom on Jun 26, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Stay at Bob's house, Appin   Appin, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  My Birthday: Glencoe   Glencoe Village, United Kingdom on Jun 29, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Food shopping and last minute yacht fixes!   Kilmelford, United Kingdom on Jul 1, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  We set sail from Kilmelfort......   Kilmelford, United Kingdom on Jul 4, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Our first anchorage, Black Isles   Black Isles, United Kingdom on Jul 4, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Sailing down the west coast of Ireland   Erris, Ireland on Jul 6, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Land ahoy, the Azores....we hope!   Horta, Portugal on Jul 18, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  We arrive in Horta, Faial   Faial, Portugal on Jul 19, 2008 31 pictures 2 comments
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  We visit Madalena, Pico   Pico, Portugal on Jul 22, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  We arrive in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira   Terceira, Portugal on Jul 26, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Last port of call: Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel   São Miguel, Portugal on Jul 28, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  We arrive back in the UK   London, United Kingdom on Jul 30, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment