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Initial view of Lajes

The initial view of the village of Lajes is quite impressive as you come into the harbor.
Some facts/figures & info about the crossing

June 29th 2012
For those of you that might be interested in some of the facts and figures about our crossing we have a few for you. We lifted the anchor in Marigot Bay, St. Martin at 6:20AM on June 6, 2012 and put our anchor down in the harbor at Lajes, Flores in the Azores at 4:50PM on June 25th giving us a grand total of 19 days, 10.5 hours to sail a total of 2,550 nautical miles. Our average speed was 6 knots ... read more
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Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info
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