Sailing across the Atlantic ocean
The trade winds, sailing at night guided by the stars, the pure contact with nature and with your fears: an ocean passage is an experience for life.
Sailing the Atlantic ocean East to West
Almerimar-Gribaltar-Canary islands: a 800 nm route that starts at the beginning of November. Leaving the Mediterranean and sailign into the ocean through Gibraltar is always emotional. I usally advise people who have never experienced a long passage to start with this route: it’s about a week of sailing, most of which in the ocean, with its waves and winds, and it’s a very good starting point.
Canary islands-Martinique: the real crossing. We leave at the end of November to cover the 2.900 nm in about three weeks. We will see no land for 20 days, we’ll use only the winds to move, and become one with the ocean, living a human and sailing experience that you will never forget.
Sailing the Atlantic ocean West to East
Martinique-Azores: some say this is “the real” atlantic crossing. It’s much more difficult than the East bound crossing because we have to go as much as we can against the winds. At least for a week or so, until we reach the 30th parallel and, on average, get more favourbale winds. We leave at the beginning of April from Martinique to sail the 2.700 nm to Faial, the most western of the Azores, with the legendary dock of Horta.
Azores-Gibraltar-Almeria: at the end of April we leave the Azores to cover the final 1.000 nm to Almeria, Spain. I have experienced all sorts of conditions in this “short” route: dead calms, gales, fair winds, sun and continuous rain.