Leaving Lajes

We enjoyed Flores, but all good things must come to an end and it was time to move on.  We wanted to visit some of the other islands in the Azores before heading across to the Atlantic coast of Spain.  We decided to stay Saturday for the Cruisers Potluck and leave on Sunday.

We were definitely glad we stayed the extra day as we had a wonderful time and made new friends.

Another must before departing was following the tradition of painting the boat name and names of crew onto the wall that goes around the marina.
Josie did the design and painted it and we all signed our names.

We left Sunday morning, July 10, for Horta on the island of Faial expecting to arrive the next day.  There is a large grocery there and also a chandlery that might have the part we needed for the permanent fix attaching the roller furler to the mast.

We left with the wind behind us at 10-15 knots. One of the other cruising boats, S'ours, left not long after we did and we communicated with them a few times during the journey.  They passed us by on Monday arriving at the large marina in Horta about an hour before us.  We arrived  about 5:00 pm and after checking in and clearing customs and immigration were assigned a slot rafted up to another boat along the seawall.  Even though this is a large marina it was jam packed!