Trinidad to Horta, Azores

osirissail · 01-11-2009, 16:23

St Martin used to be the big "jump-off" place but with the astronomical prices folks are shifting to the BVI's or Antigua. As stated May/June is the most popular time. I had some British friends do the route 2 years ago from the BVI's. Depending upon the year, you can go virtually straight in a good year, or fall off west to hold the winds and pick up some westerlies as you get further north and then turn east. One year 5 years ago the Atlantic was flat calm a couple of months and boats were tanking up with dozens of jerry cans of diesel on deck (one Beneteau has 39 jerry cans) and motoring all the way to the Azores in flat seas - 19 days.
- - It basic routing seems to suggest drifting west as much as possible to get into the generally normal westerly wind patterns in the western Atlantic and then joining the routing from Bermuda to Azores.
- - My Brit friends from the Azores went straight to the Isles of Scilly then to their home near Bristol. The had rough seas and winds for that whole leg after a rather boring low wind ride to the Azores from the BVI's.

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01-11-2009, 16:23	#1
osirissail Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: onboard in the Caribbean - mostly in Grenada Boat: Gulfstar 53 - Osiris Posts: 850	St Martin used to be the big "jump-off" place but with the astronomical prices folks are shifting to the BVI's or Antigua. As stated May/June is the most popular time. I had some British friends do the route 2 years ago from the BVI's. Depending upon the year, you can go virtually straight in a good year, or fall off west to hold the winds and pick up some westerlies as you get further north and then turn east. One year 5 years ago the Atlantic was flat calm a couple of months and boats were tanking up with dozens of jerry cans of diesel on deck (one Beneteau has 39 jerry cans) and motoring all the way to the Azores in flat seas - 19 days. - - It basic routing seems to suggest drifting west as much as possible to get into the generally normal westerly wind patterns in the western Atlantic and then joining the routing from Bermuda to Azores. - - My Brit friends from the Azores went straight to the Isles of Scilly then to their home near Bristol. The had rough seas and winds for that whole leg after a rather boring low wind ride to the Azores from the BVI's.