August 7, 2008 Thursday Hi folks, We haven't had internet on the boat here and so have had to walk over to a bar with free internet. So far we haven't got our photos organized for an upload and hopefully we'll have that done tomorrow. But, there is a weather window opening up for Saturday and it looks like we will be heading off for the Portuguese mainland. It is pretty much due East to Cabo Sao Vicente for some 800 miles. Along the Portuguese coast the Portuguese trade winds blow (down the coast just like California). Here in the Azores, the winds will be westerly and hopefully there will be no holes in the wind as we transition from one wind field to the other. In the good old days, we would just turn on the motor, but since continental prices are over $6/gallon, we will be reluctant to do that. We will continue to send text to the blog over the radio and can still receive email the same way, assuming you know our Sailmail address. It comes through a station in Belgium and is very reliable. Tomorrow we will be provisioning, so I can't guarantee how much I will write, but at sea, I always have lots of time. Write back - we love to hear from you. OK, it is now tomorrow and here is a video for you. We went to a folkdancing performance on the 3rd day of the Praia festival. We shot a lot of video, but we liked these guys the best. See previous post for instructions for loading video.
We never saw Portuguese or Azorean dancing until this trip. Folk dance experts will probably see lots of distinctions that go right over me.
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