Thursday 11 August 2016

Azores - UK - Netherlands


Tercera, Azores













Inside the vent of an extinct volcano




Departure from Angra do Horoismo, Tercera, Azores






A wrinkle-less ocean after several windless days 















First signs of a weather change














The coast of South East England after 11 days

Dartmouth





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The lighthouse and helicopter platform near Beachy Head



Dover



Crossing the shipping lane






Sometimes it is hard to figure out what course to steer to avoid all the traffic


It looked like I was able to pass in front of this cargo ship but when I call the captain on the VHF he requests I pass astern.



Port of Rotterdam by night





Peer of IJmuiden on Thursday morning 28th July, two months after I left Bonaire




A warm welcome on the Noordzeekanaal from IJmuiden to Amsterdam





My sister and brother welcoming me at the jetty on the KNSM-Eiland in Amsterdam, the same place I departed from on 25th July 2012



This is the end of my solo trip around the Atlantic Ocean. As new adventures of a different kind lie ahead, Harmattan will be for sale at the end of this summer.