Peter Sport

Sailing to Faial was as hard as sailing across. We needed wind as we didn't have the engine to help us along. We got 20 knots and after 24 hours we were close to Faial but 20 Miles to the South of our destination due to a stubborn East-North Easterly wind that went up to 25 knots as we approached Horta.

Finally on the second night, as we were tacking to the island, the wind started turning North East. This allowed us to get closer in on each tack.

Near the morning of our third day out, we got close enough to sail into the channel between Faial and Pico. A short hop into the harbour and we anchored close to the marina entrance. A bit too close to a superyacht also anchored there, which proved our rescue later.

As it was now Saturday, we couldn't get a tow into the marina. But the agent of the superyacht complained and an hour later, we got a tow in from a quickly roused marina employee.

Later we did what every sailor does after arriving in Horta, so we visited Peter Sport Cafe, comitted to sailors since early last century.