Horta - city of the world

Horta is indeed a city of the world. We have seen more sailboats here from all over the world than anywhere else. And, these are not posers, they all got here the hard way.

 Here is a look at a few from Norway, Finland, Germany, the US, Brazil, Germany, South Africa, Belgium, France, Spain, New Zealand, Indonesia, Canada, and more!


This is called a canoe-stern boat.

This is an aluminum boat. Notice the knurling on the metal hull.

A lot of boats have hard dodgers, the part that protects you from the elements. We have a cloth dodger and jackets...

We don't use duct tape on Remedios.















This next boat wins the beauty contest.
 We are all in love with the wooden sides and the overall lines.












Not to pass judgment, but this next boat is really a mess. But it got here just the same. But, it is kind of scary to look at up close.














Some folks like their privacy. These guys like to drink all night, get out their guitars and sing classic American rock songs badly.

Ben Courneya, you think your dad is anal - this beautiful boat has an inflatable dinghy colored to match the boat name!!!

Here is another boat with a hard dodger.

This next boat is so well named. The little pilot house does look like a turtle. I bet it is cozy in there.

On the other hand, it looks decidedly un-cozy out by the wheel of this boat!

We are rafted up here 3 and sometimes 4 boats deep. When a marina gets too many boats this is what they do. You make friends quickly and try not to step through someone else's hatch when you come back late at night and walk over their boat. Here is Remedios snuggled in between two boats from France.

There are several big cats (catamarans) here.

Another view of us and our two French friends. We brought some gift bags for people we meet that contain Minnesota wild rice and Minnesota made Shakers Vodka. We gave one to our dockside friends as thanks for letting us walk all over their boat. We think they invited us to dinner tonight but we are not totally sure. (update - it is dinner at 8 on Monday night - we will wear our Remedios t-shirts)




Here are some videos we shot at sea. The first is a Sunday morning funeral we conducted for a flying fish we found on deck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZLktrYsksg

Next is the morning after a stormy night. It is still icky but the worst is long past. We don't have video of the storm because we don't shoot video during storms...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mvUi1wFiAE

And here you can join one of us on night watch. There isn't much to see, because it is dark...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frvi2Jig9Ok