{"id":29805,"date":"2026-06-09T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/?p=29805"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:39:14","slug":"%f0%9f%87%b5%f0%9f%87%b9-azoren-here-we-come-und-ein-missgeschick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/en\/%f0%9f%87%b5%f0%9f%87%b9-azoren-here-we-come-und-ein-missgeschick\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 \u2013 Azores, here we come (and a mishap)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahoy, dear readers,\n\nThe title says it all. We\u2019ve arrived at our second destination on the Atlantic, though not without some problems.
The flow we\u2019ve been in for the past two weeks is abruptly interrupted by the words \u201cLand in sight.\u201d You quickly get used to this steady, forward-moving rhythm on board. You know that the boat is always moving toward its destination. Sometimes in a storm, sometimes in calm waters, but the journey always continues\u2014in daylight and in darkness\u2014with no traffic lights, no speed limits; only water and wind set our limits.
Then we reach our destination, and the flow comes to an end. We did it!!!
On the 16th day, around 6:00 p.m., we docked with Symi at the Schengen customs pier in the marina of Ponte Delgada on S\u00e3o Miguel, the main island of the Azores. I stepped carefully off the boat onto the solid concrete. After all, we now had to re-enter the EU. Friendly passport control and minimal bureaucracy characterize this Schengen outpost.
I walked along the pier\u2014which felt very stable under my feet\u2014over to the marina office and registered for a berth at the dock. The nice gentleman, however, told me that there were no more open spots in this huge marina. I was a bit disappointed, looking very dejected and land-sick, but he said he had a spot available for two days.\nWe moved there and then set out on our 2,146-nautical-mile journey from Bermuda.\nAbends gingen wir essen und genossen wackligen Schrittes die Altstadt von Ponte Delgada. Leider passierte mir dann ein Missgeschick. Am dunklen Trottoir, nach Speis und Trank, \u00fcbersah ich eine 1cm Schwelle und flog unkontrolliert zu Boden, soda\u00df meine rechte Schulter kurzzeitig luxierte und zum Gl\u00fcck beim Aufrichten wieder in ihre normale Position zur\u00fccksprang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A really stupid, completely unnecessary incident that\u2019s been causing me some pain ever since. But don\u2019t worry\u2014the painkillers are helping, and it\u2019s already a little bit better. Since I went to the marina office the next day with a triangular bandage wrapped around my right arm, the nice gentleman at the counter granted us our berth for four weeks, saying, \u201cWith this condition, I cannot send you out onto the Atlantic.\u201d So now I have time to recover from the injury, and we have time to do some sightseeing. We wanted a safe spot\u2014but the price we paid to get it is another story.\nBefore Meiki left us on Saturday, we reflected on the trip once more over our final dinner. Meiki said that for him, too, this storm system we encountered was the strongest sustained wind he\u2019d experienced in his 40-year career.\nTo a certain extent, we\u2019ve become average tourists using Symi as our hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I'm sure you understand that we won't be posting any blog entries over the next few weeks and will just be drifting around the Azores.\nI'll definitely be back in touch when we start preparing for the crossing to Spain or Gibraltar. I'd be happy if you'd join us again then.\n\nAll the best, and stay healthy.\nYour (currently) somewhat disabled Captain Pavlos<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ahoy, dear readers! The title says it all. We\u2019ve arrived at our second destination on the Atlantic coast, though not without some problems. The flow\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atlantik-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30533,"href":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29805\/revisions\/30533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingsymi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}