Location: Cape Verde
After 3583 nautical miles, the crew of Argo has it “dialed in.” What is meant by that is the days run seamlessly together. Everyone is on the same page and working together for a common cause. The tasks at hand, such as raising sails, launching tenders, and man overboard drills, are second nature. Everyone on watch together agrees that the time has started to fly, and everyone realizes that it’s time to seize each fleeting moment.
Today, we arrived after our longest passage to date from Tenerife to the Cape Verdes archipelago offshore on the west coast of Africa. Calm seas led to a great passage, and everyone was as excited as ever to arrive in a new exotic town. Unfortunately, we were temporarily postponed getting onto shore because it was a Sunday, and the immigration office was closed. No worries, though; Argo is looking stunning due to everyone’s hard work put in today, which also consisted of the normal academic day. People’s spare time has begun to shift; laptops are being exchanged for textbooks, and navigational charts fill the salon. After dinner now, the deck has been stowed with various projects, and everyone is down below preparing for the next perfect day.