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Atlantic Islands Azores, Madeira Group, Canary Islands and Cape Verdes Atlantic Islands Azores, Madeira Group, Canary Islands and Cape Verdes Atlantic Islands Azores, Madeira Group, Canary Islands and Cape Verdes ROYAL CRUISING CLUB PILOTAGE FOUNDATION Compiled and updated by Anne Hammick NATIONAL MARITIME FLAGS PORTUGAL (Azores Madeira) SPAIN (Canary Islands) CAPE VERDES (Independent Republic) Published by Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd CAUTION Wych House The Broadway St Ives Cambridgeshire PE27 5BT Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that the England Tel. +44 (0)1480 462114 Fax +44 (0) 1480 496109 information contained in this book is accurate, the email [email protected] RCC Pilotage Foundation, the author and the www.imray.com publishers hereby formally disclaim any and all 2004 liability for any personal injury, loss and/or damage howsoever caused, whether by reason of any error, All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be inaccuracy, omission or ambiguity in relation to the reproduced, transmitted or used in any form by any means – graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, contents and/or information contained within this recording, taping or information storage and retrieval systems or book. The book contains selected information and otherwise – without the prior permission of the Publishers. thus is not definitive. It does not contain all known information on the subject in hand and should not First edition 1989 be relied on alone for navigational use: it should Second edition 1994 only be used in conjunction with official Third edition 1999 hydrographic data. This is particularly relevant to Fourth edition 2004 the plans which should not be used for navigation. © Text: Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation 1989, 1994, The RCC Pilotage Foundation, the author and 1999, 2004 publishers believe that the information which they © Plans: Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd 1989, 1994, 1999, have included is a useful aid to prudent navigation, 2004 but the safety of a vessel depends ultimately on the judgment of the skipper, who should assess all ISBN 0 85288 761 2 information, published or unpublished. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. PLANS The plans in this guide are not to be used for A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. navigation — they are designed to support the text and should always be used together with navigational This work, based on surveys over a period of more than ten years, charts. Even so, every effort has been made to locate has been corrected to May 2004 from sea and land-based visits to harbour and anchorage plans adjacent to the relevant the ports and harbours described, from contributions by visiting text. yachtsmen and from official notices. It should be borne in mind that the characteristics of lights may be changed during the life of the book, British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. and that in any case notification of such changes is A catalogue record for this title is available from the British unlikely to be reported immediately. Each light is Library. identified in both the text and where possible on the CORRECTIONS plans (where it appears in red) by its international Both the RCC Pilotage Foundation and the author would be glad index number, as used in the Admiralty List of to receive any amendments, corrections, information or Lights, from which the book may be updated when suggestions which users of this book may consider relevant, for no longer new. use in both the Correctional Supplement (see right) and in the next edition. Letters or emails should be addressed to Anne All bearings are given from seaward and refer to true Hammick, Author – Atlantic Islands, care of the publishers. north. Scales may be taken from the scales of latitude. Symbols are based on those used by the British Printed in Great Britain by Butler and Tanner, Frome, Somerset Admiralty — users are referred to Symbols and Abbreviations (NP 5011). ENDORSEMENTS Inclusion of an individual or company's name and contact details in this book does not imply endorsement of their services, and neither the RCC Pilotage Foundation, the author nor the publishers can accept any responsibility if their work proves unsatisfactory. CORRECTIONAL SUPPLEMENTS This pilot book will be amended at intervals by the issue of correctional supplements. These are published on the internet at our website www.imray.com and may be downloaded free of charge. Printed copies are also available on request from the publishers at the above address. Contents Foreword, vi Acknowledgements, vi Key to symbols used on plans, viii Passages to and from the islands III. The Canary Islands Passage planning, 1 The archipelago, 147 Wind and current circulation, 1 History, 147 Sources of further information, 2 General information, 149 Passage charts, 2 Sailing and navigation, 153 Routes to and from the Azores, 2 Practicalities, 153 Routes to and from the Madeira Group, 3 Cruising, 154 Routes to and from the Canary Islands, 5 Navigational aids, 156 Routes to and from the Cape Verde Islands, 6 Lanzarote, 157 International weather forecasts, 7 Fuerteventura, 177 Meteorology on the internet, 9 Gran Canaria, 191 Horizontal chart datum, 10 Tenerife, 213 Caution and request,10 La Gomera, 236 I. The Azores La Palma, 246 The archipelago, 11 El Hierro, 253 History, 13 IV. The Cape Verdes Natural history, 16 The archipelago, 259 General information, 19 History, 260 Sailing and navigation, 24 Natural history, 262 Practicalities, 24 General information, 262 Cruising, 26 Sailing and navigation, 262 Navigational aids, 27 Practicalities, 267 Flores, 29 Cruising, 268 Corvo, 39 Navigational aids, 270 Faial, 43 Ilha do Sal, 272 Pico, 54 Boavista, 277 Sao Jorge, 62 Sao Nicolau, 281 Graciosa, 68 Santa Luzia, 285 Terceira, 77 Ilhéus Branco and Raso, 286 Sao Miguel, 89 Sao Vicente, 287 Santa Maria, 103 Santo Antão, 294 Ilhéus das Formigas, 109 Ilha do Maio, 298 II. The Madeira Group Santiago, 301 The archipelago, 111 Ilha do Fogo, 309 History, 111 Ilha Brava, 313 General information, 113 Ilhéus Secos do Rombo, 317 Sailing and navigation, 116 Appendices Practicalities, 116 1. Charts, 319 Cruising, 117 II. Further reading, 322 Navigational aids, 119 III. Glossary, 323 Porto Santo, 120 IV. Abbreviations used on charts, 325 Madeira, 125 V. Conversion tables, 325 Ilhas Desertas, 140 Ilhas Selvagens, 141 Index, 326 ATE ANITIC ICI A1\11-1 q 1/ Foreword The RCC Pilotage Foundation Acknowledgements The RCC Pilotage Foundation was established in There's something very satisfying about seeing one's 1976 through the generosity of Dr Fred Ellis, an book reach its fourth edition, perhaps heightened American member of the Royal Cruising Club. It when it's the first one ever wrote. I'm very aware enables members of the RCC, and others, to share that it would not have achieved this venerable state their sailing experiences and so help cruising sailors without the help of the many yachtsmen and women extend their horizons. who have sent in corrections and amendments over The Pilotage Foundation is a registered charity the years and whose names would fill a book in whose object is 'to advance the education of the themselves. Should I have omitted to thank anyone public in the science and practice of navigation'. It who has contributed to this new edition I apologise. currently does this by revising and publishing a wide Please don't take it personally – I wish I had as range of pilot books and by providing additional reliable a memory for names and faces as I have for cruise planning information through its web site. boats and harbours. The Atlantic Islands Pilot has informed and Taking the Atlantic Islands in sequence, I much encouraged the transatlantic skipper for fifteen enjoyed my five-week exploration of the Azores in years. During this time the size and number of boats 2003, meeting many welcoming local people and sailing the Atlantic has increased, engines have revisiting harbours which I had first seen when become more reliable and GPS has greatly simplified researching the first edition sixteen years earlier. It is the navigator's role. In the islands these changes have remarkable how little many have changed – and how been met with increased and better facilities, and much others have. I now find it hard to imagine the some easing of procedures, while the essential charm Azores without the illuminating presence of Duncan of the people and diverse nature of the differing Sweet, Ruthie, Leah and all the staff at Mid Atlantic islands and archipelagos remain unspoilt. Yacht Services in Horta, though older friends, in Anne Hammick researches these changes with particular the ever-helpful Joao Carlos Fraga, should great attention to detail. The Atlantic islands are not not be forgotten. just convenient stepping stones for the long distance Amongst those who sent me facts and feedback sailor but offer varied and fascinating cruising in about the Azores in the later stages, generally in their own right. Her fully revised pilot provides the answer to specific questions, were Sue Thatcher (of facts and inspiration for such further exploration. whom more later), Roddy Innes and David M R Walker Darbyshire, building on the assistance received from Director, many other yachtsmen and women in the years since RCC Pilotage Foundation the previous edition was published. I would also like July 2004 to thank Sue and Roddy for the use of their photographs, together with Michael Pocock, Peter Price and Dr John Lytle whose pictures also Publications of the appeared in the previous edition. Mention of the RCC Pilotage Foundation third edition reminds me to thank Ian Wallace, who lmray Adlard Coles Nautical kindly lent me his own, carefully annotated, copy The Baltic Sea Atlantic Crossing Guide and who will be receiving a copy of this fourth one North Brittany Pacific Crossing Guide The Channel Islands in return – an exchange which I hope will be as Faroe, Iceland and On Board Publications beneficial to him as it has already been to me.
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