What a joy to spend time sailing on this magnificent three-masted topsail schooner (1917) around the Atlantic islands of Cape Verde.
We’ve hauled halyards, eased the peak, scrubbed the decks, heaved, heeled and even climbed the mast. We stopped in six of the nine inhabited islands that make up Cape Verde and were struck by how distinct they were from each other.
Brilliantly, our trip coincided with Carnival season on the islands - we party’d on the beach in Sal, watched the competition in Espargos, witnessed the ‘funeral’ of carnival in Sao Vincente and even found ourselves part of the procession at one point. Awesome times x