There are also a couple of tall ships tied up here in Santa Cruz which are very interesting. The first is an old Swedish Baltic trading vessel now converted to a floating school. They take a range of children who spend a few months sailing round on this 250 ton schooner.
The other smaller brigantine is part of the fair transport. They are not linked to the fair trade movement but are seeking to reduce the amount of fossil fuels used in transporting goods around the world by reverting to sail. Of course, it is a tiny movement but one that is intriguing to say the least. As well as traditional vessels they are also looking to promote development of sail assisted cargo ships using modern technology. It would, I believe fit very well into the philosophy of fair trade as well.
The website for the brigantine Tres Hombres is here
The Fair Transport site is here
Meanwhile, we are getting very frustrated with the weather. The normal pattern has a high pressure out in the middle of the Atlantic and a low pressure over the Sahara which generates the so called north east trade winds. The problem is that the Azores high, as it is called, has been replaced with a depression. We are therefore getting light westerlies or southerlies. The depression is giving gale force winds to the north of here though. We have also experienced very heavy rains for a couple of days. The runoff made the marina look like a vast cauldron of tea!
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