A green land mass under cloud cover loomed in front, towering high above Exodus. Madeira, a steep volcanic mountain rising up from the bottom of the sea into the clouds. Her highest peak measures 1 862 m. Her coast line drops
Misty Madeira
Porto Santo
In the 1400s Prince Henry the Navigator tasked brave sailors to explore the near and not so near seas. This started the Portuguese Age of Discovery, and extended from 1415 to 1542. In 1418, two of these Portuguese captains, Zarco
Bom dia, Portugal
Before we picked up the boys Exodus had 1200 nautical miles on her teller, or 2200 km. In 6 weeks of actual sailing we averaged 200 nm per week. The whole time our main objective was to get to the
Straight through the Strait of Gibraltar
More than 5 million years ago the Mediterrean was bone dry. A big basin cradled by mountain ranges. Europe and Africa were one continent, with a vast lifeless plain between them and a mountain range on the western side. A