Around midday of Saturday 11th November the Atlantic Odyssey CV yachts headed out of Santa Cruz marina, bound for the Cape Verde.
All the boats left on time, after a busy few days completing the final jobs and shopping.
A good sail south along the coast of Tenerife, and then out into the ocean with some 800 miles to sail to get to the Cape Verdes.
Here they will join the Islands Odyssey fleet who have been cruising the islands for the past two weeks, and together they will all leave for Barbados on 23 November.
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