This was it we were going to sail upwind to the Canaries when most people sail downwid to get there!

Logbook extract for the sailing trip from Madeira, Portugal to La Graciosa, Canary Islands, Spain 272 nautical miles in 46 hours

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Cascais, Portugal to Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal 486 nautical miles in 79 hours

The PredictWind routing weather forecast did tell us the previous days that we should have tracked north to try and keep with the winds

We left Madeira mid-afternoon on the “tail” of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet. They had passed on the same route we were planning to do earlier

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Madeira, Cascais, Portugal 608 nautical miles in 105 hours

Pretty much all the sailing we've been doing on The Dream qualifies as offshore passage but I think the difference between doing a 2-day

Extract of the Logbook for the sailing trip from Rabat, Morocco to Madeira, Portugal 488 nautical miles in 72 hours