Hellas - Azores

[batfalcon]

Crossing the Med and the Atlantic Ocean.

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[kubcat]

It's all Greek to me!

Looks lots of fun.

[Andre]

A very interesting rib cruise however the distance from Gibraltar to the Azores
is 980Nm / 1815km / 1128 miles (they will of course have to avoid Gibraltar)

How will they manage with the fuel once they are out in the open Atlantic. I can't see any fuel stations on route.

I am sure they have a plan . Best of luck to them and no doubt it will be interesting to follow their progress.

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Andre

(they will of course have to avoid Gibraltar)

Why?

[Andre]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Why?

There is a local law not permitting ribs over 6 mtr in Gibraltar waters so theirs could get confiscated and that would be a tragedy

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Andre

There is a local law not permitting ribs over 6 mtr in Gibraltar waters so theirs could get confiscated and that would be a tragedy

Ah! I didn't know that, sounds odd.

[Poly]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Ah! I didn't know that, sounds odd.

Its to stop the drug runners. I'd have thought there was a way to arrange a permitted trip - but I don't know.

From the look of their site they are planning to head round and "up" towards Lisbon and cross from there which is a slightly shorter passage.