Saturday
was another busy and pleasant day in Horta. We started with a Skippers’ briefing in the morning, a tour around
the island of Faial in the afternoon and in the evening the Prize Giving for leg 2, Bermuda to Horta, sponsored
by the Azores Tourism Board.
The
tour around Faial headed first to the east coast where the other islands from
the central group of Azores can be seen. After the tour stopped at the volcano
caldera that has a diameter of 2km and finished on the east tip of the island
at the volcano interpretation center, where the Prize Giving for leg 2 took
place.
The
Interpretation Center of Capelinhos Volcano, showcases the Faial's Natural Park
and it was here that João
Bettencourt, the director of the Azores Tourism Board together with Filipe Menezes
representing the Mayor of Horta, José Decq Mota, President of the Clube Naval, the Port Captain Branco and José Azevedo (known by Peters), welcomed the crews from ARC Europe and
presented the prizes.
Each
crew was given a plaque engraved with individual yacht names
as a memento for their Atlantic crossing and landfall in Horta. Prizes were
also presented for third, second and first place positions for divisions A, B, C and Multihulls. Click here to check the results.
We thank the Azores Tourism, Clube Naval da Horta , the Azores Ports and Peter's Café Sport for the support given during this stopover.
After
a fantastic Prize Giving to finish off a great stopover in Horta, the majority of the fleet
have set sails again this morning and are now heading South-East to Terceira in time for the
bull running!