North Atlantic
Steeped in SAILING
As you arrive in the port town of Horta on the island of Faial—one of nine islands that belong to Portugal and make up the island chain of the Azores, some 1,000 miles west of Lisbon in the Atlantic Ocean—an incredible sight greets you. There, festooning the seawalls surrounding the marina, hundreds of colorful murals tell the stories of the sailors, boats and adventurers who have sailed into port here before you. Some depictions are simply letters and numbers spelling out the names of boats and their arrival dates in the Marina da Horta. Others are far more elaborate, here in situ for years, even decades, weathering the punishing salt spray and winds of the Atlantic Ocean and embellished with paintings of flags, animals, marine life, route maps and more.
LORE HORTA IS LEGENDARY AMONG YACHTIES
by Terry Ward
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