Rui's stories
Nineteen days to Mindelo
Lisbon to Cabo Verde the way it was done before engines, with an engine we mostly didn't use.
1 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
Maputo bay, learning to sail
Five years of coastline for a survey nobody read, and the small boat that made it worth it.
6 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Flores, the island at the end of the map
Where the Atlantic runs out of Europe, and why that's the best reason to go.
4 Sep 2025 · 1 min read
Pico at dawn
2,351 metres in the dark, and the archipelago laid out below like a chart I once drew.
25 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
The wall at Horta
Every boat that crosses paints its name on the marina. I went to find ours.
20 Aug 2025 · 1 min read
Flores, the island at the end of the map
Where the Atlantic runs out of Europe, and why that's the best reason to go.
4 Sep 2025 · 1 min read
Pico at dawn
2,351 metres in the dark, and the archipelago laid out below like a chart I once drew.
25 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
The wall at Horta
Every boat that crosses paints its name on the marina. I went to find ours.
20 Aug 2025 · 1 min read