This time on Distant Shores we're in the Cape Verde Islands off the African Coast and setting our sails for the Caribbean over 2000 miles away. There are many other vessels getting ready to cross the Atlantic Ocean and we will likely see some of these on the crossing. Mindelo is a great point of departure and allowed us to knock 800 miles off the passage compared to starting directly from the Canary Islands plus gave our crew Keith and Stephan time to get familiarized with the boat.