Departure from Calheta 1400 ish

We have provisioned and shopped and watered and are just finishing lunch and then we'll be off. Winds are currently N-NW.We'll head south westish first to clear the acceleration zone at the end of the island that bashed us last time. Winds are forecast to veer gradually to the NE over the next 24 hours which should allow us to adjust our course for the Azores over that period.