still a bit under the weather from some strange belly bug so we
thought we would push it to Friday.
Friday was true to the forecast there was no wind!!, so now we
planned to leave on Saturday!! Better day anyway as Friday's are
thought to be a bad day's to leave on.
So Friday night we headed out for a "last supper" in Las Palmas, we
found a great looking Japanese restaurant through the week and were
keen to give it a try. So after out last minute prep tasks we
frocked up and went into town for some Sushi!!
Well it was not to be, Friday night and it was closed!, so we went
to another we found, closed! um.... So off to the local yacht club
to see if we could get a bite there - no luck they were yet to start
cooking. Getting a little frustrated we headed to the restaurants
at the marina where Reverie was berthed. A quick beer at the bar and
our standards dropped from Sushi to Pizza. So in we went, the
owner quickly came over to us and said that they were closed and
were not open yet! It was nearly 8:30pm, and we were getting over
it. - The Spanish like to eat late. 10:00pm is a good time.
Feeling all dejected we ended up back on Reverie, with some home
made soup, warm Baguette and a few episodes of "Rome" on the TV.
Saturday morning looked like a great day to leave, 15 knots from the
NE. After filling up with propane for the oven and diesel for the
boat we motored out the marina. Ahead of us is 2800 miles of
Atlantic
ocean. The weather looks good and we should have a good trip if all
goes well.
Leaving on the same day are two boats we know, Reality and Mambo.
There are a few others on there way as well so we will have to be
careful not to bump into anyone at night - or through the day for
that matter!
8:23pm - UTC
Jason on watch, Jo in Bed!. We had dinner at 6:30, watched two
episodes of Seinfeld. Boat is moving along dead down wind at 7.5 -
8.5 knots. Quite rolly but we are making good progress.
Position is 27-23.2N, 15-38.1W.
7:03am - UTC
Still plugging away. The wind started to build through the night,
with some gusts into the high 30's some over 40. Swell was very
rolly and not really comfortable at all. Bing the first night out
for a while it was very hard to get some sleep, today will be a day
of naps as we hope to catch up on some sleep.
Wind had backed off now to about 15knots leaving our apparent wind
down to les than 10 so our boat speed is backing off a little, it's
also starting to move more NE from the NNE we had through the night.
Position 26-41.0N, 16-47.7W
13:00 - UTC.
Main down now and we are just on the Spinnaker, making about 7 knots
in about 12 knots of wind. On the Radio Net this morning ( where a
bunch of boats are "checking in" their location, condition etc). we
heard that there is a rowing race across the Atlantic! it left today
from one of the other smaller islands in the Canary group. Also
about 900 miles in front of us a boat was abandoned late yesterday.
Their engine stopped working and the rigging on the mast was
starting
to fail. Luckily all on board was ok, lets just hope that no one
bumps into their boat!
24 hr Run 170nm
Cheers
J&J
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