Actually arrived in the Canary Islands in the early morning of 6th November after a 508nm voyage.....lots of wind and wonderful sailing for the first two days and nights with considerable swell....and then nothing with glassy seas. The beautiful little Caleta del Sebo Harbour on Isla Graciosa was a great place to unwind, looking over to the dark volcanic cliffs on the north west coast of Lanzarote. Next day we were in Marina Rubicon, very stylish indeed, with great restaurants, bars, shops, art galleries, and a very decent boatyard!
Fuerteventura boasts golden sandy beaches and little coves with beach restaurants on its eastern coast. Not so! But we anchored for lunch in a cove with black sand and a little fish cafe that looked out to the water. It was really a coastline of resort developments (some failed) and a couple of commercial ports where illicit immigrants from Africa try to enter the EU by the back door.
Left Fuerteventura yesterday morning with Simon as the skipper and had a wonderful sail with 12-14 knots of wind from the North and boat speeds of up to 8knots. Now we're part of the ARC preparations, happy hour drinks last night and the first of a number of talks this morning. Provisioning will be quite a challenge ........enough food and water for three weeks and emergency provisions for another 7 days!! Safety checks tomorrow morning and a welcome party tomorrow evening.
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