14th to 16th September - Pictures Gib to Las Palmas
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Mike Somerville
Sun 16 Sep 2012 18:26
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We arrived in Las Palmas on Friday morning and then
spent a busy three days working on many detailed jobs to further prepare the
boat for the ARC itself.
Since we are now back in full intenet contact, here
are some snaps which summarise our joirney from Gib to as Palmas
 Barbara joined us in Cartegena...
 and left us at Gibraltar for a few weeks of
other sailing adventuring. We look forward to seeing her again in Las Palmas in
November.
 Off the Moroccan coast we had several delightful
gentle days...
 and many stunning sunsets...
 Tim did a lot of fishing practise
 Mike L shot the sun...
 we had a delightful half hour with many
dolphins...
  Received weather fax charts by Sony short wave
radio - decoded by iPad...
 which were studied by skipper Mike in the
search for more wind...
and eventually......
 Tim caught a fish - a lovely Tuna
 which he filleted...
 and cooked for supper - it was superb!
 Eventually - Las Palmas loomed on the horizon -
Land Ho!
 and Mike piloted us into the marina...
  During the day in Las Palmas the sun gets very hot
- hope you like our fashionable sun hats?
 and we got started on the various
jobs...
 Mike L tackled a small problem with the drains...
with our trusty plunger...
  baker Tim checked out the bread oven - but finally
we just had to celebrate....
 with Mike S's 60th birthday champers
 and a lovely dinner at the superb Hotel Santa
Catalina...
So, thats it for now. We all fly to
UK tomorrow and look forward to flying back to LP for the next leg of our
adventure in November with Christine and Mandy to see us off and Barbara
re-joining joing in the team for the trip to St Lucia...
Mike, Tim and Mike
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