Running down to Las Palmas
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Fri 28 Oct 2011 03:53
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28:19.4N 15:3.9W
Lanzarote to Gran Canaria is 110 miles and, given
our record so far, I decided it would be a push to do it in a day sail so we are
travelling overnight. The only problem is that we set off at a
conservative 4pm and covered the first 30 miles in 3 hours, giving an
ETA of 3am. It is not a good idea to arrive at a strange port in the
dark. So we have dropped the mainsail (which always complains about
downwind sailing anyway) and now we have just got the genoa up. We
are now averaging about 6.5 knots and should arrive at about 8
am.
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