Avocet 03/09/08

Avocet's Adventures Around the World
Derry Ryder
Wed 3 Sep 2008 21:44
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Hey eveyone, sorry it took so long to get the web diary workin, we had some IT issues, all is going well, we left derrynane and were well under way when an alternator problem forced us to turn back.. so we ended up having a night in castl twn bere ... it turned out to be a simple fault and we got under way again early the next morning, unfortunatly the set back meant that the next morning we were beating into a force 7 southerly, which as ye probable know grew to be quite a decent storm... luckily though we managed to keep out of the worst of it and either way the boat did incredably well in bad conditions... it took 4 days to cross the "bay" all in all it was a good passage. Arriving into La Coruna really marked the start for us, and the day trips in perfect sailing conditions down the coast to porto and cascais meant the lads were able to learn alot in the few days.

Sailing back out into the atlantic bound for the island of Madeira the boat was really in her stride cruising at 9 to 10 kts the crossing took 3 and half days... the morning we arrived was just stunning to sea the island looming up infront of us, i shall upload some pics tomorrow....

right now we are under way for lanzorote, unfortunatly we have no feckin wind .... so we are using the iron sail. Right im off to my bunk . more tomorrow.

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