Portugal (Lagos) - The Canaries...
Cat-man-do
Sat 4 Aug 2007 13:02
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Ahoy there!
From Cat-man-do, good morning.(Michele
writing)
Day 3 at sea and we are all doing ok.
Day 1, Finding my sea legs once again. The girls
were great but found it a bit of a bumpy night (first night nerves). I stayed
with them and unfortunately had to leave the shifts to the boys
Day 2, Saw two dragon flies dancing around the
sails, an unusual but lovely sight when miles from land. Less wind around in the
afternoon so a spot of sunbathing undertaken by all on the front of the Cat. The
girls must be settling in now as they've stopped saying "Are we there
yet?"
Went to bed to settle the girls and was awoken to
see both girls up on shift with Peter in the early hours (their first night sail
- really proud of them). After a few hours and Brians shift, Peter called me to
get up as he was having trouble staying awake. Within a minute he was flat out
and i spied dolphins......... lots of them dancing through the waves glittering
with phosphorescence. After yelling to Peter to come and look, Gabrielle and
Nicole both appeared excitedly just to see them leave us. Brian listening to the
elephants above him, trampling around on deck, never appeared.
Day 3, Saw 1 boat this morning (not much traffic).
We are well over half way now and by the way we are heading for Lanzarote not
Madiera (change of plan at the last minute).
Hello readers ! Apparently I need to take over the
blog writing, those sea legs Michele's found don't seem to be up to typing
things just yet.... We've found a bit of wind (nothing unusual for Peter) and
we're off again under sail alone at a steady (ish) 7.5 knts. We should if we're
lucky arrive in Graciosa before nightfall tomorrow evening, but if not, may need
to hold off for a few hours as the guides don't recommend entry at night unless
you know the area well. There's Beefburgers for tea tonight, but minus the rolls
but should be a veritable feast!!
Take care everyone out there....
P,M,G,N & B xx
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