Chiscos - Atlantic Cruise - (Minor) Disaster

(Minor) Disaster

Chiscos - Atlantic Cruise

John Simpson

Thu 13 Oct 2011 16:18

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We left the anchorage at El Puertita and motored for a short while, bound for San Miguel. The wind then came up from behind us, so we quickly got the parasailor ready to fly. It set beautifully, but then we realised that there was huge rip in it! We can only assume that when we last had it up in the very strong winds off La Palma it got ripped.

It came down immediately. It is a clean tear so we will try and get it repaired in Las Palmas.

As we rounded the island we were then faced with strong (F6) winds on the nose and ended up tacking into a huge heaving sea before we arrived off the marina at San Miguel.

This is a very strange place!! It is like a down market English seaside resort but hot! Cheap bars, the 'Queen Mary ll'cafe and the Nawaab Indian restaurant!!

Still, the marina is new and efficient. Although still windy we had a much calmer night last night and even managed to do some washing today!

Chiscos with her laundry flying!!

Tomorrow we plan to leave for Las Palmas on Gran Canaria - the last part of this leg and start our preparations for the ARC.

Blog Entries

2012

Jun 2012

Tue 26 Jun 09:13
- The Final Leg
Sat 16 Jun 12:56
- Approaching Falmouth
Fri 15 Jun 11:14
- (Another) Storm....but a big one this time!
Wed 13 Jun 15:40
- Life in the slow lane
Sun 10 Jun 13:01
- The start of the penultimate leg.....Farewell Pico et al
Tue 5 Jun 16:10
- In the Azores

May 2012

Mon 28 May 11:58
- Racing the weather!
Sat 26 May 14:15
- 555 miles to go - nearly there!
Thu 24 May 06:32
- Half way at last!
Mon 21 May 12:11
- Every cloud has a silver lining?
Sat 19 May 14:45
- Heading North
Sun 13 May 11:04
- Bermuda....eventually
Thu 10 May 06:54
- 203 to Bermuda
- 203 to Bermuda
Wed 9 May 13:28
- 66 Hours motoring!
Tue 8 May 09:29
- No wind....
Sun 6 May 09:37
- Farewell to the Caribbean
Fri 4 May 09:18
- Final Preparations
Wed 2 May 10:47
- A great week.

Apr 2012

Fri 13 Apr 11:54
- Joe, Clair and Susan sign off
Thu 12 Apr 14:19
- Joe and the Conch
- A night with Willy T
Wed 11 Apr 11:57
- Arriving in the BVI
- No raw paws pricked here!
Tue 10 Apr 21:19
- Who is ze responsible person?
Sun 8 Apr 13:07
- Duty Free Shopping
Fri 6 Apr 09:53
Sun 1 Apr 16:13
- St Kitts

Mar 2012

Sat 31 Mar 17:22
- Nobody's a stranger on Nevis
Thu 29 Mar 18:29
- Checking out
- Barbuda
Wed 28 Mar 18:50
- Crew change in Antigua
Tue 20 Mar 11:51
- A change of blogger........
Sat 10 Mar 13:16
- "Out" (Definitely not "Over and out!") Fri 9/Sat 10
Fri 9 Mar 04:34
- Positive Man! Thurs Mar 8
- Where is everyone?
Wed 7 Mar 00:10
- I'll meet you at midnight Tue Mar 6 am
- The weight of history Tue Mar 6 pm
Tue 6 Mar 00:10
- From Our Own Correspondent Mon Mar 5
Mon 5 Mar 10:54
- Incident reported live from Iles Des Saintes
Sun 4 Mar 01:41
Fri 2 Mar 13:25
- Welcome to Paradise. Thurs Mar 1
- Road to Hell Wed 29 Feb

Feb 2012

Tue 28 Feb 20:54
- Turning North
Sun 26 Feb 13:57
- Rodney Bay for the last time!
- Canouan
Thu 16 Feb 16:20
- Mayreau and more dinghy issues!
Sun 12 Feb 11:48
- Rodney Bay and the fridge
Sun 5 Feb 12:12
- Mustique
Fri 3 Feb 10:58
- Two Frenchies and the Tobago Cays

Jan 2012

Tue 31 Jan 19:11
- The Bequia Music festival
Wed 25 Jan 19:37
Thu 19 Jan 14:04
- Mikaela's birthday
- Overnight in Bequia
Wed 18 Jan 14:06
- Leg 5
Tue 3 Jan 18:42
- Helen and Dusty's visit

2011

Dec 2011

Tue 27 Dec 15:11
- Christmas Day
Fri 23 Dec 18:58
- Martinique for repairs
Tue 20 Dec 22:28
- WINNER OF THE ARCH MAREZ TROPHY
Sun 11 Dec 21:51
- WE HAVE ARRIVED in The Caribbean
Fri 9 Dec 18:36
- Nearly there.....
Wed 7 Dec 22:55
- No wind
Sat 3 Dec 19:28
- Music
Thu 1 Dec 15:48
- Over half way and a (minor) disaster!

Nov 2011

Wed 30 Nov 11:11
- (Very nearly) Half way there
Sun 27 Nov 11:07
- Not one - but two!
Fri 25 Nov 15:26
Sat 19 Nov 15:42
- Final preparations in Las Palmas
Sat 12 Nov 14:28
- Tree planting and Salsa
Wed 9 Nov 12:01
- Preparation for the ARC in Las Palmas

Oct 2011

Sun 16 Oct 12:58
- Las Palmas We made it!
Thu 13 Oct 16:18
- (Minor) Disaster
Tue 11 Oct 16:01
- El Puertita
Mon 10 Oct 15:21
- Cantera
Sun 9 Oct 14:49
- Gomera
Sat 8 Oct 19:23
- Holding out for a Hierro!!
Wed 5 Oct 15:37
- La Palma
Tue 4 Oct 14:37
- The Birds!
Mon 3 Oct 14:28
- Funchal
Sat 1 Oct 16:50
- Leg 3...........And then there were 3!

Sep 2011

Sun 11 Sep 16:40
- Madeira - End of leg 2
Fri 9 Sep 14:05
- A beautiful place!
Thu 8 Sep 09:17
- A difficult night!
Wed 7 Sep 13:16
- Half way! Updated
Tue 6 Sep 13:20
- Rolling to Madeira 2
Mon 5 Sep 09:08
- Peniche
Fri 2 Sep 13:25
- Povoa de Varzim

Aug 2011

Mon 29 Aug 17:34
- Susan signs off - for now!
Sat 27 Aug 21:51
- Back to Baiona
Mon 22 Aug 17:34
- Baiona
Fri 19 Aug 15:16
- Combarro
Thu 18 Aug 10:15
- Sanxenxo (pronounced Sanshensho)
Tue 16 Aug 16:28
- What a night!
Mon 15 Aug 20:40
- Vilagarcia de Arousa
Sat 13 Aug 14:15
Thu 11 Aug 10:42
- Portosin
Tue 9 Aug 15:27
- Muros
Fri 5 Aug 15:59
- Camarinas
Tue 2 Aug 15:31
- La Coruna

Jul 2011

Fri 29 Jul 17:19
- Hola from Spain!
Thu 28 Jul 15:38
- From Dolphins to Whales
Mon 25 Jul 16:08
- Dolphins!
Fri 22 Jul 19:38
- As promised the photos of the last few weeks.....
- The first day
Thu 21 Jul 10:38
- Today's the day

Jun 2011

Sun 12 Jun 12:03
- Training and Preparation

May 2011

Mon 23 May 19:19
- May Shakedown May 9th - 16th
Wed 18 May 17:25
- Chiscos's next great adventure

2005

Jun 2005

Sun 19 Jun 19:23
- 19th June...We made it
Wed 15 Jun 13:55
- 15th June 250 miles to go....
Sun 12 Jun 19:17
- 12 June - Mr de Beaufort was an optimist...
Sat 11 Jun 15:25
- 11 June - a busy day at sea
Wed 8 Jun 14:56
- 8 juin - message du milieu de l'Atlantique
Mon 6 Jun 12:42
- 5th June. Horta
Sun 5 Jun 10:55
- 3rd June San Miguel Azores
Wed 1 Jun 12:42
- 1 June 2005

May 2005

Fri 27 May 19:33
- May 27th Calheta - Funchal
Wed 25 May 15:55
- 25th May Chiscos Sails again!
Tue 17 May 10:29
- Have some Madeira Ma' Dear.. 17th May
Sun 15 May 21:59
- Still on Track....15 May 2005
Fri 13 May 19:19
- Portugal to Madeira
Thu 12 May 10:12
- 12 May 2005
Wed 11 May 17:42
- The pictures you all missed...
- A change of plan.....
Mon 9 May 19:36
- Monday 9th May
Sun 8 May 21:56
- Bayona or Bust
Sat 7 May 15:41
- 7th May...Nearly there!
Fri 6 May 12:38
- Fw: 6th May Biscay Day 3
Thu 5 May 12:49
- Wednesday 5th May
Wed 4 May 10:06
- Wednesay 4th May
- Wed 4th May

Apr 2005

Thu 28 Apr 09:11
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