Back to Las Palmas
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Sun 30 Dec 2012 17:44
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28:07.66N 15:25.49W
Distance Run 43 Miles
Wednesday 26 to Sunday 30 December
2012
Dinner on Boxing day was the typical 'leftovers'
menu of bubble and squeak etc. I say leftovers but of course in keeping
with Reilly family tradition the bubble and squeak was made mainly from fresh
ingredients. We transferred the food over to Zaurak and had dinner with
Ian and Judith and played 'Therapy' until the early hours. By the way
'Zaurak' is the name of a star and means 'The boat'.
The late nights had caught up with us on Thursday
and we had a quiet day with a light tapas lunch at a nearby restaurant.
The food was nice and so was the price, neither of which could be said for our
dinner at an 'Authentic' Italian restaurant at the marina the following
evening. This boasts 'Italian food prepared by Italians' but I suspect
they have been evicted from Italy. The place had a warm ambience but the
food and service were not in keeping.
We established from Jean Marie that our watermaker
parts had arrived in Las Palmas so we checked the weather and found that
Saturday would be the 'least bad' day to travel back up the island.
We left at 8am on Saturday into a slightly rolly
sea but no wind at first as we motored east along the south coast of Gran
Canaria. The wind built up as forecast to about 15-18 knots on the nose so
we conntinued under engine until we reached the south east point of the
island. The easterly wind direction was good for sailing north but the
strength dropped to about 7 knots, which is almost nothing as far as our boat is
concerned. She needs 10 knots to do anything and starts to pick up her
skirt at about 12 knots. So another day under engine and we arrived in Las
Palmas soon after 4 pm. The office was closed and we stayed on the
Reception pontoon overnight and until we were allocated a berth
proper.
We topped up the diesel tanks and filled 5
spare 20 litre 'jerry cans' which we will carry on deck during the crossing as
back up.
On Sunday there was 100% cloud cover and it was
noticeable just how much cooler it is in the north of the island. Mogan
boasts it's own 'micro climate' and had been pretty well continuously
sunny.
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