28.55.048N 13.42.046W
JENNY
Alan Franklin/ Lynne Gane
Sat 17 Nov 2007 10:36
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Hello everybody tomorrow we start our trip across
the Atlantic and guess what there's no wind and then its likely to be on the
nose,what joy.
The preparations have been quite extensive ,we
started with a list of 15 jobs which then became a different list of 15 jobs the
list doesn't get any shorter its just different.Some take a few minutes others a
few days.On the way down here from Gibraltar we decided to try out the Wind
Pilot only for it to start coming loose from the back of the boat,its quite
important that it stays with the boat but it took us a little while to secure it
properly with longer bolts and
GRP.Sails,lines,computers,weatherforcasts,e-mails,watermakers,generators,towgen,gearbox,all
needed checking.
In the quality of the installation dictates the
trouble free operation but everything needs checking and maintaining to try to
ensure no surprises.
It is now 10.30 we are due to leave at 11,it is now
very warm but no wind so we will motor the fist day.
Moving away from the chores the island is
surprising in many respects particularly in regard of one engineer who was
responsible for the brilliant use of the Lava caves and entrances into Hotels
,Restaurants and generally creating very imaginative passages and walkways into
the underground caverns created by the lava flows.From being at first sight a
kiss me quick island you soon learn to appreciate that this is a place of
sustainable development with a lot of style and charm ,there is not the rampant
development that you see in other islands and
coasts.
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