ARC leg 1, day 1

Kelpie
Sarah and David Holtby
Fri 16 Nov 2018 14:58
26:27.0N 16:59.7W
 
We got off to a good start yesterday lunch time and a fast reach down the coast of Gran Canaria.  At dusk the watch below could hear dolphins chirping but we didn't see them.  Overnight the wind dropped so motored to midnight . Then a fast beam reach again through the small hours with Kelpie clipping along nicely at 6 1/2 or 7 knots occasionally.  The benefits of a clean bottom!
 
The wind went with the night so by dawn we were motor-sailing again until moon when a westerly breeze filled in.  Whatever happened to the trade winds (supposed to be easterlies)?
 
24 hour run was 132 miles
 
Everyone is well (except for a little mal-de-mer here and there) and we are settling back into our passage routine.
 
D