Position

28 07.6N

15 25.6W

(Las Palmas, Gran Canaria)

 

Two days left now. We can't wait to get started. There are just a few trivial bit to do - our painting on the harbour wall of the boat's logo, sandwich ingredients for our first three days lunches and a final clothes wash. Chris, Andy and Jo joined us on Wednesday evening and Henry and Folkert fly in tonight to complete the crew. The 8kg clothing allowance I gave the guys has not quite been achieved but close enough.

 

All our issues are resolved. We managed to find a camping gas burner which, with a little bit of adjustment to our cooking frame, fitted and we have bought a stock of camping gas bottles.

 

Tim from Satcom Group did a great job getting our satellite comms data connection to work and we are now fully functional. He must have spent 20 hours on the boat and a similar amount corresponding with Iridium, Thrane (the manufacturers) and our Land Earth Station supplier, Telenor - a fantastic effort which we really appreciate.

 

The weather outlook is good with steady breeze likely all the way along the track - it looks as though we should have a fast passage finishing after 12 and a bit days without any detours to search for wind.