To the Canary Islands
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Sun 11 Oct 2015 12:54
the aft starboard locker. Vlad got a tuna, and so did John! These were a bit smaller than the Albacores that Vlad and I had managed to land previously, and as it turns out ( after looking it up on line) they were likely Skipjacks. We bled them, filleted them and put them in the fridge. I had already made goulash, so we had sushi for a snack and tuna the next day for dinner. Vlad set up the rods again the next day and we got another tuna! So three tuna in 2 days!
It was a fairly unremarkable passage. The farther we were from the Straits of Gibraltar, the fewer boats we saw. The first night out, there were a lot of fishing boats off of the Moroccan coast, and floating nets with flashing lights on them, which was all a bit confusing as the lights didn't conform to known standards. However, we avoiding snagging the prop and ended up 3.5 days into the passage landing at Marina Rubicon in Lanzarote, near Playa Blanca.
So far we have rented a car, visited Arrecife, seen the volcanos, and I took the kids to the Texas Ranchero Zoo, which they loved! Lanzarote is a desolate place, at least the southern part. It is a volcanic island. In the 1700s and 1800s there were extensive eruptions, covering at least 20% of the island in fresh lava and ash. Even today it has a bleak otherworldly landscape. But it grows on you.