On our way!
Pelican
Darryl and Anne Saxton
Sat 10 Oct 2009 14:35
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At last! Complete with a refurbished secondhand
hand engine installed, we finally left Benodet on Thursday 8th October and
we are now making our way down the coast of France.
We have identified a number of stopover ports on
the French coast in case of emergency, but otherwise our plan is to sail non
stop to Spain.
Since leaving Benodet, Darryl and I have had
to find our sea legs again, due to spending a month on dry land. However things
have got a bit easier as we have now been joined by Darryl's Dad. With three of
us on board, this means we can now work a watch system of 8 hours on watch, 4
hours off. This means we have two people on watch at any one time
and we are all still managing to grab a couple of hours sleep at regular
intervals.
Our next planned stop is Zumaya near San Sebastian
and we hope to be arriving there Monday evening/Tuesday morning when we
shall all be in need of a full nights sleep!
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