12th November

Seaspray
Wed 12 Nov 2014 11:28
Varadero Boatyard, Lanzarote. After two days of highs and lows, we finally seem to have a watermaker that works! It took the combined effort of the parent company in the USA, Fischer Panda (UK), the French distributors and Varadero Boatyard to ensure a successful conclusion but finally it seems to have come together.
In addition, the hatches have been sealed, we have bought four jerry cans for an emergency water supply and carried out some minor repairs and Sea Spray is ready for her Atlantic crossing.
The timetable now is to hire a car tomorrow to take the propane cylinder for a recharge and provision the boat, leave Lanzarote on Friday (14th) to go to Gran Canaria for a day and leave for the Cape Verde islands on the 16th with an eta of the 23rd which will give us a week to explore the islands and make our final preparations before leaving for Barbados on the 1st December.