We slipped our ropes from our mooring 9^th November at 08:54 and headed for Peurto Del Rosario, Feurteventura, Canary Islands 28:29.75’N 13:51.53’W.

We had met back up with our Aussie mates from Gib and sailed in company.

Special comments by Fiona:  I was happy to leave Peurto Calero, not because it was a bad place – quite the opposite, but because we’d been there for well over a week working each day on the boat once again.  The list of fixing and modifying the boat just seems to grow and grow! 

We started the day off with a lot of wind which was fantastic.  But it soon died on us and we were forced to motor the whole way to make it to the next island of Feurtventura and into Puerto Del Rosario by dark.

We sailed in company with our fellow Aussie friends, T Rex.  Their boat goes a lot faster than our’s, so they were moored up and settled in by the time we arrived.  We rafted up alongside T Rex and were welcomed by a cooked dinner by Del, which was extremely kind and generous of her considering she already had 4 to feed.  After a delicious smorgasboard of different types of pasta and plenty of red wine Ben and I returned to Silky ready for an early night, only to discover that our water pipe on the boat had burst and had emptied into the bilges!

So at 10:30pm Ben was fixing the broken pipe to stop more water flooding in, whilst I helped by getting the water out.  All I can say is at least this happened now rather than mid Atlantic, which would mean no water in the tanks!  

Day 109

Destination – Puerto De Jable

Traveling Direction – South

Wind Direction – North North East

Swell – Slight 0.5 mtrs

Average Speed – 3.9 knots

Top Speed – 7.7 Knots Through the water

Total distance – 28.6 Nautical Miles

Travel Time –  7.28 Hours

Temperature – 25 degrees, nice and sunny

Crew     - Fiona (Happy to be back on the water and not stuck in a marina)

Missing Work – Not Yet

Expenses – €0

Next Destination – Morrow Jable