Mon-Sat 18-24/10/11 - Portugal ( 37:06.5N 07:40.5W) to The Canaries (29:13.3N 13:42.1W)

Watergaw
Alan Hannah/ Alison Taylor
Sun 25 Sep 2011 16:21
 This was a trying passage, with the boat suffering from a really awkward motion in a cross swell. We left the anchorage at Baleeira near Lagos on Tuesday 25/11/11, and arrived at Graciosa island to the north of Lanzarote on the Saturday afternoon. A c 550 nm trip, mostly downwind following a days' reaching early on. More work needed on lee cloths to keep us in bed, and the water heater failed just before we left Portugal, so some plumbing surgery required....
 
Alan