Practice run updating before departure from Las Palmas
Balvenie
Mark Farrell & Amanda Church
Wed 14 Dec 2011 19:24
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There has been a slight delay in our planned
which was due to happen yesterday, one final look at the weather gribs and
confirmation from land wather man John confirmed the wind gods had a change of
mind up there and decided to send through some strong winds which we would have
encountered enroute to the Cape Verdes.
It was great to have a day of leisure yesterday
instead, no supermarket runs - wonderful. Today we made the most of the
extra day in harbour and finally visited the Christopher Colombus museum which
was excellent, then just couldn't resist another supermarket trip to restock on
what we have consumed in the last two days -get me out of
here !!
So ........... the latest plan is that we depart
Thursday morning and head due south towards the African coast, the winds look a
little friendlier over there for the next couple of days and the swell also
looks like it won't throw us around - quite so much!!! Then before we
arrive in Western Sahara (mmmm - never been there before) we will vear right
and head for the Cape Verdes.
However we are cruisers, and as with all plans it
is written in the sand at low tide!!! There are around 8 yachts now,
champing at the bit, rearing to get out there and head south, all suffering from
cabin fever. I suspect it may be a little livelier than we would wish for
on a blank sheet of paper, but I think we are about to find
out!!!!
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