The Adventures of Allegria & Crew - A blessing in disguise! And we're back in Lanzarote

A blessing in disguise! And we're back in Lanzarote

The Adventures of Allegria & Crew

Peter Lansdale

Tue 6 Jan 2026 19:20

So it all didn't go quite as planned. We left our marina berth, all psyched up to briefly fill up with fuel, get our exit papers from the marina office, and the be off on our grand adventure. Fuel was all good, but we then discovered that today is the Kings birthday which means everything is closed including the marina office. No exit papers, meant no go, but we decided to go out for a little day sail just as a shake-down and help us get our sea legs. It was fairly bumpy and breezy (gusting up to 30 knots), but Allegria coped admirably. We had a few shenanegans with the keel, sorted quite easily, but discovered that the water maker was not working which is a bit more fundamental. Peter and Paul have spent several hours in the bowels of the boat trying to fix it and think they have got to the bottom of the problem. Spare parts need to sourced, so that's tomorrow's job.

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2026

Jan 2026

Sun 25 Jan 23:24
- Arrived!
Wed 21 Jan 18:21
- The Journey
Tue 20 Jan 19:51
- Another near miss!
Mon 19 Jan 19:53
- Counting the miles on 3 fingers
Sun 18 Jan 20:37
- Its getting crowded out here!
Sat 17 Jan 18:00
- Downhill from here !
Fri 16 Jan 14:11
- How long is a piece of string
Wed 14 Jan 17:07
- Allegria, the star
Tue 13 Jan 18:49
- Washing day!
Mon 12 Jan 17:51
- A fifth of the way there!
Sun 11 Jan 16:14
- Its never as easy as you expect!
Sat 10 Jan 12:13
- Dolphins!
Fri 9 Jan 13:38
- The Gentle Atlantic
Thu 8 Jan 09:24
- Photo.
- Time for another go
Tue 6 Jan 19:20
- A blessing in disguise! And we're back in Lanzarote
- Another departure and adventure

2024

Jun 2024

Mon 24 Jun 06:45
- Arrived, I'm sure you realised.
Thu 20 Jun 19:21
- Nearly there
- Milder sailing
Tue 18 Jun 13:14
- (no subject)
Sun 16 Jun 17:58
- Getting rough
Sat 15 Jun 03:57
- Here I am again
Fri 14 Jun 12:04
- Off again
Wed 12 Jun 14:39
- Cross-roads of the Atlantic.
Tue 11 Jun 20:43
- Nearly there
- The watched kettle
Sun 9 Jun 19:04
- Countdown
Fri 7 Jun 16:48
- are we nearly there yet?
- Back on track
Wed 5 Jun 09:32
- Boring
Tue 4 Jun 10:55
- Ambling Along
- Another interesting interlude
Sun 2 Jun 19:47
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Sat 1 Jun 13:20
- An Exciting Interlude

May 2024

Thu 30 May 22:46
- What day is it anyway?
Wed 29 May 18:22
- The Good Life.
Tue 28 May 10:20
- Too many interesting times
Mon 27 May 11:34
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Sat 25 May 17:49
- Another take....
- Interesting Times
Fri 24 May 15:54
- The Atlantic
Thu 23 May 20:39
- Waiting for off
Wed 22 May 10:56
- Back in the Chesapeake

2023

Nov 2023

Wed 22 Nov 14:02
- Signing off again
Mon 20 Nov 21:27
- Here's Hoping
Fri 17 Nov 13:46
- A very pleasent 2 days
Sun 12 Nov 19:23
- Still here!
Thu 9 Nov 19:30
- Might be on our way
Sun 5 Nov 12:43
- Planning to start a new adventure

2019

Dec 2019

Sat 14 Dec 15:35
- Signing off
Wed 11 Dec 19:48
- ARC DAY 17 Wednesday 11th December
- Nearly there
Mon 9 Dec 17:46
- A lovely nights sail!
Sun 8 Dec 19:23
- Poltergeists and other embuggerances
Sat 7 Dec 11:48
- Satruday 7 December - ARC DAY 14
Thu 5 Dec 10:29
- Half Way
Wed 4 Dec 19:19
- ARC DAY 11
Tue 3 Dec 12:01
- The Trades at Last
Mon 2 Dec 20:31
- We only have 1824nm to go!

Nov 2019

Sat 30 Nov 18:08
- ARC DAY 7 - all at sea
Fri 29 Nov 15:14
- We've gained an hour!
Thu 28 Nov 16:40
- ARC Day 5 - 28 Novembwe
Wed 27 Nov 16:33
- A well overdue 'hello' from the crew...
Tue 26 Nov 18:51
- ARC Day 3
Mon 25 Nov 12:42
- Underway, Stopped and Underway Again.
Sun 24 Nov 08:04
- Up and At 'em
Thu 21 Nov 17:40
- Arrived and nearly ready to leave.

Sep 2019

Thu 19 Sep 17:59
- Belated Update
Sun 15 Sep 11:54
- Fog and Shipping Lanes
- Fog and Shipping Lanes
Sat 14 Sep 09:27
- We're off....
Tue 10 Sep 11:22
- Finally left Muros
Fri 6 Sep 14:56
- Still here...
Thu 5 Sep 14:18
- Update from Muros, Galicia, Northern Spain
Wed 4 Sep 10:54
- All stopped

Aug 2019

Fri 30 Aug 16:36
- Good Bye Ushant, Hello Biscay
- A long night
Thu 29 Aug 17:50
- Day 15/Day 1!
Wed 28 Aug 16:13
- We're off
Fri 23 Aug 11:34
- Belated Blog catch up
- New Boat New Blog

A blessing in disguise! And we're back in Lanzarote

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