Passage to Las Palmas - 13 October
Dearloves
Sat 15 Oct 2005 22:03
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We left Isla de Graciosa yesterday afternoon, after
the children had made some more new friends, who had some baby tortoises as pets
on their boat!
 Baby Tortoise
We also saw one boat growing tomatoes on its
foredeck! Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of that but
here is a picture of one of the other residents:
 "My other vehicle is a Harley
Davidson"
Pip did her last fishing in the marina before we
left:
 On the journey Alice and Pip made themselves
comfortable on the staysail - the weather was perfect:
 The journey to Gran Canaria took around 20 hours
and early this morning we undertook a dramatic rescue. Two turtles had
become caught in some tangled fishing net, and we spotted them as we sailed
past. We quickly turned around and maneouvred to get them
onto Keoma's swimming platform.
 Charlie cutting the first (smaller)
one free
 Passing it back to Alice
 Alice gives it a hug to try to
comfort it
 Charlie cuts the larger one (the
mother?) free and puts it in the water
 The second turtle is launched (rather
unceremoniously) and swims away
 This is the net that we cut
away
We really hope that they survive, but they were
very weak by the time we found them.
Our plan is to stay in Las Palmas for three days
now, hopefully ordering the final things we need for the shopping list, ready
for the ARC crossing to St Lucia, which leaves on 20 November. First
impressions of Las Palmas are that the marina area is a building site, so we are
keen to be away as soon as possible, and will visit the other Canary Islands.
We will then return to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, two weeks before the
off for the final preparations and parties. Oh yes, and there are some
seminars too. There is an ARC website at www.worldcruising.com which has details
of all the participants and lots of information about the
event.
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