Lanzarote - 5 October
Dearloves
Thu 6 Oct 2005 13:24
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We visited Puerto Calero (around 20kms away) to see
the mini transat fleet, who have stopped off on their way to Brazil. We
met up with Nick Bubb, who is one of the sailors in the fleet. The boats
are 21 feet long and sail across the Atlantic single handed. Nick said
that on the trip from La Rochelle to Lanzarote he had 10 hours sleep in 7
days, which made us feel pathetic about being tired from our two handed trip
from Gibraltar! Alice and Pip went down below on his boat and were amazed
at the difference between the luxury of ours, and the cramped conditions of the
minis.
 Some of the mini-transat
fleet
 Sculpture at the entrance to Puerto
Calero
 Alice is taking the fishing a bit too
seriously (we caught her reading "Sport Fishing" in the marina
office)
Geoff Sinton had brought some repaired sails and
other items out to the fleet and we had dinner with him (far right) and Nick
(second left)
 Although the marina we are currently in, at Playa
Blanca, is very luxurious, with all kinds of facilities including a lovely
swimming pool, we plan to take Keoma around to Puerto Calero tomorrow so that we
can watch the start of the next leg of the mini-transats on Saturday (when they
leave for the long haul to Brazil.)
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