Tenerife - Santa Cruz - 6 November
                Dearloves
                  
                  
Sun  6 Nov 2005 21:06
                  
                Alice and Pip were a little disappointed to be 
missing Guy Fawkes night - there have been no fireworks here at all.  
However, there was great excitement this morning when we realised that Gipsy 
Moth IV was moored up on the same pontoon as us.  Alice went straight over 
to say hello and they have put a photo of her on their website.  The site 
is www.gipsymoth.org and contains details 
of Sir Francis Chichester's solo circumnavigation in 1966/7 and his subsequent 
knighthood.


In the navstation of Gipsy Moth 
IV
The board that the instruments are on (behind the 
heads of Alice and Pip) is actually hinged.  When lifted up a full panel of 
the most high-tech modern instruments is revealed!
The compass is original (restored) and a real 
work of art.

We are sailing to Las Palmas 
tomorrow.