Arrived in Lanzarote
Noon Position 28deg 55N 13deg 42W
Course – Degrees Speed – Knots Day’s Run – 260 Miles
Weather – Sunny and FLAT inside the marina
Wind – 15 knots SW
Today’s News
After a very rolly night with wind and waves behind us we woke to the sight of land for the first time in 12 days. We followed the coast of Fuerteventura before crossing the channel to Lanzarote. Both islands are very dry and volcanic and all the houses are white in contrast.
When we left Brazil we did a sweepstake for the arrival time in Lanzarote. Jordi was the most optimistic with 11:47 local time 18th Apr and Matt was the most pessimistic with 06:30 20th Apr and the rest of us were scattered between. Jordi won the pot being only 25 minutes off our actual arrival time.
The weather Gods must have been with us and allowed us to take the shortest route and with mostly kind winds and strangely very little current against us for a trip that should have been against the currents the whole way.No complaints from any of us.
We will now clean the boat up, fuel up and refill the fridges and enjoy some time ashore while we wait for a weather window to complete the final 1000 miles to Palma de Mallorca.
JC