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Passage Report 2

sy Timoneer

45m luxury ketch-rigged sailing superyacht

Passage Report 2

December 8, 2014 | Author admin

Noon Position 27deg. 30’ N 23deg. 40’ W

Course – 210Degrees Speed – 12Knots Day’s Run – 285 Miles

Weather – Cloudy with few sunny intervals.

Wind – 34 knots from ENE

Timoneer crew, having toured the moonscape that is Lanzarote, departed the marina in Arrecife early on Saturday morning; only to find the channel completely blocked by a dredger manoeuvering around in front of us. Slightly bewildered as to why the marina control had not informed us, we waited 15 minutes in the narrow exit thankful that the wind was fairly calm. The crew on the dredger were obviously stressed with all the running around and shouting that we could see and hear. Eventually, they managed to pull over to the side and we were able to pass and head out to sea.

We aimed to the west and threaded our way through the other islands, north of Fuerteventura and Tenerife, then turning to port and leaving La Palma to starboard. By 10 am on Sunday the last of the archipelago silhouettes were receding in the distance. A lonely turtle passed us going the opposite direction and we will not see more islands for a while.

We continued towards the west yesterday and last night. The conditions were not ideal with a relatively light wind astern and a fair bit of rolling causing some old repairs in the luff of the mainsail to re-open. Andre and Mani spent 4 hours on the boom patching and sewing to prevent it worsening. Later, we decided to furl the sail as a wind increase was forecast. Now, on the morning of the 3rd day, we have gybed to the south and are having a great broad reach with the mizzen and genoa in 30 – 35 knts of wind and a big quartering sea. Reggae music and humming along is emanating from the galley and lunch is imminent!

Aye aye,

Peter and crew

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