2 November 2009, 33 45.062'N:08 52.245'W
Revolting day yesterday in the sense that we all felt seedy for most of it. But the sailing was great with up to 20 knots pushing us along under sail only for a good deal of the way.Sam and I played Rummikub a couple of times and watched a movie. Ray spotted something big, like a whale, astern of us but because of the swell (aobut 2.4 metres) he couldn't get a clear view. Winds and seas subsided a little over night and of course that means we're motoirng, not sailing at the moment.Just crossed paths with another yacht, Tulula, who are also heading to the Canaries. They left Rabat in Morocco yesterday.
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2 November 2009, off the coast of Africa
A good first 24 hours at sea with a great crossing over the Strait of Gibraltar where we were assisted by the tide and got speed of 8-9 knots. We then had some good winds to help us along early in the day but they dropped back to around 10 knots for most of the trip. Lots of traffic throughout the night and a couple of ships that we needed to radio to make sure we were on their radar. We travelled 110 nautical miles yesterday with 457 to go.
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1 November 2009, Just outside Gibraltar
Left Gibraltar around 7am...not quite sunrise and the fog has set in. We can see around us for about 1 nautical mile and there's very little wind. We have a six day passage to the Canaries and expect to arrive on Friday at an island called Graciosa where there's currently roughly 15 other boats happily anchored. We'll be keeping in touch with the Madlantic Net boats (those boats crossing to the Caribbean who talk each morning on the SSB) and our mates on Argonaut at night if we can copy each other.
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