Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 1715 Hrs
Marina del Atlantico, Tenerife, Canary Islands 😕
1400 Hrs
28 30 N, 16 03 W, Approximately 10 Nm North East of Marina del Atlantico, Tenerife. We expect to dock in around 2 hrs and check in with the Port Authorities. Such a relief to be free of the Med’s winter with a gradual warming over the last days. Will update well after de-brief tonight but all went well.
Tuesday, February 21st 2017, 1100 Hrs
30 05 N, 13 17 W. Under 180 Nm to landing, hopefully in daylight Wednesday. Although the seas have been up we are travelling quite comfortably. Update on arrival. All fine
Monday, 20 February 2017, 1100 Hrs
31 45 N, 11 41 W, Around 300 Nm from Tenerife now. Wind is from the North at 25 Kts so we are running fairly square and comfortably. Thanks for your messages Duane, yes it was wet, windy and a growing sea state but cant call it exciting as the squalls brought the wind more to beam. Had to slow the boat enough to give us a better attitude to the conditions.
Sunday, 19 February 2017, 1000 Hrs
33 21 w, 09 33 N, A bit wet today but making good progress, the first day out had NE winds to get us out of the Med and now with the squalls it’s gone a bit more westerly for now. Thanks for your update Duane ‘re the weather, Looking forward to a much improved average speed with these Northerly winds. Finally conditions which suit Wind Sprite better. All going well on board.
Friday, 17 February 2017, 0900 Hrs
Leaving Gibraltar for the Canaries. Further updates will be via Sat phn and appearing on the ‘Posts” Page. What a shame the only warm dry day here was the first day we attempted to leave before our starter motor problem. All well.
Thursday 16th February, 1700 Hrs
Fuelled up. Engines all running, starter motor obviously, so ready to go. Phew. Looking forward to the northerly air flow to send us south and into a warmer climate hopefully. Will leave now at first light and hope to be clear of the straights by the evening. Will update on departure.
Tuesday, 14 February 2017, 1700 Hrs
Well no hitches with the authorities clearing out for a change. Unfortunately we seem to have a starter motor problem however on one of the engines. Currently having it looked at but if its not a simple fix we will not be able to get fuel in a couple of hours and therefore need to delay starting until the problem gets resolved. Unfortunate in that its perfect weather wind wise and so far the only day it hasn’t absolutely bucketed down since out arrival.
1000 Hrs
Ready to leave in a few hours from now. The wind has died off finally and the wind is turning to an easterly which should help the waves / sea die down for our run South. Only a few things remaining to sort out before we leave such as duty free fuel and checking out / clearance. Will only update via the Satellite phone every couple of days from now but on current forecasts it looks good for being in the canaries within a week.
Sunday, 12 February 2017 1000 Hrs
Sorry for the lack of updates as we are basically waiting on the weather to blow through. Current forecasts show the winds easing on Monday and swinging to the North for a good run South. We have been stocking up on a few items and minor fixes for the last few days. Today, Sunday will probably see a lack of shops open so it looks like a good day to have off and go rockclimbing (despite the overcast conditions) Looking forward to Diana Joining me again for another trip and wishing Frank safe travels as he has left us and is preparing to leave Cape Verde islands for an Atlantic crossing as well. He is a couple of weeks ahead of us but we may catch up to him in the Caribean. Update ! No rock or monkeys as the rain just won’t let up.