Monthly Archives: October 2013

Gran Canaria

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Susie

Our crossing from Fuerteventura to Gran Canaria was awesome, sailing on a beam reach with 15ish knots of wind and we flew along.  We made landfall at Las Palmas as we needed to drop a sail off for some adjustments … Continue reading →

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Fuerteventura

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Susie

We left our anchorage off Playa de las Mujeras, South Lanzarote, yesterday morning after a lovely swim, cool but surprisingly not cold and very clear.  The anchorage had sand patches with lots of boulders, and whilst the anchor had a … Continue reading →

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Canary Islands

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Susie

We have had a fantastic 600 mile sail to the Canaries, arriving NE Lanzarote late Thursday afternoon after sailing for some 4 ½ days. With NE winds pretty much all the way, 20-25 knots at times, we enjoyed downwind sailing … Continue reading →

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Elvis is Dead

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Susie

We spent 2 weeks on the hard stand at Almerimar doing jobs to Joy, the main one being replacing the Aquadrive which meant removing the rudder so that we could remove the prop shaft completely and we replaced the cutlass … Continue reading →

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