We have a lot to write and many beautiful pictures to show of our stay in the Canaries, but I look forward to putting that together during the coming weeks when we will be crossing the Atlantic from ElHierro, first taking a SouWesterly course to find the more reliable Easterly trade winds and setting a course for the West Indies… our exact destination still undecided, either St. Vincent or Dominica. We’ve been stocking up with masses of tins, fruit,veg., coffee, olive oil, avocados, squash, lots of free bananas and pineapples, flour, pasta, eggs, wine and beer, Lilly lockers have never been so stuffed! We’ll have 800litres of fresh water – which if the passage were to take upto 40 days would be 20 litres per day between 9 of us. With diesel tanks also full with 350 litres (having used about 250litres of Bruces central heating oil so far) we will be able to motor for about 100 hours, or 400 miles at 4 knots. The hope is of course that we wont use any so its carried more for the reason of misshap – should we have a problem with the rig for example.
We as crew are getting on great and very excited about this time at sea; sunrises and sets, the moon waxing and waning, the cosmos rising behind us and setting ahead.
Hasta luego, from Kieran, Nono, Seren, Morla, Amber, Jean-Marc, Amanda, Rowena and Nick.
Ready for the Ocean waves
Lilly Bolero 
Hi Nono, Good to see you, missed you in Cornwall on your last few trips, but maybe in the future sometime. Spoke to your dad last night and had a long chat catching up (hence I have your link). May the winds be fair, sea state good and you all reach your destination in good time. Take care and safe. Mike and Sue x
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It was amazing to meet you all in Cartagena
I will be enjoying followigg by you through this blog
Vicky and Devin)
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Love hearing about your adventures…hope the crossing to the Carribean was exciting, but uneventfull.
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