Adventures on our Trintella 57a…
A bit of a rewind but back in Lanzarote we were kindly hosted by Michael and Heike onboard their yacht Fantasea with a superb dinner; OMC – Oh My Cod. Heike produced probably the best fish dish we have ever had. And what a surprise when it turned out to be cod. Fantastic, thank you guys!
It’s great to be in Las Palmas berthed stern-to against the artwork left by so many previous ARC crews some of whom we followed via their blogs and yellow brick trackers. We are thinking about our paintjob.
The Acceleration Zone….. First let’s cover the deceleration zone; we exited Arrecife and hung a starboard to run down the coast, past the airport and Puerto Calero in a steady 18 knot north easterly running under headsail alone. The sun shone and we had a decent salad and pate lunch when we noticed our buddies on Duplicat 10 miles ahead who must have set off coincidently from Puerto Calero. Then trouble struck. Our main nav system which has been operating for 3 years and continuously for over 4 months now showed no data. No depths, names, places, rocks, lights, nothing
The rhythm of the Arrecife Marina wind for a week non-stop. A happy outdoor life type marina went quiet apart from the howling wind. Yachts stayed put, new arrivals abandoned attempts to berth, others were damaged or stuck t-boned across the end of pontoon fingers. The turn out for the following tug-of-war rope pull was impressive. Mounds of GRP built up at the sharp pontoon finger edges as new go faster stripes were etched into hulls. Then came the day when it went quiet. Within two hours the marina was almost empty. Great we thought as we were able to
Bar Potonao Sopa; Chick Peas & Ham/Goat Maybe by the police station Nope, down by the docks? Best prawn pils pils around And on the house caramel vodka
A house with pool, underground rock pool, a few bars, cave auditorium seating 600, great views by the sea, secluded gardens, waterfalls, and a seriously crowded visitor centre
The northern tip of Lanzarote which terminates in a cliff overlooking Isla Graciosa and their marina
Heading north on the ‘mountain’ pass
We drove into Tierra del Fuego and caught a camel before heading further into the volcanic hills where it is compulsory to take a coach around the national park. At the top of the mountain the resaurant cooks over a natural heat well. Buziing about in our little car we thought it great that a hire car came with half a tank of gas. But then flicking through the meter reading options the car said it had only 9km range left to go on the fuel! Could it be that it converts the fuel guage to read how much