Author: Paul and Claire

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

Preparing for ARC Party. We had a look through the Halloween collection

Having arrived in the marina we have sorted out our giant baseball of a sail, rebuilt the furling drum and started sail repairs. The headsail leach was showing wear but then we noticed the boltrope on the luff was parting so this job couldn’t wait. Pictured below is the Marina Lanzarote under construction. Focus on meeting ARC safety specs continue with Flare dates and types being assessed.                    

We entered Puerto de Naus expecting an anchorage but this has now been superceded by a new marina which is under construction. On Day 1 we had no services on the pontoons but by day 2 water was flowing and the pontoon electricity pods were all enabled. This is now called Marina Lanzarote and it has huge potential. It is based in Arrecife.

  ..…..to the Canaries, a 4.25 day 550nm journey to Lanzarote, with 24 hours under engine                             Under our A4 cut North Sails runner which gives us a smooth ride at 160 degrees.                                   Another sunrise               Then the halyard broke and we took we think an hour to haul the chute out of the sea and into the cockpit which it then absorbed. After

F….F….F..Forget the T-Shirts!!! WCC Admin are getting a bit shirty with us over the T-Shirt order and one individual is getting quite N’ARC’ed! So did they discuss higher volumes with their supplier when ARC plus was introduced? Or does Gill just sell them end of season stock at a knock down price? Mmmm. Our order has progressed from can’t do the colours, can’t deliver the sizes, can’t deliver the right sexes and now it could be that we are getting an older style cut garment? Now onto obsolete stock. First touch with the ARC team and it’s unimpressive. Apparently all

We noticed that our wind speed transducer wire had been chafed at the masthead and made attempts to reduce the loads on the tri-colour and wind cables without much success. The entry point into the mast was not designed for cables and fitting a retrofit grommet is a problem. Looks simple but the load on the wires and the working position change that.