Author: Paul and Claire

We picked up a photo kindly sent to us by a spectator who was on the wall as we left Las Palmas and this is almost the opposite of the WCC ARC’s own photo. That’s pretty cool;   Going out through the harbour exit with 3,000nm ahead of us was a launch into the unknown and the send off meant emotions were running high. Pity we were launching straight into a cold front! Our thoughts on this in the future; head for Mindelo. It’s fun and the floating marina bar served us the best wahoo and chips with hot chilli

Can nobody sort out an exhaust elbow? Our original gave out off Trafalgar Point on the way to Gibraltar when the exhaust clamp joining two sections split. The sections were then too badly corroded to re-join. So we were quoted about 4k euros with a leadtime of maybe never by the local boatyard in La Linea. Instead we had Lancing Marine  make a new elbow for about £500 gbp which was supposed to be one piece but turned up as two. The new exhaust lasted a few engine hours when the clamp between the two parts again sheared and we

A trip to Coruna art museum. What a great experience to have the whole four storeys to ourselves.

    Seems like it’s happy juice at least. Something’s always going on in the town square, this time for the whole of August. We won’t be around for it but Madness are headlining next Friday. And lastly our favourite steak house. Well a grill in fact supported by excellent local tapas. Great atmosphere, extremely busy at about 2pm, and with steak cooked a-pointe in 5 minutes flat for 8 euros it’s no surprise it’s busy.

Terceira to La Coruna, waiting for the wind and wondering what the night will bring.

It’s an active place – a day in the life of – actually it happens to be Galicia day on the day of our arrival which is the biggest day of the year!

We set our departure date for Wednesday, yesterday, but it was far too beautiful to go. So we moved it forward 24 hours. We set off for northern Spain this morning. We let go the lines and travelled down the marina fairway along the wall to Reception and the Fuel Pontoon. Just fill up with about 600 litres and then book out and we are away by 11am on our 950nm passage. Fuel Pontoon. Diesel? Yep. Passes me the hose and the nozzle is in the tank. Pull the lever and the oil fuel rushes into the tank. Lock the

Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Azores.

Are these not the most beautiful woods you have ever seen? It’s a small park, just a couple of acres or so, in the west of Sao Jorge. The island roads and hedgerows are all lined with purple hydrangeas interlaced with some bright red flowers. You really cannot believe the beauty of this island as your eyes feast on miles and miles of flowers all of which are tended continuously on the roadside.

It certainly is and Terceira is full of it. Even the childrens shops are full of toys with bull fighting in mind. They say a bull fight, normally a street run, takes place every day somewhere on the island. People definitely get charged down and we have seen videos in shop windows which make you wonder how even spectators walked away from their collisions with the charging heavy weights. In Angra da Heroismo there is a dedicated stadium for the bull fighting with matadores flown in from Spain.