Early Sunday morning, Chris Chadwick abandoned ship at Puerto Calero for his flight home. Well that was his plan...but he got the time wrong....his flight was in the evening. He returned shortly with a hire car and took charge of a full island tour. Amazing volcanic landscape. Everything built of black lava. Strange moonscapes and huge cacti. Tourist camel trains on the hills in the sunset. Here and there a sprinkle of not very pretty mini-Benidorms. Interesting place but a pretty stark and harsh landscape. Having sated ourselves on the fleshpots of Calero time to move on. Great sail yesterday tacking upwind at 7kts on a flat sparkling sea down the coast to Marina Rubicon where we now lie awaiting the next crew change. Sean flies out tomorrow and my sister Min arrives from Dublin on Monday. Next leg then starts to Fuertaventura en route to Gran Canaria. Weather here quite warm (25 ish) but a bit changeable. Afternoon showers are common and each volcano wears a little hat of rain cloud. Boat OK apart from the odd sail seam and a slight propshaft rumble.
Went to boatyard yesterday to see what they would charge for a travelhoist lift out to check prop and bottom etc. 185 plus tax for 2 hours, or 285 for overnight. So I won't be doing that then!
Alas I have no new outlandish salty dits to tell, and I've now got a diabolical cold and cough. Probably caused by lack of Guinness. Must try and find some but difficult in this heavily lagerised region.
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