From Lanzarote island in the Canaries we sailed overnight to the island of Gran Canaria and berthed in the Las Palmas marina at 6 AM. It was an easy sail with small swell and all the crew travelled well. The ARC transatlantic yacht rally had departed this marina the day before and there was a considerable number of yachts anchored outside the marina waiting to get in. It seems we inadvertently jumped the que as we arrived in the dark and went straight into the marina. We were processed first and were in a berth in no time.

It was a quick stay mainly to fill up one of our gas bottles and replenish fresh supplies for the 800nm trip to the Cape Verde islands. After two nights in the marina we departed and went straight out into some big swells. The short stay in the marina was long enough for some of us to lose our sea legs so it didnt take long before young Max was seasick and later in the day Noelia succumbed. Today the seas have settled somewhat and Max and Noelia have both been able to eat something, so hopefully they will be fine. Sailing wise we sailed most of yesterday wing and wing running directly downwind in 25knots , but today we have had the kite up for about 6 hours, but got headed and we are now sailing with the sheets just cracked....Hmmm this was supposed to be a down wind passage.