Bob's gap years
| Vessel Name: | Ben More |
15 August 2022 | L’Aber Wrach
02 August 2022 | Port Launay
15 July 2022 | Port Launay
01 July 2022 | Camaret
15 June 2022 | Duarnanez
11 June 2021 | Topsham
18 May 2021 | Still Horta
13 May 2021 | Horta
07 May 2021 | Peter’s Bar
29 April 2021 | PICO
23 April 2021 | HORTA
07 April 2021 | Quinta do Loorde
30 March 2021 | Las Palmas
23 March 2021 | Arguineguin
16 March 2021 | Bar Ambigue (again)
10 March 2021 | Marina Gomera
02 March 2021 | Bar Ambigue
24 February 2021 | Cave Cuba
16 February 2021 | SUNNY COCKPIT
10 February 2021 | CAFE CUBA
Recent Blog Posts
CLIFF FACE
17 November 2020
Robert Coates
17/11/20
Another week slips by, but its been good.
A great day in Santiago with Caroline and Ali helped by a long lunch of pulpo (octopus) with herby potatoes. Superyum. They have invited me to join them for Christmas. The chance of getting to the family in London is looking increasingly chancy. Roll on 2nd December, but can’t see things going back to how they were.
Had a meeting at the Red Cross with my team leader, Maria, and looking forward to some action!
Also an evening drinks meet with the ex pats group - really interesting mix of people from Moroccan to Scottish, followed by a Chinese meal and more drinks (all for less than €10!
3rd attempt yesterday with an electrician to get my engine hours meter working again. Previous work turned out to be pretty shoddy. I’m sure it’s fine now.
DRAMA - in my blog 20/10 I referred to an uncomfortable night at anchor near P D Vueltas, the anchorage being right under massive sheer cliffs 100’s of feet high and pretty daunting. 2 days ago there was a major cliff collapse right into the anchorage, which was, thank God, empty due to a S wind making it untenable. I have awesome video footage of the whole thing from someone who saw dust and small stones falling into the sea and started filming. A wave was created, not too big but plenty of people running and shouting. Emergency services came from Tenerife and I think they are still trying to track one person. Any yacht would have been sunk. Scary.
Photo taken of the anchorage and cliffs referred to above.
Have a safe week
Bye now
Roberto
Another week slips by, but its been good.
A great day in Santiago with Caroline and Ali helped by a long lunch of pulpo (octopus) with herby potatoes. Superyum. They have invited me to join them for Christmas. The chance of getting to the family in London is looking increasingly chancy. Roll on 2nd December, but can’t see things going back to how they were.
Had a meeting at the Red Cross with my team leader, Maria, and looking forward to some action!
Also an evening drinks meet with the ex pats group - really interesting mix of people from Moroccan to Scottish, followed by a Chinese meal and more drinks (all for less than €10!
3rd attempt yesterday with an electrician to get my engine hours meter working again. Previous work turned out to be pretty shoddy. I’m sure it’s fine now.
DRAMA - in my blog 20/10 I referred to an uncomfortable night at anchor near P D Vueltas, the anchorage being right under massive sheer cliffs 100’s of feet high and pretty daunting. 2 days ago there was a major cliff collapse right into the anchorage, which was, thank God, empty due to a S wind making it untenable. I have awesome video footage of the whole thing from someone who saw dust and small stones falling into the sea and started filming. A wave was created, not too big but plenty of people running and shouting. Emergency services came from Tenerife and I think they are still trying to track one person. Any yacht would have been sunk. Scary.
Photo taken of the anchorage and cliffs referred to above.
Have a safe week
Bye now
Roberto
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