Our stay in Arrecife, Lanzarote is coming to an end. One month in Marina Lanzarote changed a formerly strange place to something like home. After our journey through the Mediterranean and the first passage on the Atlantic Ocean it gave us the possibility to take a deep breath and to make new plans. So, what‘s next? Due to some Atlantic crossing Rallies it is difficult to find shelter in the Marinas around at this time. Either, we stop on Tenerife and/or La Gomera or we start our Atlantic crossing now as the weather forecast is quite good. Let’s see... The next days will be filled with washing, cleaning, shopping and then it’s time to say „Goodbye Lanzarote“! Stay tuned 😃
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After Morocco, Gibraltar had been our next destination. We got a berth at Queensway Quay Marina last minute for 1 1/2 weeks which were enough to walk around and 😁 to extend our battery capacity 😁, so two more Relion LiFePo4 batteries found their way into our boat 😁. Now, we don’t have to worry about cloudy days any more 😁. Regarding shopping, Gibraltar was a bit disappointing, so we had to change the country which is quite easy in Gibraltar: go to the airstrip, CROSS the airstrip if pedestrian lights are green, pass the border and be welcomed to Spain 😁.
On tuesday, October 8, we left Gibraltar after 1 1/2 sunny and warm weeks on a cold and cloudy day and MOCEAN were blown off the Strait of Gibraltar with 39 knots of wind ⛵️💨😳 from the back! We reached a max speed of more than 13 knots (!!! 8 knots is quite fast) with only using a reefed jib! 😲 After 6 days of nice sailing and (not so nice) motoring because of dying wind we arrived at Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. We hope to have a good rest here before crossing the Atlantic Ocean 😬 - very exciting!
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