The crossing team –Jack, Curtis, Mark and I – arrived Las Palmas on Thursday with the rally start scheduled for Sunday at two. Our greeting party was Paul the ever present instrument guru who the last person off the Grateful Red leaving Charleston for Europe. Always instrument issues but the good news …….. Pat the […]
Thursday morning we set up for downwind sailing utilizing the wing-on-wing technique with the whisper pole. Set out Aqua generator (aqua boy), and averaged 6-7kts in our 10-15kt winds. Sailed into the next night with a single-reef, and furled jib. Plenty of time for reading. It seems that every off-shore, and overnight we had birds […]
Some Pictures of our house (Riad) in Marrakesh. Tuesday morning, breakfast was served at 10AM, to allow us to sleep in a bit due to our late arrival. At 11AM, our driver Ahmed picked us up for our day tour to Atlas Mountains where we stopped to tour a traditional Berber home. During our […]
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