Wednesday 14 May 2008

Ice Cold in Graciosa

Land Ho! Land was sighted at 09:18 this morning, but such is the high speed
nature of yacht travel, we are not expecting to dock until about 14:00. The
seas are still calm and the sun is shining, we even picked up the Canaries
Current yesterday which is pushing us towards the Islands a little faster.
We are trying to remember the last time we saw land, we'd guess about 5
days, though to be honest we are pretty contented in our little boat world
and are by no means desperate to get in.

Shipping traffic built up overnight a little as we got closer in, obviously
someone reading the blog has tipped them off and they are getting the stocks
in before we get there! Once the boat is safely moored and we are checked in
with the authorities, we are planning a little recreation of the end of the
film Ice Cold in Alex (as we keep a dry boat on route and besides we are
celebrating!), then probably a very long sleep not interrupted in 3 hour
intervals. Full blog update with pictures to follow tomorrow!

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