Friday 25 July 2008

Marina San Miguel, Tenerife

This is my first blog update from the boat and I think it is exciting to be here.
We have had quite an early start compared to usual, we have got lots of things to do, first of all we have had to unpack our suit cases, and we had to pass on all of the parcels which we had to bring over which included lots and lots of bean feast due to Jo being a vegetarian.
Then we had breakfast and we enjoyed the bacon which was kindly provided for us by Lisa from the compressor people.
We then went for a walk around the marina after our breakfast and we were watching them as they are still laying down the concrete on the path and we then walked round to go and watch the submarine descend underneath the water.
I then had my first lesson in the tender going around the marina which I enjoyed especially when we went fast, and then Sean had his go. We both learned: how to start it, how to go forwards and backwards, how to use tiller steering and how to go fast.




We then made an espresso which Sean and Dad had but me and Jo decided to be different and I had a Mocha and Jo had Americano, which was all very nice.
Sean has been learning for about an hour now how to tie some of the different knots.
We are about to have a ride up to Los Cristianos as we still have the use of the car.
We have just got back from our day out to Los Cristianos it was very hot and no wind, there was lots of tourists, beaches, shops, restaurants and bars. We had our dinner whilst we were there and for a pint of beer it only cost 1 euro.
Alex Penney

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