We arrived outside the village of Caleta de Sebo an old pirate village before the Spanish government had paid people to settle here two hundred years ago, with a wind that had strengthened to force-six.
Leaving early the next morning from Fuerteventura with a light southerly, we made the short crossing to the island of Lanzarote. This island was named by the fourteenth century French knight Juan
Across the El Rio channel to the Northeast of Corralejo is the now dormant volcano which created the Isla de Lobos, this uninhabited island named after the seals which used to breed here, has waves which
The decision to leave Madeira was dispatched over breakfast the following day while listening to the weather forecast on Elvire’s short wave radio. This was a worst-case scenario for us. If the storm did
Leaving the Marina of Porto Santo at sunrise the following day we made our way back out side for what was to be a perfect day's sailing with a flat sea and a north wind forcing up to five.
We are at last free from the dominant currents of the Strait of Gibraltar which had been trying to propel us back into the Mediterranean Sea at over five knots. We had been lucky.
Polishing off my breakfast in the cockpit, I put my head back and watched the stars disappearing with the awakening of the new day. I had that feeling of ease as Elvire held her course. All she needed
With the sun dropping behind us, we made our way back down the estuary and out to sea. Getting back to the open waters the emotion of freedom was back, the full moon giving us all the light needed to
Finishing the final goodbyes to my adopted homeland, we set free the mooring wraps from the quay, letting the twelve tons of Elvire slide gracefully out of the port to follow the setting sun ..
A classic that seems to have been forgotten by the passage of time. The 2 litre straight-six engine and 4 speed box give you that celebration of sound that the 1970's rocked and rolled to.
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