Hi everyone,
After a short overnight stay in Playa Francesa at Graciosa Island we headed off this morning towards Lanzarote. We were accompanying sv Matusadona to Marina Rubicon on the south coast of the island. We both had bookings, or so we thought!
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| The Admiral on watch |
It was a brisk 38nm sail in a N wind of 20G30 knots. The wind was kicking up a 2m sea, and that was on top of a 2m swell coming down from recent storms further north. Our route started with a beam reach along the N coast of Lanzarote. We then bore away onto a broad reach which was much more comfortable down the W coast. We gybed SE to round the cape, and once past it the seas calmed.
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| Track |
On approaching the marina we called them on VHF ch 9 and they said we had no booking. We certainly did, but after multiple rejections we decided to anchor. That took three attempts, the first two appearing to be over rocks. We moved further west where we found sand and good holding.
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| Arrival Track |
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| Graphs |
Our night at Playa Francesa was good. The holding is very good over sand.
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| View of Lanzarote N coast from Playa Francesa |
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| Approaching Punta Peshiguera |
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| Approaching Marina Rubicon |
After anchoring and tidying up we emailed the marina. It seems they'd had a busy morning and the booking we made yesterday hadn't been transferred into their system. They've said we can go in tomorrow for 3 nights, vice the original 2 nights, which is a good outcome!
Most importantly sv Matusadona's booking was OK and the marina RIB towed them in. They can now get to work repairing their steering system.
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