We left the Quinta Do Lorde marina at 8.08 on Tuesday the 1st September and motored out into the big blue, passing the uninhabited island just five miles to the South.
The winds were light so we raised the asymmetric spinnaker and zoomed along at 7 knots in 10 knots of wind. However as got behind the uninhabited islands the wind was disturbed and gave us some trouble with controlling the spinnaker. By nightfall the wind had gone up so we changed over to normal sails and sped into the night and through the whole of the next day.
As we approached Lanzarotte late on the second day the wind and sea state went wild. The waves were short and abrupt and wind was 20 gusting 30 knots, so we reefer the main and Genoa to a manageable level. Our intention was to sail over the North of Lanzarote and down the East coast to Arrecife, but the weather was too bad and we diverted into the anchorage off the island of La Graciosa at the North tip of Lanzarote for a rest. We continued the next morning in a howling gale up the channel between Lanzarote and La Graciosa and over the top for the downwind sail to the marina.
Arriving at the marina was okay except for high winds, but all went well with our berthing in position I22.
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