CRUISE FROM LAS PALMAS TO LA PALMA, 6 NOV

With our technical problem we had to drop out of the "Islands Odyssey". We had intended to catch up with the fleet when it got to La Gomera, but decided instead that we wanted to see Santa Cruz on the island of La Palma, and this was the port from which the transatlantic was scheduled to depart from, and we didn't want to miss this departure.

The sail across to La Palma was 150 NM, so we had to leave Las Palmas on Friday at 08.30 with the plan to sail a day and night in order to get to Santa Cruz on Saturday afternoon.

The sailing was super and the night was magnificent. A trillion stars showed up. Large passenger vessels lit up the sky as they gently cruised from port to port (Aidasol was one of them.!). We also travelled with Dolphins and saw some whales in the distance as we rounded to head of the island of Tenerife .