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Miss Liz II - Log : Day 1



Finally underway - and what an interesting day it turned out to be! Great to see all of the yachts heading out, passing the start line the first event was a Finn nearby blowing out his Gennaker. Not the best of starts. We headed South West and then cut back to head south of Gran Canaria. Straight through the acceleration zone south of the Airport. With winds gusting up to 35 Knots we had an exhilarating sail.and forced us to practice our reefing skills. Highlight for us was Chris and Jon trying to fish.....wrapping up the Watt and Sea generator which we then had to clear.....and in the process the electrical connector broke off so we had to fix that too. As Jon worked on the transom a Dolphin came to see what he was up to .... and made him jump (to put it mildly!). First dinner at Sea, Shepherd pie, prepared by Daughter Kathryn - made for a good end to the day.

The evening saw the wind drop, and we motored for a couple of hours before the wind decided to blow again with gusts up to 35 Knots, resulting in us putting in a couple of reefs while maintaining 8 knots +. Morning arrived and the wind continued to blow at 20 - 30 Knots, an accidental gybe meant some repairwork to a block on the main...fortunately no further damage...Log for the day 190 NM. We continue on the Northern route as weather continues to look good. If we see a change we will head south!



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