Day 1: Fuel Depot was broken so could only obtain 150 l.
Set off at 16:53 UTC with wind NNW 11 kts and clear weather. We were heading 225 and the sea was 1 m. The wind dropped to 7 kts by midnight.

Day 2: Wind increased to 14 kts by 8 am but moderated almost immediately to 8 kts and then faded further in the evening. It was partially cloudy and the sea was slight. We motored through the night. 

Day 3: The wind picked up at 1100z and was NE 13-18 kts pm. We used the asymm spinnaker in the afternoon and then switched to goosewinged with jib during the night. Sea was lumpy during the night. 

Day 4: ENE 15 kts in am, fading to 4 kts at 2300z so motor sailing from mid afternoon. Sea was rough in the morning but calmed down after noon. We were sailing in the company of Luna (NL) and Foxy Lady (DK) for part of the day. Luna was also heading for Santa Cruz Marina. 

Day 5: Wind variable NE-SE, mostly 4 kts with a short spell at 9 kts. We used motor for most of the day. We heard two distress calls one unreadable the other for a MOB off Los Gigantes - far away from us! The starlight was brilliant!

Day 6: Started ENE 4 kts, veered SE 7 at 0400z continuing through S to W 4 around 1630z. It then backed to end S 7 at midnight. Skies were clear and sea with slight swell. Heard PAN PAN for migrant launches between African coast and Canaries. Used a lot of motor 😔. 

Day 7: Started SSE 9 then abruptly veered to NW 10 at 0500z which gave good sailing on the SW heading. But 2 hours later it veered back to S 10 for a short while before settling at SW 10 so we tacked the last couple of hours before taking down sail and motoring into the fishing harbour to refuel at 1000z. From there we motored to Santa Cruz Marina arriving 1120. 

During the night Diah heard a bump and in the morning we saw a splattered brown stain on the foot of the jib and foredeck. There was also a weaker patch on the aft stbd deck. There was no other remains. In the end we concluded a bird had dropped a squid that left an ink stain but are very unsure. 

Summary:
742 n mi in 138 hours. We used 282 litres of fuel!


Barbate - Tenerife

Crew: 2

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