Finally we left Las Palmas on Saturday. It has certainly been getting crowded with "ARC" boats, you can just see the blue and white flags in the photo. We have had a good time there but obviously it has not been the best!! As the winds were quite light we could not decide where to go until we had got outside the bay. At that stage, the best bet was to go to Morro Jable on the south of Fuerteventura, so off we set for an overnight sail - trying not to go too fast so we would arrive after it was light!
Our timing was great; we were off the island at sunrise and travelled on to Morro Jable. We had heard that it was quite a nice marina and very reasonable. When we got there we motored into the entrance of the marina but there was a long sea wall and we could not see how much room there was to manoeuvre or if there were any spaces and as there was no anchoring there we decided to move slightly further up the coast to Gran Tarajal where we had heard there was a new marina AND you could anchor out side in the bay if we decided not to go in. |
GT is about 20 miles further on and with no wind we had to motor quite hard to ensure we got there in daylight. When we did arrive we decided to drop anchor in the lovely bay. It was a bit rolly but wonderfully peaceful after the busy port of Las Palmas. We stayed at anchor for two nights (lovely!) and on Tuesday decided to try the marina. We were fairly certain we could see the mast of Dream Wanderer (with Graeme, Cam and Alex from LP) and indeed they were there and helped us in by taking our lines. Having got in we were asked to move to a smaller pontoon by the security guard but luckily there was plenty of room and Chris was able to put Moon tide against the pontoon easily. Cam & Graeme invited us on board for a cup of tea (and then a beer) and over for diner later. We had a really great time and it was so good to catch up with them again.
GT is lovely - quiet & uncommercialised but with the facilities (supermarkets, gas and wifi!) that we need. There are a number of buses that go through the town so we hope to take a trip or two as we probably stay a couple of weeks to ensure Chris's ribs are ok. They stood up to the journey well but they did ache a bit.