The last couple of days have kept Peter busy on the boat. We had a rigger from Alisios Sailing Centre (recommended to us by Jerry the Rigger) go up the mast to check all is well with our rig.He has seen a small bit of rust on the cap shroud which they are coming to fix today. Also making us a new jammer for the mast as there is only one at present. Have ordered some plastic carr ends for the spinnaker carr as the old one we have has cracked ends. We got a new spinnaker carr for the new pole from Jerry the Rigger and that seems OK. It seems they have to order the carr ends from Sweden so may take a week to arrive! Oh well it is not bad here as the price is now 10 euros a night so Peter is quite happy to stay put for a few more days. The Marina is not busy until 30 Sept when they are full. We will have moved on by then as want tio explore the scenic South West coastline.
Also having sail numbers made by Alisios which they will stick on the mainsail when ready. Apparently it is recommeded you have sail numbers if you sail offshore. Our number is GBR2819L.
Visited the local fruit and fresh produce market on Tuesday and bought some good quality stuff including some freshly ground coffee -----yum!! Prices are not bad we paid Euro 1.90 for 250g of fresh coffee; Euro 2 for 15 eggs and small canary bananas are around 68 cents a kilo. The local green beans are yummy and cheap too! Wine is 57 cents a litre for reasonable quality house red rose and white in cartons.
The largest supermarket here is Hiperdino which is well stocked with most things. Not sure about the bread flour as we found small 1Kilo bags which we think contain bread flour but Jane will have to experiment before placing an order! The supermarket will deliver free to the boat so that is good and we will do this before we leave with non perishble goods for the crossing.
Alison will be pleased to here there is even a Lidl Supermarket in Las Palmas although we have yet to locate it!
Weather remains a balmy 29 degrees C during the day and 22 degrees at night so sleeping with the hatch open each night.
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