Brent arrived as expected last night so we now have crew to do the Atlantic crossing with albeit one not two.Peter has spent the last few days studying the weather and has decided we can probably leave Thursday after provisioning the boat. We have a hire car for two days so can drive to the larger supermarket to stock up taking advantage of cheaper prices. It seems to be preferable to clear out of the country at Santa Cruz which is a main sea port. We will use the car to drive to Santa Cruz as it is a 6 hour trip by boat to the north of Tenerife. This means we get all the right paperwork when we enter the BVI as the immigration officers are very fussy.
Peter went through the boat systems and showed Brent how to put up the storm sail today. Luckily it was very light winds this morning whilst sails were being hoisted. This afternoon the wind has turned around into the south west and was blowing strongly at over 25 knots right into the cockpit! Brent went off to find a hotel where he can work in peace without any distractions whilst we finish preparing for the trip but returned for dinner on board.
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