Mike arrived last night as expected and the Marina staff were on hand to take him and his bag to the boat in one of their little electric buggys so saving him a short walk!
Peter is relieved to see the dinghy stayed inflated overnight so it seems his patches have worked thank goodness so said dinghy is now rolled up and back in it's bag again ready for the trip.
Mike is happy to spend the day with Peter tinkering on the boat so we will head out for a sail over to La Gomera first thing tomorrow. Cloudier today which makes it seem cooler although at 24 degrees C it is not really cold!!
Have made a decision regarding crew for the Atlantic Crossing and offered Rob Freeland a place on the trip. He sounds ideal and is even talking about a family sailing holiday in the Caribbean when we arrive. So he has a quote from The Moorings already!
Rob expects to join us on 30 October so we could still be away by the end of the month if we leave on 31 October putting us in the BVI around 24/5 November maybe? Depends on how much wind we get and how fast we can go but the distance is around 2,800 miles. When we did Hamble to Tenerife it took 13 days to cover 1,562 miles and that was 3 days motoring across Biscay included.
Met a couple in the bar last night called Kate & Phil who own and charter their Oceanus 50 called First Essential. They have been in France for the last few months and actually moored next to Paul & Debs on Chicago Breeze whilst they were in the Marina at Cannes. CB is a charter boat with The Moorings and we actually know the crew so it is a small world!
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