We left Tenerife on 2nd December 2006 in high spirits with bellys full of champagne having celebrated our departure with a random bunch of Germans, needless to say this didn't do much for the hangover I was already suffering due to the previous nights leaving drinks! As we sailed south, heading for the Cape Verde islands I suddenly thought to myself that this is would be the last bit of land we would see for about 3 weeks - yikes! We soon got back into the swing ...

So the hokey cokey shakedown sail from Lisbon to Lanzarote took 8 days in the end, unfortunately we had no wind near Madeira and spent some time sailing round in circles before the trade winds picked up again, we made it to Lanzarote last Saturday at 6am. It was a lovely morning, we had rum and coke to celebrate and a shower - luxury! Unfortunately for me my stomach decided that it couldn´t cope with the topsy turvy motion of the boat for the first day so...