Sunday
The trip back was long and difficult because of being sick. First I had to figure out which buses to take to get to the North Airport in Tenerife. My limited Spanish helped me out there. First I took a bus to Los Christianos. Then I had to wait for the express bus that went to the North Airport.
I got there about noon and had…
Tom is a retired US Naval Officer and Engineer. Despite the fact that he is "landlocked" in Iowa, he gets to sail several months out of the year and writes about his crewing experience in his blog "The Competent Crew".
Tom loves sailing and everything about life at sea from manning the helm to cooking a meal for the crew. After 12 years of being away from sailing, in February 2011, bored with retirement, he decided to get his sea legs back and sought out a Royal Yachting Associati…
Tom is a retired US Naval Officer and Engineer. Despite the fact that he is "landlocked" in Iowa, he gets to sail several months out of the year and writes about his crewing experience in his blog "The Competent Crew".
Tom loves sailing and everything about life at sea from manning the helm to cooking a meal for the crew. After 12 years of being away from sailing, in February 2011, bored with retirement, he decided to get his sea legs back and sought out a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) course to obtain his Day Skipper certificate. By the end of the year, he had sailed as crew in four different sailboats and covered 4700 miles of open ocean.
This blog is a day-to-day diary of Tom's experience obtaining his Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Day Skipper certification as he sails over 400 miles and visits three different islands in the Spanish Canaries.
Thursday
A long flight from New Jersey. I'm here in the Madrid Airport. Not the friendliest customs experience.
A have a long wait for a short flight. But at least I'm on schedule.
Tuesday
Today I leave on my journey to the Canary Islands via Madrid. I have my Gill Cargo Bag and a carry on duffel.
My wife dropped me off at the airport about 30 minutes ago and already th…
Sunday
The trip back was long and difficult because of being sick. First I had to figure out which buses to take to get to the North Airport in Tenerife. My limited Spanish helped me out …
Friday I just came back from the Farmacia where I bought a different medicine. She said to take 1 every 8 hours so I took 2.
Today we all packed up and said are good-bys. Dennis was very up…
