We had a mix of wind and weather this last week. 3 days of very light winds and 3 days of fabulous strong winds giving us the first opportunity of the year to sail around the island of Alegranza.
On the light wind days we waited for the sea breeze to fill in around lunch time and had some good sailing for 2 hours in the afternoon. One of the benefits of light wind sailing is that the sea is so flat the wildlife is easier to spot and we spotted plenty. On our first day we spotted Atlantic White Sided dolphins, Bottlenose dolphins and Risso dolphins. On days 2 and 3 we spotted 4 turtles, more Risso dolphins on day 4 and also a whale – too far away to distinguish which type, but according to the sideways angle of its blow it could have been a sperm whale, we hope so.
Still more Risso dolphins on day 5 on the sail back to the south end of the island but only birds on day 6 when we circumnavigated Lobos.
After the sailing there was plenty of opportunity for swimming and snorkelling. As well as swimming where we usually do in La Graciosa, we anchored in Playa Quemada for a late afternoon swim before going into Puerto Calero and in Arrecife Lizzy and Tim swam to the reef which was teeming with colourful fish.
We only have 2 more trips here in Lanzarote before starting to head north for our summer season in Lofoten Islands.
Due to some last minute cancellations we now have spaces on our milebuilding and ocean passages as follows
Milebuilding Blue Water Passage-Lanzarote to Madeira
Date: 16th – 23rd March 2013
Price: £650.00 1 space
Ocean Passage – Madeira to Azores
Date: 27th March – 6th April 2013
Price: £1,050.00 1 space
Ocean Passage – Azores – Plymouth
Date: 10th April to 24th April 2013
Price: £1,195.00 2 spaces
These trips are all perfect to gain miles for your log book and practice towards your yachtmasters. If you wish to use either the trip from Madeira to the Azores or Azores to Plymouth as a qualifying sail towards RYA Yachtmaster Ocean that is possible but please contact us to let us know before booking.
For full details of the trips follow the links to our website. If you need further information please do not hesitate to call Lin on 07801627660 or e mail voyages@velvetadventuresailing.com