Well better late than never! Basically 3 legs from Gibraltar to Madeira to Lanzarote to Gran Canaria. Highlights of the trip would be the special Red Arrows (Royal Air Force Aerial Acrobatic team) farewell from the comfort of our boat in Gibraltar just before we left, good sailing, invitation onto some race boats for a day, meeting a couple who we first met in Valencia at the Americas Cup and turn out live just a few miles away from us in New Zealand, meeting the crew of Roque Gando from Las Palmas - thanks for the tours and the chorizo!!!! Lowlights being water in the diesel approaching Lanzarote (but then we wouldn't have met all the people above so not all that much of a lowlight!).

The Red Arrows with a low pass over the marina...

Yes it really was low, and Gibraltar rock is just a little to the left

They obviously loved Dawn as they aerobatted (?) over the rock of Gibraltar

The runway was right next to the marina and our boat so we had grandstand view of the landings.

And they pirouette on the runway before going to the terminal - so in synch on the ground as well as in the air!

And then it's all over.

"Patch" gets her eye ready for the crossing - an eye infection from the boatyard in Cagliari was taking a long time to clear.

Funchal on Madeira had some nice buildings that would have looked better if the sun had shone some more!

But the shops were very good (yes those are bottles on the ceiling!)

We passed on eating at this restaurant - we 'd had enough of the boat for a while!

And then we took a history lesson - honest Madeira wine can be really old !

Hector and his crew join us in Lanzarote and promise us a tour of their home island Gran Canaria when we got there.
Guest day on the GP42 World Championships - great day out!
Even had time for a "royal wave" - sadly I wasn't allowed to touch anything!

And all too soon it was over.

Testing the new camera at anchor on Lanzarote

Then on to the tour of Gran Canaria

Dawn reviewing Christopher Colombus' rigging in the museum

Sunset at the top of the island was spectacular

Hector and the crew of Roque Gando our tour guides relax

More from the top

And again

And again!