LaGmra Day 1 24 Nov, 06 - 22.15

First task in the morning, going over the project plan with
Pavel. The boat is currently in dry docks on the marina.
On the to-do list for the next few days
1. servicing the water maker (onboard desalinator)
2. electricity & solar panels
3. antifouling on the hull
4. re-painting and re-stickering the boat
5. food rations check
6. equipment check
7. GPS, Satellite phones check, radar reflector
8. Quick once over on the EPIRB, Survival suit, Flairs
9. VHF radio licence
10. Rowing positions
La Gomera is the second smallest of the 6 Canary Islands. Alternatively the 5 biggest. As you like it. It howver the most diverse. The beach is black volcanic ash, a product of the extinct volcano at the center of the island, which is now home to a rain forest in its crater.
TODAYS PHOTOS -
1. Marina La Gomera

2. A few classic 100 yr old boats currently moored there,
waiting to make the annual journey across the Atlantic,
Morocco or the Cape Verde Islands.