Sun 3rd December - La Gomera
I got up first thing leaving Kathy in bed and wandered around the town. Found an excellent internet cafe and as I had the flash drive with me I took the opportunity to get up to date with e-mail and the blog. Back to the boat for breakfast, then I went to officially check in at the marina office. They were very pleasant and helpful - and the price for a 9m boat is only 11 Euros a night. We also got the marina to arrange car hire for us for Monday - they get a special rate, and it is only 25 Euros for a Clio.
There are a few Atlantic rowers here preparing their boats,and we talked to one - Bhavik - an Indian livng in Sweden, who is getting ready to do it solo. He seemed remarkably sane for a man about to embark on such an undertaking. The boat is very well equipped, with lots of electrical power provided by numerous solar panels. He is well sponsored, and has no less than three satellite phones. You can find out more on his website here.
In the afternoon Kathy and I wandered around this lovely little town. Through a tunnel near the ferry terminal there is a very pleasant sandy beach with a splendid view of Mt Teide across the water on Tenerife. At over 12,000ft this amazing volcanic cone totally dominates the landscape on a clear day. The Club Nautico lives beside this beach. We couldn't tell if it was open or closed . . . we wandered into the bar, which is set into the cliff with walls of natural rock, but there was no-one about to serve us. We went back through the tunnel and walked up the hill via various steps and narrow streets to the Parador, a hotel at the top of the cliffs in a spectacular setting. They let us have a wander round their elegantly laid out clifftop gardens, in return for which privelege we paid E2.40 each for a bottle of Heineken before descending the hill back to the marina,
Marina La Gomera
Bhavik
San Sebastian
Laurie and Chiffon from Light Blue came over to Fairwinds for sundowners. They are leaving tomorrow for Barbados, and Laurie was very annoyed that his son, who is crewing on the trip, had failed to get the boat back from Tenerife for the farewell meal arranged at the Parador. Light Blue is an amazing boat, designed to a brief which essentially came from a PBO article or series where readers were asked to design their ideal cruising boat.
After Laurie and Chiffon left we decided to head up town and look for something to eat ourselves. We found an excellent restaurant serving local dishes - I had fish of the day and Kathy had lamb, with bread and a litre of house red for E25 total.
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