Friday, November 7, 2014

Lanzarote

Finally, we arrived at Puerto Arrecife in Lanzarote Marina shortly before
midnight. We kept rolling almost until the very last wave aned entered
a`rather tortuous channel wit the help of a full moon. We did not waste
time to go to sleep after we finished tying up , taking Tifille ashore.
Next morming we checked up with the marina unfortunately their WiFi is out
waiting for a part to be shipped from the U.S. so it may take two to three
days before it gets fixed. Meanwhile, I have to keep using the satphone at
close to one euro per minute. But I can receive email on my cell phone. Not
too bad.On thursday Jean-Paul had to spend a long long time on the phone
with Jean-Michel Verdier to address` the issue of Skyfile. It turns out
that the problem was caused`by a message too heavy and containing
attachments. Skyfile had to be uninstalled and reinstalled after the
mailbox (inbox) was emptied and cleared by the server. It now works.
WARNING = DO NOT SEND TO US MESSAGES WITH ATTACHMENTS, ONLY TEXT PLEASE AND
KEEP IT SHORT - THANK YOU.
Meanwhile I took care of the part for the windvane. Hopefully we will get
it before the start. If not we` hope that the Atlantic Odyssey
organizationwill be able to assist us. Sunday noon, we are invited for
lunch by the Kiwi boat along with the crews of most of the boats on the J
pontoon. I still have to take care of laundry and sort out the mess in my
cabin left by the heavy rolling. I am impatient to get to the other side
where I know that my personal life will take a drastic turn for the better.
In fact it will have to wait until we get to Grand Bahamas where Ezio and
Stephanie are waiting for us. I have revised the itinerary to try and get
there on or before December 24th. More details to follow when I will have
time to report on that wthout pressure.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

bisous papa ! on pense à toi, et j'espère bien pouvoir venir te voir quand tu seras de l'autre côté, pourquoi pas avec Patricia, ce serait top ! prends soin de toi, pleaaaase… Anne

Anonymous said...

Salut les granvillais ravi de suivre vos péripéties !!!
Loic et ses potes semblent plus rapides mais vous avez raison prenez votre temps
bonne route
amitiés