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Canaries 9-22 Feb 2016

Tenerife to Hierro 24-25 Feb

note: departure from Tenerife delayed due to weather, scheduled departure Feb 22

22 Feb

sunrise with snowcovered Teide volcano

21 Feb shopping for fresh food and a flag at the market

fixing electrical things

19 Feb : rain and sun and wind

18 Feb : shopping at IKEA in Santa Cruz

Rain! lezav in his new costume :-)

17 Feb : all systems go for Feb20 departure, 20kts wind, 10kts boat speed, in 4 days we are at 1/3 across (rhumb line shown in red, optimum route in green below)

17 Feb taco dinner in the pogo

16 Feb shopping for food

shopping for resistors and power diodes in SantaCruz , they even sell raspberry Pi's here!!!!

15feb great dinner in old town with Olivier, Gael, Paul, Philippe and Marc

14feb driving to 4000m high volcano on Tenerife with Gael and Paul

great restaurant at 2000m altitude

martian landscape

13 feb carnaval ....COOL LOOKING COP

at dock Santa Cruz Marina

at sailmaker for sail repairs

fast ferry at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, takes 1 hour to Gran Canaria island

testing solar charger on lithium 800A 24V engine battery

apero and best Jamon in the world on the Pogo 40 SUR

apero and fresh mahi mahi dinner

TENERIFE ISLAND CANARIES

SANTA CRUZ , UPPER RIGHT ON BELOW MAP, POPULATION 240'000, VERY NICE MARINA, SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS

TWO LARGE AIRPORTS (NORTH AND SOUTH) CONNECTED BY EXPRESS-WAY , 60KM

NORTH IS WET AND WINDY WITH MANY BANANA PLANTATIONS, SOUTH IS DRY AND SUNNY

4000M HIGH TEIDE VOLCANO IN SOUTH, THREE ROADS LEAD TO AERIAL CABLECAR AT 2000M ALTITUDE

WHICH CAN TAKE YOU UP ALMOST TO THE TOP OF THE VOLCANO (closed because of high wind this week)

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