Lanzarote to Gran Canaria

The forecast was for light easterly winds so we took the opportunity to get going. It was really quite difficult to get into the right frame of mind for going back to sea after so long in the marina but it was going to be beyond our budget to stay and we might never leave then, so prise ourselves from the berth we did. Once out we dropped into the watch keeping routine fairly swiftly with Adam doing the first stint as I was feeling groggy and had a baggy head, I was finally catching the cold I hoped San had left behind in the UK before she came out to see me.
As is normal on this trip we had dolphins leaping not far away before the afternoon was out, these were on a mission though and ignored us and went straight on by. The sailing was very easy with the wind from dead astern and hardly reaching force three, it was a bit slow but very comfortable and we were in no hurry. In the late evening I could see the loom of lights from Las Palmas from over fifty miles away so it was easy to just steer straight for our destination. I was quite surprised by the amount of shipping going to a fro here, this kept us alert as only a few nights ago a big French steel ketch was run down out here and the ship did not stop and probably never noticed, fortunately the yacht survived but is a right off with a massive dent amidships. It must be said there was no one keeping a watch on the yacht at the time apparently so the story goes.

Las Palmas is a big city and the marina and anchorage is huge, we went straight to the anchorage but took three attempts to get the anchor to dig in, space is a bit limited as there are loads of yachts here but we picked our spot not too far from the beach, and a nice sheltered anchorage it is, apart from when the speedy boats are playing or a tug boat goes past.
There is a big notice board at the marina with loads of people wanting to crew so we are fairly hopeful of finding another crew for the trip across soon, the two Swedish girls advert was quite appealing but I only have room for one more unless I kick Adam off or he kicks me off Hmmm choices.