One Man, One Boat, 4000 Miles!!!

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Day 8 – Leaving ‘La Gomera’

Posted on November 10th, 2013

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Left San Sebastián with the wind howling out of the harbour – which promised for fair winds to take me south. Less than two miles down the track, wind has done a 180 and is now firmly on the nose!!! I get the weird feeling that this island doesn’t want me to go!!!

Anyway, now tacking my way down the rocky coastline and hoping the wind frees up once I’m south of the island!

 

Still, shouldn’t complain. La Gomera was very good to me and Haskapa. If you’re passing, definitely drop in there. If you need your boat repaired, Andy is the man to help. My kids called him ‘Handy Andy’, but this was primarily to get around a bit of confusion when my son thought I was getting help from Bob the builder! I’m sure Bob could have helped, but if you do stumble across someone called Bob the builder in La Gomera, I can’t offer any guidance on the quality of his work! Handy Andy is very good however!