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Let’s get this party started!
Here in Las Palmas it feels like fresher’s week, with an unmanageable number and frequency of opportunities to meet new people and drink plenty of beer and wine, as the pace of events and activities has continually increased since the ARC+ departure. From … Continue reading
Posted in 2014-2015 a family adventure, Destinations, Life on board, Spain
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Offsetting our carbon emissions
http://www.worldcruising.com/newsarticle.aspx?page=S635515866273402193&ArchiveID=1&CategoryID=190&ItemID=236210&src= On Friday the Smart family planted upwards of 20 trees up on an escarpment overlooking Las Palmas and Galdar, as part of an ARC team planting several hundred trees to support an initiative to replant the hillsides of the north of … Continue reading
Posted in 2014-2015 a family adventure, Carbon offset, Destinations, Projects, Spain
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No pressure
An Alubat yacht is leading the ARC+ fleet. Admittedly it’s a rather larger and grander unit than our Ovni 395 at ~60 feet, but a Cigale is currently leading the ARC+ fleet who left Las Palmas this afternoon. PLEASE don’t … Continue reading
Campaign for equal heights
Fed up with discrimination just because you’re a little taller than the arbitrarily-determined average? Me too. One of the few mistakes we made when commissioning Khujada 2 was including our bimini (cockpit sun-shade) as part of the build – I have been unable to … Continue reading
Posted in 2014-2015 a family adventure, l'equipement, le bateau, Life on board, Spain
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Histoire et géographie
Ahead of our departure, now three weeks away, it’s not all CNED (schoolwork), boat preparation and beach outings. The archaeological dig at La Cueva Pintada, a site dedicated to the preservation of and research into pre-Hispanic life on Gran Canaria, proffered … Continue reading
Posted in 2014-2015 a family adventure, Destinations, Life on board, Spain
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Out and about
We could have picked a better day to hire a car to explore the island. 34°C in the shade of the boat as we prepared to set out, and 36°C and rising as we drove south from Las Palmas, so we opted … Continue reading
Posted in 2014-2015 a family adventure, Destinations, Life on board, Spain
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Something fishy …
Idiosyncratic new fishing technique. If you can’t catch them conventionally … … beat them into submission with a baguette!
No wonder they were cheap!
Not sure how long we should expect these LED bulbs to last after being shipped like this from Hong Kong to the UK and then on to Gran Canaria. Initially thought was packaging on extracting from the envelope. Still, at less than … Continue reading
Fire! Fire!
Don’t worry, it’s not us, but there was drama in the marina this afternoon when a motorboat caught fire. After a productive morning of catching up on schoolwork, our reward was lunch in the restaurant. Our 3.30pm departure suggests we are … Continue reading
Posted in 2014-2015 a family adventure, Destinations, Life on board, Spain
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Las Palmas – en français (by Daisy)
Hi guys!! Here I am in Las Palmas. It’s pretty hot here. It’s been quite a while since I did my last post. I promised my godmother I’d do my next post in French, so here goes …. Bonjour a tous! Vous me … Continue reading
Posted in 2014-2015 a family adventure, Daisy, Destinations, Les enfants, Life on board, Portugal, Spain
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Khujada 2 