Greetings!
I just got this email from Jim!
Thurs., Dec 9 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife HOLIDAY GREETINGS to all from the Canarias. We arrived here on Tues from Taliarte, Grand Canaria. Despite a rainy night (Mon) rafted up to fishing boat and a delayed 0400 departure, we had a lovely 12 hour downwind sail. We especially enjoyed the enlarging view of the spectacular, green mountains as we approached Tenerife from the East. Rumor has it that there is snow on top of the Pico de Teide in the center of the island, which is frequently enshrouded in clouds, but people are swimming on the warm sunny beaches on the coasts. Libelle is tied up "stern-to" the pontoon on a harbor wall right downtown in a very alive city, that has beautiful decorations for the Fiesta de Novidad. We're getting in the spirit as we had hot roasted chestnuts from a street vendor last night. We will probably rent a car to tour the island during our visit with Payden, Nola and Matt, who arrive on Sat. If things look good for sailing with them, we may move to San Sebastian de la Gomera next week. We also look forward to the arrival of Yvonne & Charles who will join us for the transit to the Caribbean (destination to be determined: Trinidad, Grenada or Barbados. departure with weather window after the 20th). That means we are hoping to celebrate the millenium at sea. We would love to hear from any of you - Will check the mail at libelle91@hotmail.com every few days while in port. Supposedly the Marina office (been closed for holiday) also has a Fax 922 60 54 81. We will continue to listen for Herz II on 12353 at 2200 UTC on Sat. nights. As always, ALLES GOUDA! Rosi and Jim
and Yvonne too!
