January 15,  2011

First Ocean Crossing - Canary Islands to ?, Caribbean Islands

'Manigua’ is a 45’ Junneau Sun Odyssey with Captain Jose Antonio.  His wife is staying safe at home while her husband ventures off to Panama to meet up with his brother on his trimaran.   This will be my first crossing, so we’ll see if I go crazy.  Some people do you know.  St. Martin will be our first planned stop unless we don’t encounter good winds.  In that case, we would drop down more to the south and make Cabo Verde our first stop.  We’re planning on being in St. Martin in 20-26 days.  Hopefully I won’t have many stories to tell about the journey.  Later….

 View from bow of boat.

Junneau Sun Odyssey with stern tie.

Skipper Jose Antonio.

One last look at the marina in Gran Canaria.