Jay Sea Dee is underway to the Canary Islands

Hello everyone, we are underway heading for Tenerife on the Canary Islands. We left Gibraltar this morning at about 10 am after checking out of the marina and fueling up at the nearby fuel dock. We motored out of the bay there but have been under sail alone for the last 8 hours and are making excellent progress. We have completed 75 miles in just 10 hours, which is a very good average for Jay Sea Dee. The wind is dead astern and blowing about 15 knots. We are using the new whisker pole and are flying wing on wing, which means we have the main sail out on one side and the big headsail out on the other side. I am very satisfied with the new rigging and at this pint all systems are working well.

We just finished a pan of Jodi's homemade lasagna which we had been saving in the freezer since she left: it was well worth the wait!! The crew will be settling into a 3 hour watch system. Greg Kerlin has 9-12, Bud has the graveyard watch from 12-3 and I have the dawn watch from 3-6 am. We are working our way west to get off the Moroccan coast and then we will turn southwest early in the morning and sail straight for the Canaries. The weather is good, the sky's are crystal clear. Stay tuned for more updates.

At 11/26/2011 19:24 UTC saling vessel JAY SEA DEE was at 35°43.36'N 006°48.66'W sailing at 6.8 knots on a course of 253T

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