A few pics of the passage La Palma to La Graciosa
after about 14 hours of sailing, a couple of miles north east of La Palma we could escape from some showers 
passing the north western tip of Teneriffe, watching the sun rising is always amazing 
a big ship passing in front of us looks on the chart like this (we are the red boat and the triangle is the big vessel)… 
and in reality like this 
sunrise the next morning 
me being a gimbal table 
arriving at the anchorage Playa Francesa 
“Nina”, the catamaran of the German couple Franz and Angela 
a French boat leaving the bay 
Graham, Björn and Norbert on “Nina”
Just beautiful La Graciosa
NOT beautiful! me being a mess with a scraggy look just after waking up but enjoying the morning view 
that is a sad story. only a few weeks ago this catamaran run on to the reef and got completely damaged. a horror imagination for every sailor 
some of the typical whitewashed northern African-type houses… 
with sandy tracks instead of tarmac roads in the only village Caleta del Sabo 
just in case somebody needs a taxi ride to one of the beaches, with a bit of luck Norberto will be your driver 😁 
beach everywhere 
as well as cool sunglasses 
the dried tidal basin at Bahía del Salado 
a great view to the northern part of Lanzarote 
the sky is just beautiful 
the south west tip of La Graciosa, the lovely beach of Playa La Cocina 
another sunset or the view out of our head 
the beach at the village 
we went up the hill of Montaña Amarilla with Franz and Angela and had a great view of the Francesa bay 
at the top of the mountain ,having a short break to enjoy the view 
the north eastern part of the island 
walking down the pebbly path 
looking west if I remember right
Our sportive neighbours and another walk around the island
“El Gaucho” is the catamaran of a very nice couple from Belgium but I took the picture to catch Jonas on his kite 
he and his girlfriend Leonie had a lot of fun when we had calima weather with… 
quite some waves in the bay and only… 
poor visibility 
this is their boat” Jollity”, in front Jonas with his kite 
a typical bird of the canaries 
we walked to the north west side of the island to the beach with no name (I couldn’t find one)… 
the flora is not very lush… 
yet it is a very amazing landscape 
strange, hairy plant 
the stony west side 
a garden? 
interesting grain of the different layers of the volcanic crater 
the very northern tip of Lanzarote 
and back at the pretty south side with… 
a lot of sand 
crazy, fantastic colours
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