La Bamba – Voyages of sailing boat La Bamba

Epic Sail to Lanzarote

Madeira to Lanzarote 280nm

Monday – Tuesday 7-8 September

We anchored off overnight to get the earliest start in the morning.

Funchal

Friday and Saturday 4-5 September

Because our marina is in the back end of nowhere we are heading for the big city to see the capital Funchal and will stay overnight in a hotel.

Alone Again

Porto Santo to Madeira 28nm

Thursday 3 September

It’s just the two of us now and the forecast is for light or no winds as we leave pretty Porto Santo.

Porto Santo

Wednesday 2 September

Today we are staying put to catch up on sleep and clean the boat.

Porto to Madeira Part V

Land ho!

Tuesday 1 September

We have done a bit of gybing and more goose-wing to try to get the most out of the 9-12 knots of downwind sailing. We are averaging 5 knots now.

Porto to Madeira Part IV

Flying Squid Captain!

Monday 31 August

David found some black marks on the deck and went to investigate. We have squid on the deck!

Porto to Madeira Part III

Wind found!

Sunday 30 August

Apologies for the blog delay – yesterday I was too tired and now I’m catching up!

After motoring on and off and heading South on our course we finally found the wind!

Porto to Madeira Part II

Birthday Boy!

Saturday 29 August

We have just found out it’s Will’s birthday today!

Ocean Crew Arrive And We Set Sail for Madeira

Wednesday to Friday 26 to 28 August

The weather has changed and we are having strong winds from the South delivering a lot of rain and thunder and lightning. The pontoons are undulating with the wave surges and La Bamba is rocking around on her moorings not that unlike Roly-Poly Bay.