Passage from Tenerife to Gran Canaria
My mobile woke us up at 07:00 and after disconnecting shorepower we left at around 07.30 Marina San Miguel. We were happy that we had a place tied to the huge sailboat. Much better than a mooring line. Just crawling overt this boat was not so nice every time we wanted to come or go. Anyway at 07.30 we left and we set sail right away and had a nice ride. The wind vane had given up and so we could only guess the wind but from wind angle and boat speed and the waves it started with around 15knots and we made around 7knots of speed. After the waves piled up outside and we got into the acceleration zone i put a reef into the main sail. That means you shrink the sailarea and so the boat can take more wind. After another hour i also put a reef into the foresail and we still were doing 7knots. After another 2 hours LinoCat had Reef 2 in the main and foresail and was still doing 6-7knots and i guess the wind was around 30 knots ore more. Since we could not measure we had to be rather on the saf