Beautiful Marina Las Palmas

we’ve visited (though we haven’t been to many!). The check-in experience was fantastic—they went out of their way to find us a spot, even without a reservation. They provided great information about the marina and the surrounding area, and everything is clean and well-maintained. At €535 for the month, the price is excellent too.

We like it here so much that we’re even considering adjusting our plans for next year. Instead of crossing the Atlantic in November, we might delay until June, spend the summer in Portugal, and return here for the fall. But that decision is still up in the air!

Continuing our journey, we’ve found this marina to be more than just a great place to tie up—it has everything we need. Inside the marina, there are several chandleries, a Volvo service center, a fishing shop, a dive shop, a small grocery store, and about eight restaurants. It’s perfect, as we need to get our engines serviced and pick up a few supplies.

We’re currently in the small basin, tied up against the wall. With about a meter of tide, it takes a bit of getting used to, but being here offers a peaceful escape from the busier parts of the marina. The basin is home to smaller, permanent resident boats on finger docks, while the wall hosts us, four other catamarans, and a monohull. The catamarans represent a variety of brands, giving us a chance to admire different designs while we settle in for the next leg of our adventure:

• Orc

• Privilege (Another Canadian boat)

• Catana

• Fountaine Pojot

• Lagoon (since moved out)

• Outremer (since moved out)

• Nautitech (us)

We’ve now had our second visit from hopeful crew members looking for a spot on our Atlantic crossing. First, it was three young Spanish girls, and today a French couple, practically pleading for a place, even pointing at the benches saying, “We can sleep there.”

As we prepare, we’ve added four 5-gallon jugs for extra diesel and exchanged three empty camping gas bottles. Tomorrow, we plan to hire a car and tackle more provisioning.

We’re currently tied up in a small basin, just a 35-minute walk from Vegueta, the old town. Vegueta’s pedestrian-only streets are lined with stunning architecture, museums, shops, and plenty of cafés and restaurants. We made our way down again yesterday, though most stores were closed for Sunday. Fortunately, we stumbled upon a large “SuperDino” supermarket, offering a much broader selection and cheaper prices than the smaller stores. Cheryl took the opportunity to stock up, and we took a taxi back with our haul.

For dinner, we enjoyed the Mahi Mahi we caught earlier, simply oven-roasted with vegetables and a rich tomato sauce—it was delicious!