#1. lagos to las palmas| back to ACTION!
January 4, 2025, 10:00 UTC | Pre-Departure
It is a new year and a new season is about to start on FALKEN! I came down to Lagos with the family before the new year to have a quick vacation before the season started. We have enjoyed playing on the beaches, exploring the side streets of Lagos, shopping at the farmers market on Saturday and getting a few small projects done on FALKEN in between. Lagos has been a frequent stop, and I first came here back in 2012 when Andy and I sailed a Saga 43, KINSHIP with ARC Europe. We also sailed in here with ISBJORN after our summer up in Svalbard, and both FALKEN and ICEBEAR have been here multiple times.
Emily who is the skipper for this leg arrived late on the 1st, and since then we switched into work mode and are prepping FALKEN for her next passage. I though I was smart to get the major provisioning done before Emily arrived, but didn't realize until I stepped into Pingo Doce (the supermarket closest to the marina) that it was New Year's Eve and the store was packed. Anyhow, lots of good food is now added to FALKEN for the next leg.
Crew will arrive today at 1 pm, we have been monitoring the weather and it looks like we'll sit out some weather on Sunday and depart after that. We are kicking off the 2025 season with an all female crew, eager to jump onboard and make our way towards Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Bethany & Jeana came down the docks yesterday to check out FALKEN and I am sure the rest of the crew have been spying on us from the shore :)
Our aim is to send in daily blogs to the website, so check back to hear about our adventures as we head south!
HOLD FAST!
/ Mia