#1. lagos to las palmas| land ho!

January 10, 2025, 07:37 UTC | 28º 33.8’ N 014º 54.8’W | Existing In The Moment

Last night after dinner the wind finally picked up. It had been teasing us all day and we tried to roll out the jib a couple of times, but sailing 3.5 knots in the wrong direction was not doing it for us :) But our patience paid off, and after a delicious chili by Emily, I laid down for an hour before it was time to come up on watch and I could feel in my bunk that the wind started to pick up and stay. Engine was turned off, jib was furled out and we have had a fantastic night sailing on a broad reach making 7-10 knots. Katherine has the speed record at 10.7 knots a few hours ago!

Despite many hours of motoring, the mood onboard has been amazing, sunshine in the daytime and the evenings have started off with a half moon and a sky full of stars and many of those long conversations during the nights.

We are now closing in on Las Palmas and it truly feels like we are ending the passage in style. Lina even said that what you remember the most is the last 24 hours of a passage. The crew who were seasick that first night probably only have that as a faint memory!

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LAND HO! As I am typing this, I just heard the crew yell ’ LAND HO!’ From the cockpit, as dawn broke we could spot the peaks of Fuerteventura to port, such an amazing feeling after days of only the blue ocean around us (and some ships passing by).

- Mia & the FALKEN crew