Day 4 Tangier-Canaries

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Wednesday 5th Nov ‘25


Another day of smooth seas and light winds.  
Even fewer ships and a pretty uneventful day all round except for the turtle poking its head out the water to check us out as we passed it by!
8pm and the moon is already out in force.
Only 140nm to go and we hope to be in Las Palmas tomorrow before night fall.






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