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Rounding the tip of the island at 7 am
Well our passage to Tenerife was a bit of a rough one. We left in what was meant to be good winds and manageable waves but what we found was okay to non-existent winds and big sloppy waves from every direction. This combined with the fact that the wind was behind us made for a lot of violent rocking and rolling. Needless to say I was hanging my head over the side a few hours in and Adam joined me before long. Adam recovered quickly but I struggled through the first two days and only moved when changing from lying down in my berth to lying down in the cockpit for my shifts on watch. Some time after I was able to keep solid-ish food down the wind died out completely we ran into a pack of dolphins? A pod of dolphins? I’m not sure how to categorize them but there were a lot of dolphins! They played in the bow wave and swam through Zenobia’s wake, seeming not to care that we were motoring at the time. It made for some good videos and was a nice distraction from the drone of the engine. We could see Tenerife just as it was getting dark and decided to turn off the engine and try sailing as we wouldn’t be able to get into the marina until first light. The sails weren’t up very long before we decided to take them down as the wind meter was measuring double zeros and the boom smashed around as we rocked on what was left of the swell. We drifted around the island all night and then around 6:30 am started the motor and headed into the harbour for some rest and relaxation at a nice stable dock.