Graciosa
Moonbeam
David and Lynn Wilkie
Tue 21 Sep 2010 20:16
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29.13.045N 013.31.773W
Playa Francesa
We arrived at Playa Francesca about 15.30 on
Tuesday afternoon and we were pretty tired as we had not really planned for a 2
night passage. We tidied up, had a nice dinner ( and a drink ) and went to
bed and woke up sometime before lunch on Wednesday! A lovely sandy bay with a
dozen yachts and the weather was warm but hazy with Sahara dust in the air. On
Thursday we summoned up the energy to inflate the dinghy and we walked to the
'town', about a mile and a half away.
    
Marina  There are no proper roads just sand tracks and old
land rovers are the favoured form of transport. The town has obviously had a lot
of holiday lets built but nothing is more than 2 stories high and all in the
local 'moorish' style. The frequent ferries bring holiday makers from Lanzarotte
for the day which is obviously the main source of income. At first glance I
thought it was a bit of a dump but it does have character and it grew on
me!
Friday was hectic with boat jobs and several scored
off the list but almost as many added on! Two French boats had suggested a beach
rendezvous at 18.00hrs so everyone trouped ashore with drink and eats and an
enjoyable and sociable evening was had. An Australian crew of 3 from Tasmania
chatted mainly with us as French was the main language. Someone observed that
over a 4 day period there were 16 nationalities present including a very
young Hungarian crew...we were the only British yacht.
  Saturday/Sunday exploring/swimming and
walking
  Monday; again a plethora of boat jobs followed by
swimming and snorkelling in the late afternoon. If we can remember how to lift
the anchor then we will move tomorrow!
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