Adventures of Argo : And so it began

Day one we set off from Lanzarote with nearly 3000 nautical miles ahead of us, full of excitement and a bit of that “what the heck am I getting myself into” attitude. It was very windy as we left the harbour that afternoon. Everything was going great for about five minutes until we made an accidental jibe and ripped our main sail before we even passed the official starting line. The good news is that for a downwind sailing trip your main sail is not very important. So we hoisted up the Storm Tri sail, which is almost the same as a double reefed main sail and we were ready to take on the Atlantic.

Leaving port in Lanzarote

Our first night out dolphins came to greet us

Our first night on the sea

The first week we had good strong winds and we were making good on our course. Darv devised a rope ladder so that he could jump of the boat and swim in the water. Pods of dolphins would often swim and play around the boat and Darv would jump into the water and try and capture them on video. I was a little apprehensive to jump into the ocean and let the boat drag me along but in the end I jumped in too. I have never seen such perfectly clear inky blue water! It was gorgeous, although for the most part I didn’t see any fish when I snorkelled in the middle of the ocean.

Darv exploring some floating debry out at sea

The first week, when we still had fresh fruit

The first fish!

Darv getting dragged

Snorkelling in the middle of the ocean

Not letting him go!

Mom and I had even made as any pre made dinners as would keep in our fridge, so we didn’t even have to try cooking on a 30-degree angle yet. The moon was full and at night it looked like a great spotlight guiding our way. For the most part the sun was shinning and the crew of Argo was in good spirits. After all why wouldn’t we be, it was only the first week …