| Hi everyone We are still in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, currently working hard to get Pax ready to leave. Over the winter we have [well mainly Paul] completely rebuilt the fibreglass dinghy we rescued in Gib last year. It had belonged to Peter {Bacchante] but had suffered badly and been squashed and cracked. However it is now in pristine condition and we have enjoyed sailing it around here.Other work has included constant maintenance as ever! Our latest project has been raising the central hatch and putting in 6 portholes, which has allowed a lot more light into the hold, is just about completed. We will be fixing the dinghy we rebuilt over the winter on top of this , for further voyaging. Next we are packing everything down ready to head for Tenerife hopefully next week,probably initially into Santa Cruz. If we can stay in the marina we'll explore the island on the bikes. All being well our plan is to leave the Canaries in early August and sail up to the Azores; aiming for Horta, which will take around a week to 10days. Once there we hope to explore some of the islands, apparently they are very beautiful, have hot springs and whales can be sighted around them. Will aim to leave from San Miguel [the most north-easterly island ] sailing to S Portugal in mid/later Sept, again about a week. The winds etc., are pretty much set for the last leg, so timing most accurate there. Basically to do the whole trip could be approx 6weeks ,so you are welcome to join us for the whole thing or if only 2 weeks available may be best to look at San Miguel to Portugal,as flights from Azores in august big, but to Ponta Delgada [San Miguel island] from Uk are around £180 in Sept. The islands are quite a long way out but worth a visit we believe, not least for whale watching.Then flights back from Faro are good. Alternatively Tenerife to Horta may be poss inside 2weeks but again flights from Horta a bit pricey, altho from UK to Tenerife very good. We hope to have a few folk along and enjoy everything about the whole voyage, so join us in your droves!!! Will send this to our webpage and try to put some recent pics on there too.[wwwpaxnostrum.org] Cheers, looking forward to hearing from you all, love H&P | 
