| Monday, October 20, we left La Graciosa and headed 35 nautical miles south to Marina Rubicon on the southern coast of Lanzarote, an area full of tourist resorts. We spent 6 weeks at Marina Rubicon preparing the boat for its Atlantic crossing, getting necessary items fixed, plus doing routine maintenance. |
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| The island of Lanzarote, the easternmost island of the Canary Islands, was just 70 miles off the coast of North Africa. For 6 years, from 1730 to 1736, a quarter of the island�s landscape was dramatically changed through an almost continuous series of volcanic eruption. Many villages and farm lands were destroyed. Much of the area became covered with thick layers of pumice and coarse ash. As volcanoes erupted, rivers of molten lava flowed to the sea and new smaller volcanoes were created. Today much of this area is now part of the Timanfaya National Park. |
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