Arrival in Tenerife

Rather than arrive in the pitch dark we dawdled downwind overnight, timing our arrival for dawn. What a great sight as the clouds cleared to show the 3870 metre volcano of Teide lit by the rising sun.

Before dawn however we had an interesting moment as several huge cruise ships arrived and raced at full speed to be first to get a pilot and be docked.  In the dark we felt rather vulnerable, lolling along in the swell.

Once the sun rose we made our way into port, squeezing past oil rigs into the marina and found a berth close to the Capitainerie.

Alongside in Tenerife

Faces painted on the rocks along the shore

Mark gives a hand to the Tunny fishermen

Views of the Opera House

We spent time getting everything ship shape, explored a bit round the opera house and along the waterfront,  and then secured the boat and headed back to the UK for our medical course.