Gillaroo
Home
Plans and crew
Past crew
The Build
2003
Design
Model
Workshop & Table
Infusion
2004
Assembling hulls
2005
Hull Bulkheads
Bridgedeck Floor
Superstructure
2006
Completing Shell
Interior
2007
Painting
Interior
Exterior
2008
Completion
Time and Materials
Links and Suppliers
Launch
First time
Relaunch
Equipment issues
Hardware
Modifications

Cruising
2008
Ireland
N.Spain
Portugal & Tarifa
Canaries
2009
St Vincent & Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago
Dutch Antilles
Panama 1 P 2 P 3 P 4 P 5
Galapagos 1 G 2
Marquesas 1 M 2
Tuomotos
Societies 1 S 2
Cooks 1 C 2
Niue
Tonga 1 T 2
2010
New Zealand NZ2 NZ3 NZ4
Fiji 1  Fiji 2  Fiji 3
Vanuatu 1
wpa9f08a11.png
wp5d6e61eb_0f.jpg
wp3a1be5a2.png
wpde09f996.png
wpd5b4601a.png
wpab6e8a57_0f.jpg
wpb4e58a2c.png
Canaries
Crossing between islands we had a wee race with another cat. This is me tensioning the screecher halyard to try and get a bit more speed. The result below, our bowsprit started to come apart !
This was the last sail of the screecher which never really worked. We have replaced it with an old spinnaker which we picked up from a cruising Trimeran for 500 Euros and had done great service since.
A quiet anchorage until midnight when in came the Aida Bella with lightsblazing and playing loud 80‘s German disco music ! We have been pursued be her and her sister ships around the Canaries.

Yellow submarine. Note the desolate scenery and elegant housing in the background. We thought most of  the Canaries were ‘A slag heap with tourist villages’. They must have had good salesmen.