#65 Dodging Firefighting Planes whilst at Sea. Grand Canaria, Canary Islands | Sailing Sisu Leopard

On arrival in Grand Canaria, we had to dodge Firefighting Planes whilst also negotiating big container ships and ferries. A raging fire had been going for over 4 days, caused by an 55 year old who was working with a Welding Machine. The blaze forced the evacuation of about 9,000 people. More than 700 firefighters supported by 11 helicopters and five hydroplanes were struggling to contain the fire. Grand Canaria in the Canary Islands is an island we did not intend visiting, but the pressing need for our Life Raft took us there. We have previously packed, or rather tied it together and couriered it off to Viking in Grand Canaria so that they could put the genie back in the bottle. Frustrated that it had not yet arrived back in Lanzarote, we decided to sail there and go to their offices direct. Long story short, they did put the genie back, and also made certain that the contents of the Life Raft was 100% accounted for. This exercise put us back 1,700 EUR . . . Thank you for all our subscribers! If not yet subscribed, please click on subscribe (it's free) and click the bell next to the sub button (it's free too) for quick notification. And please click the like button (it's free too!) :-) www.YouTube.com/c/SailingSisu Reward us on Patreon and watch the videos earlier! patreon.com/SailingSisu More information on Sailing Sisu Blog: sailingsisu.blog Real-time social activities on Facebook: facebook.com/SailingSisu Koowl photos on Instagram: instagram.com/SailingSisu Twitter: @SailingSisu. Tumbler: sailingsisu.tumblr.com Flickr: flickr.com/people/SailingSisu Theme Song: written, composed and performed by Ghapi, song name is Sisu. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX503ZjWWskPLE3jAIEfIyQTwUz1Jq9pA Music: epidemicsound.com Leopard Catamarans: leopardcatamarans.com (mention Sailing Sisu and see what happens ;-) We purchased a Leopard 45 Catamaran to sail around the world and we went through the preparations of getting her kitted out for our needs. We now sailing to exotic destinations off the beaten tack and are prepared for ice bergs, storms, heavy seas, as well as nice tranquil tropical waters... Follow us on our journey as we learn from legends when Sailing La Vagabonde upgraded from a monohull to a catamaran...SV Delos wants to upgrade to the latest Amel 51 monohull....Gone with the Wynns chose a Leopard Catamaran....choices choices choices. We looked at other sailing channels such as Wicked Salty, Satori, Jessica and Ryan, Catamaran Impi, MJ Sailing, Happy Together, Sailing Uma, Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose, Zingaro, Miss Lone Star, Sailing Doodles, Drenched, Lucky Fish gets Away, RAN Sailing, Out Chasing Star, Follow the Boat, Rigging Doctor, Sailing Lady Africa, Abandon Comfort, and many others to find our answers and solutions, whilst we prepared our yacht in Cape Town, South Africa.