Day 9: contact tentatives across the Atlantic

Above: detail of a painting found in the canary island La Gomera

According to the estimated routing Francesco should be more than half way across the Atlantic.

A couple of days ago a SAR airplane in the canary area carried out a planed training search flight with no result but according to our estimates Francesco should not have been still in that area. MRCC Tenerife also called Francesco's father who is in La Gomera and they both came to the conclusion that nothing serious should have happened since the EPIRB has not beeing used.

Last night I called Vittoriano, a friend of Matteo that Francesco also met in Gran Canaria, who is sailing across the Atlantic not too far from where Francesco should be. I gave Vittoriano Francesco's last estimated position and he told me that he tried to call him several times on the VHF without success.